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The Independent Crossword November 16 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for November 16 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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Name muscle-bound actor as Fairy Godmother121 AcrossReveal answer → Burden41 AcrossReveal answer → Having many inhabitants84 AcrossReveal answer → Collect Charlie Sheen on Wall Street?78 AcrossReveal answer → Colony of rabbits68 AcrossReveal answer → Friendly and cheerful69 AcrossReveal answer → University replacing last of cheap parking to make room79 AcrossReveal answer → ?710 AcrossReveal answer → Capital, winning an event911 AcrossReveal answer → ?412 AcrossReveal answer → Migrants coming through Sandwich or Deal512 AcrossReveal answer → See note913 AcrossReveal answer → Hot on piebald horse, wiping head413 AcrossReveal answer → Very tough mother opposed to ibuprofen finally admitted to A&E1014 AcrossReveal answer → Church service417 AcrossReveal answer → True love juggling with two donations - just the first of those?1018 AcrossReveal answer → Quite old718 AcrossReveal answer → Secret alert, with ship in port unloading gold419 AcrossReveal answer → Mock620 AcrossReveal answer → Recognise Thatcherite Chancellor on the radio? Not at all521 AcrossReveal answer → Carriage621 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet insect secretion822 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman423 AcrossReveal answer → Space to work out my amusing anagrams923 AcrossReveal answer → Fast runner passed rival724 AcrossReveal answer → Pacific Islander going east or west?725 AcrossReveal answer → Charge fellow spreading faeces for pig1226 AcrossReveal answer →

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Peel tuber for cooking programme91 DownReveal answer → Subtle difference62 DownReveal answer → Official witness to any Republican dodges62 DownReveal answer → Antitoxin53 DownReveal answer → Cross journalist covering conflict sent on to another93 DownReveal answer → ?34 DownReveal answer → Long line of cars?54 DownReveal answer → Dark hens fancy one with colourful legs85 DownReveal answer → Stupidly stubborn95 DownReveal answer → Medieval weapon76 DownReveal answer → Fleece as thin as tights, you'd say56 DownReveal answer → Planet67 DownReveal answer → Charming party held by great guy you hardly know127 DownReveal answer → Gift wrapping season, November's advance warning1210 DownReveal answer → Recovering911 DownReveal answer → Breathe714 DownReveal answer → Summerhouse615 DownReveal answer → Pieces' pieces?915 DownReveal answer → Start filling Aussie's truck, carrying melons to the north916 DownReveal answer → Twirl616 DownReveal answer → Thump insensitive bigmouth817 DownReveal answer → Approach519 DownReveal answer → Break - nearly all want one in Rome620 DownReveal answer → ?321 DownReveal answer → Where shoes may have to be removed, socks protecting you?522 DownReveal answer → Pick up good tip523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.