The Independent Crossword November 26 2025 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 26 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 57 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Church following lay ministers' latest rebellionPUTSCH6Across1
Lion's cryROAR4Across1
EncounterMEET4Across3
Outrages from journalists and friendsAPPALS6Across4
Coypu furNUTRIA6Across7
TalentedGIFTED6Across8
AdhesiveGLUE4Across9
Rotating team working for inventorEDISON6Across9
Turn away from new harbour at Scottish portARBROATH8Across10
LivelySPIRITED8Across10
Business with two thousand and one people living togetherCOMMUNITY9Across12
Put into codeENCRYPT7Across12
Tree thinner around the crown, having had top cutALDER5Across13
One badly behaved underwear modelBRAT4Across14
Not entirely even caring about complaintGRIEVANCE9Across15
Burgers, fries, etcFASTFOOD8Across16
Male deerSTAG4Across18
ShutCLOSED6Across19
Piece of religious architecture transforming a cold loveless heartCATHEDRAL9Across19
Noisy quarrelFRACAS6Across21
Go around old city of legendTROY4Across21
JustFAIR4Across22
RipTEAR4Across23
Opponent dropping back with a shot to the rear?ENEMA5Across24
Plot of musical runs - did run - backwardsNARRATIVE9Across26
Recognition of suffix denoting fizzy drinks, including Coke and Pepsi maybeACCOLADE8Across27
British newspaper: Republican party divided by Trump leadership; it's a broad tentBIGTOP6Across28
The French soldiers wearing explosives in South Asian cityLAHORE6Across29
Nervous individual finally found calming pillONEDGE6Across30
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Stab knight, potentially saving kingPIERCE6Down1
Russian monetary unitROUBLE6Down1
One cuts short journey by a short distance on returningTRIMMER7Down2
AccordAGREEMENT9Down2
Flirt with head of restaurant to get inside for something friedCROQUETTE9Down3
EnlargeMAGNIFY7Down3
Mischievous spriteELF3Down4
A case of raspberry drinkPERRY5Down5
PlatformDAIS4Down5
Vessel stowed in Formosa (or Taiwan)AORTA5Down6
At no timeNEVER5Down6
Tolerate hip replacementSTANDIN7Down7
Try simple heel adjustment for young performerSHIRLEYTEMPLE13Down8
Having not made a willINTESTATE9Down11
Footballer's right to snub Tory?WINGER6Down11
Clam or fish soupCHOWDER7Down13
Bird of preyEAGLE5Down14
Oriental marketBAZAAR6Down15
The inactive part of the psyche is lascivious, lacking heartIDLERS6Down16
Openly resistDEFY4Down17
Being weakened by sex? It's turning into a travesty!VITIATION9Down17
Plans made by master during chess gameSCHEMAS7Down18
Conservative elite vigorously defending Republican hawkTIERCEL7Down20
Health resortSPA3Down20
Left out time to play with daughterOMITTED7Down22
See 8SHIRLEYTEMPLE13Down23
God of everything I seeALLAH5Down25
Extract from within a dirty troughNADIR5Down26
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, November 26, 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.