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The Independent Crossword November 23 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 48 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 48 clues from the The Independent Crossword for November 23 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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Monsieur enters to have a little soup81 AcrossReveal answer → Reply65 AcrossReveal answer → Really enjoy Alien in which ship's beginning to dissolve with acid66 AcrossReveal answer → Fortune-telling cards57 AcrossReveal answer → Bride's partner58 AcrossReveal answer → ?69 AcrossReveal answer → Trying venue where race might be held that accommodates 1,000109 AcrossReveal answer → See note1110 AcrossReveal answer → Anorak's over fleece410 AcrossReveal answer → Wii boxing in back of tavern in Thailand, drunken comedy1211 AcrossReveal answer → Reticent1112 AcrossReveal answer → Sponge without water perhaps upsetting Mary, die on cross813 AcrossReveal answer → Stick one's china back on mantelpiece615 AcrossReveal answer → Short sleep616 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese island ducks largely avoid616 AcrossReveal answer → Game fish517 AcrossReveal answer → Accurately position leg and off-side fielder818 AcrossReveal answer → God518 AcrossReveal answer → Shooting star619 AcrossReveal answer → Old record tied yet broken in prospect1220 AcrossReveal answer → Beat little pest that won't let go423 AcrossReveal answer → Decent plastic ID bracelet1024 AcrossReveal answer → Bill right to replace note in coins625 AcrossReveal answer → Consider change to clue, perhaps Mike worried about it?826 AcrossReveal answer →

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Gaunt71 DownReveal answer → Bit of wind taking the wings off two Boeings42 DownReveal answer → ?102 DownReveal answer → Son worked on boat up the creek73 DownReveal answer → Marine mammal63 DownReveal answer → Rug on top for Spooner? Surely not54 DownReveal answer → Faithful54 DownReveal answer → Shortened horsy draught animal's 12 hour day75 DownReveal answer → Yell56 DownReveal answer → Scoffing expert finally said "That is an old master"96 DownReveal answer → Burning light alarmingly close in space77 DownReveal answer → Acting independently troubled Nelson a tad108 DownReveal answer → Sheets, blankets, etc109 DownReveal answer → ?711 DownReveal answer → Get rid of husband, but shag single comedian first1012 DownReveal answer → Congenital613 DownReveal answer → ?514 DownReveal answer → You must cut extremely long hair914 DownReveal answer → Desert animal515 DownReveal answer → Shoe reeks, case of aeration failing?717 DownReveal answer → Half retire in style earlier than expected718 DownReveal answer → How to serve cheese and beans? Not with head inside oven719 DownReveal answer → Put precious coat on to cover uniform for society521 DownReveal answer → Slow mover missing the last scheduled time422 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, November 23, 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.