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The Independent Crossword November 20 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 20 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 56 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#
Prominent man venerated when hosting immigrantSALIENT7Across1 DramaPLAY4Across1 Vocalise musicallySING4Across4 Sights if front of lens held backwards?SELFIES7Across5 Correspondence has neither start nor end in addressRATIO5Across9 Fencer's warningENGARDE7Across9 ConcedeADMIT5Across10 Pole’s a cold place to be drinking when scoffing!SARCASTIC9Across10 Warning deviceSIREN5Across11 Papers with coverage of 'Freebies for Leaders' …PRESIDENTS10Across11 ImproveENHANCE7Across12 … reflected new light in storyYARN4Across12 Leaping insectGRASSHOPPER11Across13 Popular region - desperate to go!INCONTINENT11Across14 FeelerANTENNA7Across17 At heart of stone, when cut, light's an intrinsic quality, they sayOPALESCENCE11Across18 GaitersSPATS5Across19 Erase, clearing out webpage describing rules of on-line communicationWIPE4Across21 Church councilSYNOD5Across22 People upset - rogue beaten upPORTUGUESE10Across22 PerpetualETERNAL7Across23 FruitPEAR4Across24 Local administrator regenerated empty canal networkTOWNCLERK9Across25 Sodium chlorideSALT4Across25 Tacks north and south to circumvent troubleNAILS5Across26 Instrument connected with catching orca primarilyHARPOON7Across27 Limitless rules restricting game go too farOVERRUN7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Remove clothes, bare bottom and streak!STRIPE6Down1 Light beerLAGER5Down2 Perhaps pups make a messLITTER6Down2 UnderpantsYFRONTS7Down3 Sexed-up face of obnoxious jerk is consumed by rampant lustEROTICISED10Down3 Secret storeSTASH5Down4 What a steak - packed with flavour!TASTE5Down4 Something to control mood or tension when agitatedSEROTONIN9Down5 CandidateNOMINEE7Down5 Head scan moving right to leftLEAD4Down6 Untidy stateMESS4Down6 Skill in sport mainly raised local business connectionsINTRANET8Down7 Calm and sensibleLEVELHEADED11Down7 Report of illness: East hit initially - Covid is returningSICKNOTE8Down8 AlloySTEEL5Down8 Layperson runs off amidst uproar, leading to church separationDIVERGENCE10Down13 EntourageRETINUE7Down14 OwnPOSSESS7Down15 State head invests approximately nothing - that might lead to grounds for bitternessCACAOBEAN9Down15 Light woodBALSA5Down16 Force old boy to keep an eye on tickerFOBWATCH8Down16 Loose Women rap human resourcesMANPOWER8Down17 Lowest pointNADIR5Down18 Peter for one ruled heartlessly in retrospectDENIER6Down19 Sedition - beheaded for causeREASON6Down20 Make voidANNUL5Down20 FlatfishSOLE4Down21 City skinned Stoke then United lost to youTOKYO5Down23 What comes before foxtrot is recorded in dance choreographyECHO4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, November 20, 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.