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The Independent Crossword November 18 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 18 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 59 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bridge completed? I don't knowOVERPASS8Across1 Sudden loud noiseBANG4Across1 Genetic copyCLONE5Across3 Try almost stupid style of architectureGOTHIC6Across5 Gambling placeCASINO6Across7 Dessert (Informal)AFTERS6Across8 Tramp (US)HOBO4Across9 The opposite of to cut out ofFRO3Across10 ReconditeABSTRUSE8Across10 StaffPERSONNEL9Across11 Nets banker in Paris dividing bags of moneyPURSESEINES11Across11 Former imperialist micromanaging a bitROMAN5Across12 Punishes sin? Please not this wayPENALISES9Across14 Director with no right to employ internDETAIN6Across15 Old-fashionedOUTMODED8Across16 Open space added to slowly?UNFASTEN8Across17 Horse's gaitTROT4Across19 Not entirely practical, a marinated appetiser perhapsCALAMARI8Across20 Overused expressionCLICHE6Across20 Partners accepting not very exciting male organSTAMEN6Across21 FearfulAFRAID6Across21 Signs of sorrowTEARS5Across22 ColourBLUE4Across23 Native clothing maybe convertible, given bodily formINCARNATE9Across24 Blessing the way the clue was writtenASSET5Across26 Brutal article about smothering well-ordered militiasANIMALISTIC11Across27 At last idle bishops retireEBB3Across28 Occasionally low blow is to finish off playerOBOIST6Across29 Wrongly alleges point, notwithstanding the aforementioned?LEGALESE8Across30

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Signal fireBEACON6Down1 Not connected, rotten crossword layoutOFFGRID7Down1 Periodically verge on conceitEGO3Down2 FoulNOISOME7Down2 Make rougherCOARSEN7Down3 Come by secret code protecting procedurePOPIN5Down3 Recruit disregarding trick words delivered by actorsSCRIPT6Down4 ExternalOUTER5Down4 ExitEGRESS6Down5 Cleared broken elevator trapping VIP after sexOVERLEAPT9Down6 Type of starNOVA4Down6 Husband wearing trousers inside out? One might suggest dropping themHINTS5Down7 Shy boy starts knittingCASTSON7Down8 Monarch tours English warships, spacing out (herein a famously bad example)KERNING7Down9 SorrowSADNESS7Down12 Minister on the far left and others lead?METAL5Down13 CaptivateENTHRAL7Down13 ShopOUTLET6Down14 BeginnerNOVICE6Down15 Tenor adopted by corrupt society superstarsIMMORTALS9Down16 Holy city of IslamMECCA5Down17 Occasions second issue to be raisedTIMES5Down18 Low cartDRAY4Down18 Split region turning to Africa after renouncing forceCROATIA7Down19 Musical fashionable in the pastCHICAGO7Down20 Famous incompetentNOTABLE7Down22 Understand, and shortly after that become lividSEETHE6Down23 Atmosphere in Colorado metropolisCAIRO5Down25 African city's electrical current giving rise to sparkACCRA5Down26 The First Lady under no circumstances unclothedEVE3Down28

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, November 18, 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.