The Independent Crossword November 12 2025 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 12 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 55 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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Pulling is fraught with danger, at first, for femaleDRAUGHT7Across1
CompelFORCE5Across1
BeerALE3Across4
Awaited from supplier: fancy drone coated in goldONORDER7Across5
MalfunctionGLITCH6Across7
OptimisticUPBEAT6Across8
Movement from Republican working partyRONDO5Across9
RecordDISC4Across9
Trump's target regarding London home, with golf moving to the forefrontGREENLAND9Across10
CircumventSIDESTEP8Across10
A prickly individual, Duke happened to welcome cover-upDAMASKROSE10Across11
Notice Mike appearSEEM4Across12
Nasal openingNOSTRIL7Across12
Diligence that may be required to get a job?APPLICATION11Across14
Short-lived thingsEPHEMERA8Across16
ChilledICED4Across18
British Member of Parliament, Conservative, listed nurses dismissed without interferenceCLEANBOWLED11Across18
RealmDOMAIN6Across19
LassoLARIAT6Across21
Knock over small fileRASP4Across21
TotalSUM3Across22
Decline to name country after saintSTAGNATION10Across22
From that timeSINCE5Across23
Belittle a way to express duvet qualityDOWNGRADE9Across25
Singer's audible noteTENOR5Across26
Frenchman and visitor, losing way, defaultRENEGUE7Across27
Reported onslaught by the convent in isolated mountain peakNUNATAK7Across28
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StimulusFILLIP6Down1
Mock free river patrolsDERIDE6Down1
English comic book rejected additional monickerAGNAME6Down2
TaciturnityRETICENCE9Down2
German at sea around European ally gets shiny coatGLOSSPAINT10Down3
Distinctive spiritETHOS5Down3
Row about good, fierce competitorTIGER5Down4
Into piecesASUNDER7Down4
Excess material in partner's tablet left outOVERSPILL9Down5
RecedeEBB3Down5
Babe, perhaps, said this wearing fine clothesOINK4Down6
^ symbolCARET5Down6
Quote introduction from Band Aid to lift suffererDIABETIC8Down7
First principle of change in America described by weaklingRUDIMENT8Down8
PersevereSOLDIERON9Down11
BreastboneSTERNUM7Down13
Kinky paintings, perhaps at home, to show birdSANDMARTIN10Down13
ParodySPOOF5Down14
Ten year periodDECADE6Down15
Speed of F1 champion lying down?PROSTRATE9Down15
Ex-Chancellor went on horseback during school runSCHRODER8Down16
Whingers affected composerGERSHWIN8Down17
Book of mapsATLAS5Down17
One who tweets allowed to drink in pubLINNET6Down19
After removing outer layers, many wore fake coatANORAK6Down20
Beast of burdenASS3Down20
Discern new angleGLEAN5Down23
Excited, try silver ringsAGOG4Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, November 12, 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.