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The Independent Crossword July 9 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword July 9 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 58 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Enormous donation hard for English actorHUGHGRANT9Across1 Close byNEAR4Across1 Be in debtOWE3Across3 Become very excited about eating a rice dishPILAF5Across6 Wading birdCRANE5Across8 AccomplishACHIEVE7Across9 Towards the end, priest turned over a new leaf?PETAL5Across9 Rebuild tiny crate? Sure thingCERTAINTY9Across10 EternalAGELESS7Across10 Tesla worker assuming continent is part of AustraliaTASMANIA8Across11 AbrasionGRAZE5Across11 Part of plant found in repellent creme caramelRACEME6Across12 Vile thingABOMINATION11Across12 Bishop rejected Bill's complaintBEEF4Across14 City girl in the mountains briefly exhausted racing across riverHEIDELBERG10Across15 Male duckDRAKE5Across17 Answer about angry husband ignored again and againREPEATEDLY10Across18 DistinguishedNOTABLE7Across19 Nasty smell near vesselBOAT4Across19 BurdensomeONEROUS7Across21 Post Office blocking argument warning of crime?TIPOFF6Across21 Equine animalHORSE5Across22 FirmamentSKY3Across23 Spooner's solid fuel projection is possible energy saverHEATPUMP8Across23 RetainedKEPT4Across24 In Scotland, greet revolutionary about to abandon notorious lover, and danceBOSSANOVA9Across26 Tolerate Baron punching assistantABIDE5Across27 English Channel ebbs — get out of the wayEVADE5Across28 Decorated salesman's spiel reflected studyPATTERNED9Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Leave house quietly to get sexHOPIT5Down1 Sweet plant fluidNECTAR6Down1 Persuaded old lecturer to cut notice period, to begin with, providing pass outGOTOSLEEP9Down2 SayingADAGE5Down2 Flautist forever ignoring son after golfGALWAY6Down3 HerbOREGANO7Down3 Great Greek agreed to be inspired by GodARCHIMEDES10Down4 Small holeEYELET6Down4 Right-wing Republican entertained by dwarfTORY4Down5 Restore to favourREDEEM6Down5 Mountain-climbing lead is willing to forgivePLACABLE8Down6 Part of a cooked fowlPARSONSNOSE11Down6 Bachelor to leave remainder for PierceLANCE5Down7 Violent personTHUG4Down7 Lefty Whig spreads divisionFLYWEIGHT9Down8 CourageBRAVERY7Down13 Grown-up arranged time to seize drug contaminantADULTERANT10Down13 Dart around to stop authority making rest area for frequent flyers?BIRDTABLE9Down14 IrritableTETCHY6Down14 RepugnantODIOUS6Down15 Development of rising affection, leading to marriage? Time for first bairn, at lastEVOLUTION9Down16 BeatDEFEAT6Down16 Landing zone's small step (each flap moves)HALFPACE8Down17 Public schoolETON4Down18 Gas, in French and Chinese and EnglishETHANE6Down20 Canal boatBARGE5Down20 Staple food in bygone AmericaPASTA5Down22 Sample advertisement showing petitionPLEAD5Down24 Ring Christopher Robin's friend upHOOP4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.