The Independent Crossword November 29 2025 Answers

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Below are all 116 clues from the The Independent Crossword for November 29 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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Marine mammal51 AcrossReveal answer → Day before34 AcrossReveal answer → Alan resolved to maintain a bit of defiance - a court winner56 AcrossReveal answer → Omnipotent87 AcrossReveal answer → Group (as a whole) about to get ill-gotten gains87 AcrossReveal answer → Small hole in the skin48 AcrossReveal answer → Official at a formal dinner119 AcrossReveal answer → Mostly stolen, deficit's original solution for the most senior610 AcrossReveal answer → One in supreme role's worse reportedly - a monster811 AcrossReveal answer → Look at611 AcrossReveal answer → 2002 Stephen Daldry film starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore811 AcrossReveal answer → PO 'crime' clear to a lunatic1512 AcrossReveal answer → Leading English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods1412 AcrossReveal answer → Informal613 AcrossReveal answer → A dark sweet ale brewed from black malt614 AcrossReveal answer → Unenthusiastic1114 AcrossReveal answer → Female in fix over first of losses414 AcrossReveal answer → 1979 number one single by the Boomtown Rats inspired by an incident at an Elementary School in San Diego1615 AcrossReveal answer → Need a word quietly - Second Sight not content416 AcrossReveal answer → University city in central Germany on the river Saale416 AcrossReveal answer → Country whose capital is Conakry617 AcrossReveal answer → Sheet of glass418 AcrossReveal answer → Operation controlled by thugs in suits from the outset ... and hats518 AcrossReveal answer → A popular British bidding system in bridge named after a London club418 AcrossReveal answer → The state capital of Massachusetts619 AcrossReveal answer → Aromatic wine819 AcrossReveal answer → Secret agent320 AcrossReveal answer → Purpose of prison: reforming those inside?420 AcrossReveal answer → Unpleasant521 AcrossReveal answer → Ford car model manufactured in Europe from 1968 to 2004622 AcrossReveal answer → How to refer to Queen (introductions to Meghan Markle are repeatedly blocked)422 AcrossReveal answer → In rowing, the oarsman who sits nearest the stern of a shell624 AcrossReveal answer → Mark hanging round to enjoy celebration925 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Taiwan626 AcrossReveal answer → Puritans, having lost money, becoming deaf teachers826 AcrossReveal answer → Working with slave around Californian city628 AcrossReveal answer → Considered guilty, resistance suppressed and condemned829 AcrossReveal answer → Juan Manuel ___, Argentine racing driver who won the World Championship five times between 1951 and 1957629 AcrossReveal answer → Desert surprisingly green, very - that's not right?530 AcrossReveal answer → Legendary British city in Arthurian legends that is the home of Elaine730 AcrossReveal answer → Luchino ___, Italian director whose films include Ossessione, The Leopard and Death in Venice831 AcrossReveal answer → 2001 Lasse Hallström film starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore and Judi Dench1532 AcrossReveal answer → Area of Cardiff, birthplace of Shirley Bassey and Ryan Giggs839 AcrossReveal answer → Mexican food item whose name literally means 'young donkey'741 AcrossReveal answer → 1960 instrumental by The Shadows that topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks642 AcrossReveal answer → The largest US state643 AcrossReveal answer → The fibrous interior of the fruit of the dishcloth gourd, which is used as a bath sponge644 AcrossReveal answer → A colourless odourless flammable gaseous alkane obtained from natural gas and petroleum645 AcrossReveal answer → Trading name of America's National Railroad Passenger Corporation648 AcrossReveal answer → US state whose capital is Des Moines449 AcrossReveal answer → A layer of mortar finishing off the surface of a floor650 AcrossReveal answer → The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet453 AcrossReveal answer → Stage name of the American musician, singer-songwriter and artist Don Van Vliet1655 AcrossReveal answer → Song that provided the first of Spain's two Eurovision wins, performed by Massiel at the 1968 contest657 AcrossReveal answer → Hungarian-born US newspaper publisher who established prizes that bear his name1458 AcrossReveal answer → 1987 Héctor Babenco film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep859 AcrossReveal answer →

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Look, RAC's fixed holes in boat!81 DownReveal answer → The large aquatic bird Cygnus cygnus111 DownReveal answer → Hit hard (Informal)81 DownReveal answer → Buddhist temple accommodating land animal that's considered semi-aquatic82 DownReveal answer → Tennessee city immortalised in a 1941 Glenn Miller song112 DownReveal answer → In an incorrect manner52 DownReveal answer → Dog and what it may do without a lead possibly?63 DownReveal answer → Scottish Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 197363 DownReveal answer → Disinterred73 DownReveal answer → Covering up not criminal case? Having more to say64 DownReveal answer → Acetylsalicylic acid74 DownReveal answer → Verbalise74 DownReveal answer → Merit45 DownReveal answer → Line up on left coming back, he cries65 DownReveal answer → The predatory canine mammal, Canis latrans, also called a prairie wolf65 DownReveal answer → Votes in favour46 DownReveal answer → See 5686 DownReveal answer → 1958 film starring Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant107 DownReveal answer → Department of France whose capital is Metz78 DownReveal answer → Article on German director Lee38 DownReveal answer → Former Radio 1 deejay whose mid-morning show featured Our Tune109 DownReveal answer → Visited Ivy with a drug-smuggling solicitor?69 DownReveal answer → Former Hampshire, Leicestershire and West Indies fast bowler who twice took seven wickets in a Test match innings1110 DownReveal answer → Needlepoint810 DownReveal answer → Type of school712 DownReveal answer → In accordance with tricky parse513 DownReveal answer → 1987 album by Michael Jackson313 DownReveal answer → V-shaped stripe713 DownReveal answer → Language based on Esperanto is one and the same315 DownReveal answer → Number in a quintet415 DownReveal answer → Origins516 DownReveal answer → Reach not the last resort317 DownReveal answer → Asian country417 DownReveal answer → Disdainful having set up extremely nervous suspect619 DownReveal answer → Former name, until 1976, of Ho Chi Minh City620 DownReveal answer → Pull up and give lift to Frenchman who may be a pro in bed820 DownReveal answer → After fracas, Keane not starting - best he's not there821 DownReveal answer → American country singer-songwriter and actress whose songs include I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 51121 DownReveal answer → Body part in bird (adult) is arc-shaped623 DownReveal answer → Egyptian deity whose feminine counterpart was Seshat523 DownReveal answer → See 12 Across1524 DownReveal answer → In backtracking secures American capital625 DownReveal answer → A native people of Rwanda and Burundi525 DownReveal answer → 1985 horror film written by Stephen King comprising three stories: Quitters, Inc, The Ledge and General727 DownReveal answer → With leaders twisted, taken advantage of and prosecuted427 DownReveal answer → 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott728 DownReveal answer → Much-covered ballad by John Coltrane, composed for his 1960 album Giant Steps and named after his wife533 DownReveal answer → A very large marine mammal with a blowhole on top of its head for breathing534 DownReveal answer → American actor whose films include Platoon and The Last Temptation of Christ1135 DownReveal answer → A spring that discharges steam and hot water636 DownReveal answer → Song by The Everly Brothers that topped the charts for several weeks in 1960 on both sides of the Atlantic1137 DownReveal answer → Cockerel appearing in fables about Reynard The Fox, such as The Nun's Priest's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer1138 DownReveal answer → Deep Purple's highest charting UK single1040 DownReveal answer → The beetle Anthonomus grandis that destroys cotton1041 DownReveal answer → Metallic element whose atomic number is 41746 DownReveal answer → Thick muscle forming the rounded contour of the outer edge of the shoulder and acting to raise the arm747 DownReveal answer → In yoga, any of the seven major energy centres in the body651 DownReveal answer → Nickname of Derek Edward Trotter, in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses652 DownReveal answer → Billy ___, fictional character who replaced The Country Cuzzins in The Beano in 1964554 DownReveal answer → British punk band whose members included Ari Up and Palmolive856 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, November 29, 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.