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The Independent Crossword November 3 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 3 2025 answers. The Monday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pushing driving seat that's faultyADVERTISING11Across1 Cricket extraBYE3Across1 Culinary herbTHYME5Across3 Woody grassBAMBOO6Across7 Embarrassing error follows Best's header for MarshBOG3Across7 Make possibleENABLE6Across8 ProphetSEER4Across9 If time is saved, more like flying for some distanceKILOMETRE9Across9 German car wheel is soundAUDIO5Across10 And so onETCETERA8Across10 One must leave sooner on quiet fishing boatPEARLER7Across11 EducatorSCHOOLTEACHER13Across11 Go west, skirting island firePASSION7Across12 I occasionally cook nosh for modelsICONS5Across13 Viral facial blisterCOLDSORE8Across15 Pal spots rivalsOPPOSITES9Across15 Absorbed by matching notes, leaves meetingTETEATETE9Across17 Small parasitic arachnidTICK4Across18 Small fragment is missing lead for Lewis, TV detectiveMORSE5Across19 CriminalsFELONS6Across20 Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubsFRANTIC7Across20 SailorSEAMAN6Across21 Ski runPISTE5Across22 Misty not covered by chamber musicianCELLIST7Across22 ThrowSHY3Across23 Hibernian player's backside is pinched by international hard!IRISH5Across24 Rely on Gore to find place for donationsBLOODBANK9Across25 Heading off, get syrupWIG3Across27 Cleans grime off dairy productSINGLECREAM11Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Indifferent through familiarityBLASE5Down1 Some sauerkraut put up in cupboardARK3Down1 Off to visit Virginia holiday home?VILLA5Down2 Trade stoppageEMBARGO7Down2 Discovers the truth about New York street fights?RUMBLES7Down3 Cane syrupTREACLE7Down3 On set, Piers cut off abruptly when about to butt inINTERPOSE9Down4 Leavening agentYEAST5Down4 Freeze last of bolognese in single containerICEUP5Down5 Make biggerENLARGE7Down5 They should be charged for toastGLASSES7Down6 SharpenHONE4Down6 County rubbish tip lacking roomBEDSITTER9Down7 Thunder? Goes running for something waterproofGROUNDSHEET11Down8 Reason for struggle with OutlookPOINTOFVIEW11Down11 Type of photographCLOSEUP7Down12 Brief inspection (Informal)LOOKSEE7Down13 Curved swordCUTLASS7Down14 Appalling tabloid's drawn in by spinOUTRAGING9Down14 Nursery crop with holes spreadingPRESCHOOL9Down16 Worthless matterDROSS5Down16 SimpleEASY4Down17 Characters remaining when Hammersmith is evacuatedAITCHES7Down18 Tuneful Spice Girl tackling loud bit now and thenMELODIC7Down19 CircumspectCHARY5Down19 Islander's bar joined by regulars from clubCUBAN5Down21 'Hacked Off' copy has page missingIRATE5Down23 Scans unwrapped Kipling novelKIM3Down26

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, November 3, 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.