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The Independent Crossword November 1 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 110 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 1 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 110 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#
Bunk in a shipBERTH5Across1 Why show comedian’s bits?HOWCOME7Across1 StuporDAZE4Across4 Step-by-step, accepted Miss Lipa in good 1DGRADUAL7Across5 A country's total outstanding borrowingsNATIONALDEBT12Across7 Port city in Hawke's Bay, New ZealandNAPIER6Across9 PorcelainCHINA5Across9 Viking’s choice of partners ultimately divisiveNORSE5Across9 Kitchen utensil left on counter is life changing - protecting skin on 1DFISHSLICE9Across10 British clergyman who invented the power loomEDMUNDCARTWRIGHT16Across10 RaiseELEVATE7Across10 Review of problem with university parkingSUMUP5Across11 AnswerableLIABLE6Across11 Care about fashion, purchasing a little couture - sweet!CREAMCAKE9Across12 FalseUNTRUE6Across13 Body of water between the Davis Strait and the north Atlantic OceanLABRADORSEA11Across14 Liberally 1D around whiskey, ice and coke for starters - fairly typical lunchSANDWICH8Across14 Woman caught breaking in by Bard hatching planSCHEME6Across15 Republic in the Atlantic whose capital is PraiaCAPEVERDE9Across15 Love affairROMANCE7Across16 Singing daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar whose first album was Come Away With MeNORAHJONES10Across16 Myrtaceous tree of a mostly Australian genus that includes the blue gum and ironbarkEUCALYPTUS10Across17 Red, gold and brown a bit too muchAUBURN6Across17 SlopeSLANT5Across18 Burdens of official checks discussedREFRAINS8Across19 Country whose capital is DohaQATAR5Across19 Not finally settledINCONCLUSIVE12Across19 ShockJOLT4Across20 FoundationBASIS5Across21 A small breed of horse, often wild or half wild, found in the southwestern USMUSTANG7Across21 An Old World flycatcher of the genus RhipiduraFANTAIL7Across22 Malefactors from Tesla maybe left in 1D of EU, oddly case for regulators?EVILDOERS9Across22 Body part for which hallux is the technical termBIGTOE6Across23 Swimmers’ gestures of goodwill not using 1DHAKES5Across23 Dutch yellow cheese made from cow's milkGOUDA5Across24 Marathon run cut short with 1D frequently lacking kit for colder weatherLONGJOHNS9Across25 1969 film starring Cher, with a soundtrack album written and produced by Sonny BonoCHASTITY8Across26 More distant I see - that’s right!ICIER5Across27 Call it a day having received medal and diamondsGOTOBED7Across28 British teen comedy-drama TV series in which Dev Patel made his screen debutSKINS5Across28 Show Me Love, Spinning Around and Come What May?SOMEHOW7Across29 Epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869WARANDPEACE11Across29 Character played by David Boreanaz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a spin-off seriesANGEL5Across30 Island in Indonesia formerly known as CelebesSULAWESI8Across34 Object-locating system formerly called radiolocationRADAR5Across36 Spa town in West Yorkshire whose moor is the subject of a folk songILKLEY6Across37 Dish of salted green soybeans boiled in their podsEDAMAME7Across39 Partial or complete loss of the sense of smellANOSMIA7Across40 1964 hit single by the Moody BluesGONOW5Across43 Scottish council from 1890 to 1975 that is now part of the Highland RegionSUTHERLAND10Across44 Country whose capital is TashkentUZBEKISTAN10Across45 Method of musical composition that began with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone techniqueSERIALISM9Across48 Cycle race first organised in 1909 to increase sales of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello SportGIRODITALIA11Across49 Crystalline compound also called saltpetrePOTASSIUMNITRATE16Across50 The second album by Joni MitchellCLOUDS6Across51

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People working - they’re on the clockHANDS5Down1 English actress seen as Sharon Theodopolopodous in the sitcom Birds of a FeatherPAULINEQUIRKE13Down1 Field glassesBINOCULARS10Down1 Elder of the Wright brothers of aviation historyWILBUR6Down2 Rucksack emptied into ladies 1DWORKMEN7Down2 Greek wineRETSINA7Down2 The lead vocalist of the boy band East 17BRIANHARVEY11Down3 Subdued group of haematologists were proved wrongOVERPOWERED11Down3 CommotionHOOHA5Down3 A wine bottle holding the equivalent of four normal bottlesJEROBOAM8Down4 Top pairs in effortless finish, calmly cycling, showing ability to succeedEFFICACY8Down4 ResentmentDUDGEON7Down4 Equine mammalZEBRA5Down5 London Underground station that, until its closure in 1994, held the distinction of being the furthest from Central LondonONGAR5Down5 Try short bit of sorcery to obtain the truthGOSPEL6Down5 DestinedFATED5Down6 Novel by Henry Miller first published in 1934TROPICOFCANCER14Down6 Foolish person written about in essaysASS3Down6 In ancient Greece, an official high priest of religious mysteries, especially those of EleusisHIEROPHANT10Down7 Guardian regularly ordered tea to goURINATE7Down7 Lacking superior fiction originally, gathered erotic literature - especially short storiesLIEGELESS9Down8 London-based group founded by Eddy Grant who topped the charts with Baby Come BackTHEEQUALS9Down8 UnremittingRELENTLESS10Down8 Edgar Lee ___, US poet best known for Spoon River AnthologyMASTERS7Down11 Rugby restartLINEOUT7Down12 Character played by Allison Janney in The West WingCJCREGG7Down12 Van Morrison album released in 1978WAVELENGTH10Down13 Mystic charm destroyed in witch huntMCCARTHYISM11Down13 Cash (Informal)READIES7Down14 23A battered with beer start to go quick!SHAKEALEG9Down14 GetFETCH5Down15 “Every society is…,” Eliot continuesPERSISTS8Down16 Tropical fruitMANGO5Down17 Small fireworkSQUIB5Down18 Lead vocalist, flautist and guitarist of the band Jethro TullIANANDERSON11Down18 Pastry binge spoiled appetite, essentiallyBEIGNET7Down18 Sort of salmon, head cut off and stuffed with tiny bit of fennel and squid?INKFISH7Down20 A son of Uranus and Gaea, in Greek mythologyTITAN5Down20 Manner of drug overdoseMETHOD6Down21 Kate quiet about wifeSHREW5Down24 American author best known for her controversial novel Peyton PlaceGRACEMETALIOUS14Down24 Category of taste in food besides sweet, sour, salt and bitterUMAMI5Down25 2015 sequel to the Rocky film series, starring Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Tony BellewCREED5Down26 Jack tar shot in the armJAB3Down26 British actor, born Cyril Goldbert in 1927, best known for the TV series Department S and Jason KingPETERWYNGARDE13Down27 Tokyo-based Japanese multinational corporation specialising in optics and imaging productsNIKON5Down31 Greek mythological beings that live in trees, such as Karya, Balanos and KraneiaHAMADRYADS10Down32 The scientific study of languageLINGUISTICS11Down33 American actress who married Gary Oldman in 1990 and Ethan Hawke in 1998UMATHURMAN10Down35 1965 Roman Polanski film starring Catherine DeneuveREPULSION9Down38 The posterior part of the body of an arthropod, behind the thoraxABDOMEN7Down40 A Polish national dance in triple timeMAZURKA7Down41 Scotland's "Granite City"ABERDEEN8Down42 An ancient breed of large hound with pendulous ears and strong powers of scentTALBOT6Down46 Impure form of quartz used as a gemstoneAGATE5Down47

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, November 1, 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.