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The Independent Crossword October 11 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 113 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 11 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 113 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#
DistortWARP4Across1 City transit protector's back half not opening when twistedSEATTLE7Across1 Assumed a resting positionLAIN4Across3 Took a shot, weapon almost being deadGUESSED7Across5 Like betterPREFER6Across7 DeedACTION6Across8 Russian's certainly left-wing, with wicked alter egoDAREDEVIL9Across9 At allWHATSOEVER10Across9 Complete set of countries pressing to drop bordersUNCUT5Across10 Health centreCLINIC6Across11 Both sides of strategy for AlexanderSANDY5Across11 1766 novel by Oliver Goldsmith whose central character is Dr PrimroseTHEVICAROFWAKEFIELD19Across12 Pares back - not as much as 1A resident?SLEEPLESS9Across12 FrightenedSCARED6Across13 1882 play by Victorien Sardou that gave its name to a hatFEDORA6Across13 Tiger cub selected for shaving struggles and leavesICEBERGLETTUCE14Across13 See 35TESSIEOSHEA11Across14 Worn outTHREADBARE10Across15 1666 play by Molière whose central character is AlcesteLEMISANTHROPE13Across16 See 12THEVICAROFWAKEFIELD19Across17 Musician who played with Grieg's genreGEORGEGERSHWIN14Across18 Rabindranath ___, Indian poet and philosopher who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1913TAGORE6Across18 The 23rd president of the United StatesBENJAMINHARRISON16Across19 ArroganceHUBRIS6Across19 Mood of soft stringed instrument reflected a new churchPETULANCE9Across20 PeakSUMMIT6Across20 Il ___, 15th-century mural by Leonardo da Vinci also known as The Last SupperCENACOLO8Across21 DestinyFATE4Across21 EveryEACH4Across22 The Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that started at the end of 1987INTIFADA8Across23 Low-budget festival recalled after happeningINDIE5Across23 Formerly, a provincial governor or other high official of the Ottoman Empire or the modern Egyptian kingdomPASHA5Across25 Warning of red room missed by companionAMBER5Across25 Intelligence and super-intelligence Republican's taken from historical periodESPIONAGE9Across26 Real first name of the late actor Kirk DouglasISSUR5Across27 E.g. tin soldiers in revolutionary setELEMENT7Across27 Odds certainly shortened without fighting Trojan horse?SPYWARE7Across28 1983 film starring Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaineTERMSOFENDEARMENT17Across28 The second largest London borough by populationBARNET6Across31 Former Luton Town, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur centre forward who is now a punditPAULWALSH9Across33 Welsh entertainer and actress for whom Noël Coward created the part of Ada Cockle in his 1963 Broadway musical The Girl Who Came to SupperTESSIEOSHEA11Across35 Tokyo-born actress who was the older sister of Joan FontaineOLIVIADEHAVILLAND17Across38 Rapper and toaster formerly in UB40 born Terence WilsonASTRO5Across40 Series of computer games set in the fictional nation of Albion created by Peter MolyneuxFABLE5Across42 American political movement that emerged from Ron Paul's 2008 presidential primary campaignTEAPARTY8Across43 Mieczyslaw ___, Warsaw-born composer and pianist whose works include the symphonic trilogy Having Crossed the Threshold of WarWEINBERG8Across45 David Lean film that won seven Oscars, including Best PictureLAWRENCEOFARABIA16Across47 Major South Korean car manufacturer declared bankrupt in 1999DAEWOO6Across50 Marvel Comics superhero, alter ego of Matt Murdock, who first appeared in 1964DAREDEVIL9Across53 2001 top ten single by GorillazCLINTEASTWOOD13Across54 Left tributary of the river Moselle that rises near Vaux-sur-Sûre in southeastern BelgiumSAUER5Across55 Ray ___, actor who played Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's film GoodfellasLIOTTA6Across56 Town in Gloucestershire at the confluence of the Rivers Severn and AvonTEWKESBURY10Across57

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cruel fact: you need to get rid of tattoo for promotionSADISTIC8Down1 Spanish football club known as Los LeonesATHLETICBILBAO14Down1 LycanthropeWEREWOLF8Down1 An old hand inhabits stage partAPRON5Down2 Ancient Athenian philosopher who was the son of Hipponicus and brother of CalliasHERMOGENES10Down2 ChorusREFRAIN7Down2 Picnic-goer rearranged derby dateTEDDYBEAR9Down3 1962 novel by Jack KerouacBIGSUR6Down3 Liquid measureLITRE5Down3 US state whose capital is AugustaMAINE5Down4 Hip neighbour shunning lead singerELVIS5Down4 Golf clubIRON4Down4 WeaponsARMS4Down5 Spiral tube that forms part of the internal ear and converts sound vibrations into nerve impulsesCOCHLEA7Down5 Information about hackneyed detective movieGOLDENEYE9Down5 Identity documentsPAPERS6Down6 Stock online joke?EQUIP5Down6 Ancient Latin hymn from a canticle that begins with words meaning "Thee, God, we praise"TEDEUM6Down6 Afraid to bring up a bully who's beyond reproachSACREDCOW9Down7 English comedy actress, writer and producer who provides voices for "45 Across"MORWENNABANKS13Down7 Civilian occupation of Captain Mainwaring in Dad's ArmyBANKMANAGER11Down8 T S Eliot ignoring content editor's rising hateDETEST6Down8 A loudspeaker used for the reproduction of low audio frequenciesWOOFER6Down9 FebrileFEVERISH8Down10 Play by Anton Chekhov first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art TheatreTHREESISTERS12Down10 The second-largest island in the MediterraneanSARDINIA8Down11 Dairy productCHEESE6Down12 Fit to choose the Spanish city lodgeELECTABLE9Down14 Blood deficiencyANAEMIA7Down14 Karate achievement that you can't build on?GREENBELT9Down15 Familiar name for the company whose flagship publication is The Wall Street JournalDOWJONES8Down15 One's working with you, at first, to undermine trial evidenceTESTIMONY9Down16 Vast crowdHORDE5Down16 Crockery itemDISH4Down17 Go before disrupting leadership of Anthony Eden etc.ANTECEDE8Down17 Brass instrumentTUBA4Down18 Number one did shift after workOPIATE6Down19 Greek philosopher who taught Aristotle and was a friend of "2 Down"PLATO5Down20 Big city about to host golfLARGE5Down21 Member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154, also known as a White FriarCARMELITE9Down22 Shows part of Sussex positivelyEXPOS5Down22 Latin word used in textual annotation meaning lower down on the page or further on in the bookINFRA5Down24 A nymph from the underworld avoiding a goddessDIANA5Down24 2000 top ten single by MobyPORCELAIN9Down25 City in Northern Ireland with Roman Catholic and Protestant archbishopsARMAGH6Down26 The capital of the BahamasNASSAU6Down29 1953 novel by Raymond Chandler featuring detective Philip MarloweTHELONGGOODBYE14Down30 The freshwater fish Salmo gairdneriRAINBOWTROUT12Down32 Wife of the Roman emperor Augustus and mother of TiberiusLIVIA5Down34 English nurse executed by the Germans in World War I for helping Allied prisoners to escapeEDITHCAVELL11Down36 The common viper Vipera berusADDER5Down37 A seducer in Nicholas Rowe's 1703 tragedy The Fair PenitentLOTHARIO8Down39 ITV comedy series that starred Nicholas Lyndhurst and Janet DibleyTHETWOOFUS10Down41 Legal term for suicideFELODESE8Down42 The destroyer, a name given to the Devil in the Book of RevelationAPOLLYON8Down44 Suburb of Liverpool that is the site of the racecourse over which the Grand National has been run since 1839AINTREE7Down46 Pat ___, former jockey who rode the Derby winners Grundy, Golden Fleece and Quest for FameEDDERY6Down48 Louisa May ___, US novelist best known for Little WomenALCOTT6Down49 Neurodevelopmental disorder linked to Tylenol by Donald Trump in 2025AUTISM6Down51 See 7MORWENNABANKS13Down52

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, October 11, 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.