The Independent Crossword November 1 2025 Answers

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Below are all 110 clues from the The Independent Crossword for November 1 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Bunk in a ship51 AcrossReveal answer → Why show comedian’s bits?71 AcrossReveal answer → Stupor44 AcrossReveal answer → Step-by-step, accepted Miss Lipa in good 1D75 AcrossReveal answer → A country's total outstanding borrowings127 AcrossReveal answer → Port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand69 AcrossReveal answer → Porcelain59 AcrossReveal answer → Viking’s choice of partners ultimately divisive59 AcrossReveal answer → Kitchen utensil left on counter is life changing - protecting skin on 1D910 AcrossReveal answer → British clergyman who invented the power loom1610 AcrossReveal answer → Raise710 AcrossReveal answer → Review of problem with university parking511 AcrossReveal answer → Answerable611 AcrossReveal answer → Care about fashion, purchasing a little couture - sweet!912 AcrossReveal answer → False613 AcrossReveal answer → Body of water between the Davis Strait and the north Atlantic Ocean1114 AcrossReveal answer → Liberally 1D around whiskey, ice and coke for starters - fairly typical lunch814 AcrossReveal answer → Woman caught breaking in by Bard hatching plan615 AcrossReveal answer → Republic in the Atlantic whose capital is Praia915 AcrossReveal answer → Love affair716 AcrossReveal answer → Singing daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar whose first album was Come Away With Me1016 AcrossReveal answer → Myrtaceous tree of a mostly Australian genus that includes the blue gum and ironbark1017 AcrossReveal answer → Red, gold and brown a bit too much617 AcrossReveal answer → Slope518 AcrossReveal answer → Burdens of official checks discussed819 AcrossReveal answer → Country whose capital is Doha519 AcrossReveal answer → Not finally settled1219 AcrossReveal answer → Shock420 AcrossReveal answer → Foundation521 AcrossReveal answer → A small breed of horse, often wild or half wild, found in the southwestern US721 AcrossReveal answer → An Old World flycatcher of the genus Rhipidura722 AcrossReveal answer → Malefactors from Tesla maybe left in 1D of EU, oddly case for regulators?922 AcrossReveal answer → Body part for which hallux is the technical term623 AcrossReveal answer → Swimmers’ gestures of goodwill not using 1D523 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch yellow cheese made from cow's milk524 AcrossReveal answer → Marathon run cut short with 1D frequently lacking kit for colder weather925 AcrossReveal answer → 1969 film starring Cher, with a soundtrack album written and produced by Sonny Bono826 AcrossReveal answer → More distant I see - that’s right!527 AcrossReveal answer → Call it a day having received medal and diamonds728 AcrossReveal answer → British teen comedy-drama TV series in which Dev Patel made his screen debut528 AcrossReveal answer → Show Me Love, Spinning Around and Come What May?729 AcrossReveal answer → Epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published in 18691129 AcrossReveal answer → Character played by David Boreanaz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a spin-off series530 AcrossReveal answer → Island in Indonesia formerly known as Celebes834 AcrossReveal answer → Object-locating system formerly called radiolocation536 AcrossReveal answer → Spa town in West Yorkshire whose moor is the subject of a folk song637 AcrossReveal answer → Dish of salted green soybeans boiled in their pods739 AcrossReveal answer → Partial or complete loss of the sense of smell740 AcrossReveal answer → 1964 hit single by the Moody Blues543 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish council from 1890 to 1975 that is now part of the Highland Region1044 AcrossReveal answer → Country whose capital is Tashkent1045 AcrossReveal answer → Method of musical composition that began with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique948 AcrossReveal answer → Cycle race first organised in 1909 to increase sales of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport1149 AcrossReveal answer → Crystalline compound also called saltpetre1650 AcrossReveal answer → The second album by Joni Mitchell651 AcrossReveal answer →

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People working - they’re on the clock51 DownReveal answer → English actress seen as Sharon Theodopolopodous in the sitcom Birds of a Feather131 DownReveal answer → Field glasses101 DownReveal answer → Elder of the Wright brothers of aviation history62 DownReveal answer → Rucksack emptied into ladies 1D72 DownReveal answer → Greek wine72 DownReveal answer → The lead vocalist of the boy band East 17113 DownReveal answer → Subdued group of haematologists were proved wrong113 DownReveal answer → Commotion53 DownReveal answer → A wine bottle holding the equivalent of four normal bottles84 DownReveal answer → Top pairs in effortless finish, calmly cycling, showing ability to succeed84 DownReveal answer → Resentment74 DownReveal answer → Equine mammal55 DownReveal answer → London Underground station that, until its closure in 1994, held the distinction of being the furthest from Central London55 DownReveal answer → Try short bit of sorcery to obtain the truth65 DownReveal answer → Destined56 DownReveal answer → Novel by Henry Miller first published in 1934146 DownReveal answer → Foolish person written about in essays36 DownReveal answer → In ancient Greece, an official high priest of religious mysteries, especially those of Eleusis107 DownReveal answer → Guardian regularly ordered tea to go77 DownReveal answer → Lacking superior fiction originally, gathered erotic literature - especially short stories98 DownReveal answer → London-based group founded by Eddy Grant who topped the charts with Baby Come Back98 DownReveal answer → Unremitting108 DownReveal answer → Edgar Lee ___, US poet best known for Spoon River Anthology711 DownReveal answer → Rugby restart712 DownReveal answer → Character played by Allison Janney in The West Wing712 DownReveal answer → Van Morrison album released in 19781013 DownReveal answer → Mystic charm destroyed in witch hunt1113 DownReveal answer → Cash (Informal)714 DownReveal answer → 23A battered with beer start to go quick!914 DownReveal answer → Get515 DownReveal answer → “Every society is…,” Eliot continues816 DownReveal answer → Tropical fruit517 DownReveal answer → Small firework518 DownReveal answer → Lead vocalist, flautist and guitarist of the band Jethro Tull1118 DownReveal answer → Pastry binge spoiled appetite, essentially718 DownReveal answer → Sort of salmon, head cut off and stuffed with tiny bit of fennel and squid?720 DownReveal answer → A son of Uranus and Gaea, in Greek mythology520 DownReveal answer → Manner of drug overdose621 DownReveal answer → Kate quiet about wife524 DownReveal answer → American author best known for her controversial novel Peyton Place1424 DownReveal answer → Category of taste in food besides sweet, sour, salt and bitter525 DownReveal answer → 2015 sequel to the Rocky film series, starring Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Tony Bellew526 DownReveal answer → Jack tar shot in the arm326 DownReveal answer → British actor, born Cyril Goldbert in 1927, best known for the TV series Department S and Jason King1327 DownReveal answer → Tokyo-based Japanese multinational corporation specialising in optics and imaging products531 DownReveal answer → Greek mythological beings that live in trees, such as Karya, Balanos and Kraneia1032 DownReveal answer → The scientific study of language1133 DownReveal answer → American actress who married Gary Oldman in 1990 and Ethan Hawke in 19981035 DownReveal answer → 1965 Roman Polanski film starring Catherine Deneuve938 DownReveal answer → The posterior part of the body of an arthropod, behind the thorax740 DownReveal answer → A Polish national dance in triple time741 DownReveal answer → Scotland's "Granite City"842 DownReveal answer → An ancient breed of large hound with pendulous ears and strong powers of scent646 DownReveal answer → Impure form of quartz used as a gemstone547 DownReveal answer →

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