The Independent Crossword November 5 2025 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword November 5 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Discerning kissing and petting?MAKINGOUT9Across1
OozeSEEP4Across1
Writing fluidINK3Across3
Communication system for partners screened by Coca-ColaACOL4Across6
Run quickly, then fall, producing sign of distressTEARDROP8Across8
AroundCIRCA5Across8
WorshipIDOLISE7Across9
Excited to be back, posh boy discouragedPUTOFF6Across9
For the most partLARGELY7Across10
Writer is the first person in Paris and its Italian equivalentJEROME6Across10
ComposurePOISE5Across11
Bad omens from rector in powerful sermon's introductionPORTENTS8Across11
At onceIMMEDIATELY11Across12
Sustenance rejected by American idiotDOOFUS6Across12
Put into different part of hospital and remunerated?REWARDED8Across15
Caught venomous snake and established Australian cityADELAIDE8Across16
CognisantAWARE5Across17
Compete with me for cluster of flowersRACEME6Across19
Atone forEXPIATE7Across19
Sweet-smelling old woman blocks men-only group from over the pondFRAGRANT8Across21
ObscureECLIPSE7Across21
Reportedly spot one's flat under waterPLAICE6Across22
TolerateABIDE5Across22
Affirmative answerYES3Across23
Spectre of violent anger covering ItalyWRAITH6Across24
Biting flyGNAT4Across24
Everybody in church welcomes a marriageALLIANCE8Across25
Tennis trailblazer remains on the phoneASHE4Across26
Is often confused with regard to lightSETONFIRE9Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Reaping-hookSICKLE6Down1
Oddly, may very well cut short nonsenseMYEYE5Down1
MistakeERROR5Down2
Lark around with rancid Boris, perhapsKARLOFF7Down2
FirstINITIAL7Down3
Language from north or south SpainNORSE5Down3
Working copy contained in press release, theoreticallyONPAPER7Down4
CustodianKEEPER6Down4
High quality portrait artist?TOPDRAWER9Down5
Flower clusterRACEME6Down5
Can't be arsed keeping aardvarkANTBEAR7Down6
CowardlyLILYLIVERED11Down6
Renovate (Informal)DOUP4Down7
Soft frame broken and inoperativeOFFSTREAM9Down7
Infectious diseaseMEASLES7Down13
Briefly made errors performing military instructionORDERARMS9Down13
Formal headwear itemTOPHAT6Down14
Trip in motor car is painful for GreensSPINACHES9Down14
RecentlyLATELY6Down15
Feel bitter atRESENT6Down16
Fish with appendages for walking onLEGSIDE7Down17
Passage from additional courtEXTRACT7Down18
Catch sight ofESPY4Down18
Man visiting India for local breadCHAPATI7Down20
ForeignALIEN5Down20
Grumpy Londoner hides artificial legPYLON5Down22
Announced change is in storeCACHE5Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, November 5, 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.