The Independent Crossword October 12 2025 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 12 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 54 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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Little tyke Beverly Hills cops shot from behindLAPDOG6Across1
See noteWITHOUTDELAY12Across1
Scotch back in barrels which the drink escapes from?SCUPPERS8Across4
SlenderSVELTE6Across8
Put in orderTIDYUP6Across9
Republican in Troon, his new golf clubSHORTIRON9Across9
Liquid measurePINT4Across10
Female ruff's beakREEVE5Across11
?STOPPAGE8Across11
Area supervisors note ID with alterations written aboveAFOREMENTIONED14Across12
ToolCHISEL6Across13
TooOVERLY6Across14
Cautionary rating on English wine to send to France?EXPORT6Across14
High-ranking officer (Informal)BRASSHAT8Across16
Unsatisfied girl has bagged bronze for shootingGUNMETAL8Across16
Did champion model speedos around university?ESPOUSED8Across18
WhenONCE4Across19
Contract groom listened to in courtPRENUP6Across20
?HOLDUP6Across20
European peninsulaIBERIA6Across22
Very nearbyATCLOSERANGE12Across23
Lord Chancellor is wary called on mobileCARDINALWOLSEY14Across23
Saw time on noticeADAGE5Across26
With old Golf pulled over, people needing the AA vanishGOWALKIES9Across27
Bullfighter with no cojones a bit yellow, mother admitsMATADORA8Across28
Doctor home after round where he startedORIGIN6Across29
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African bug left, because harmless? Not quite soLASSAFEVER10Down1
Press engagement quiet band keeps toPHOTOOP7Down2
RailINVEIGH7Down2
Public touching not the done thingOUTRE5Down3
Bad breathHALITOSIS9Down3
ImplementUTENSIL7Down4
Infer fraud's honestCONSTRUE8Down5
The aboveDITTO5Down5
Artiste first noted after agent given raisePERFORMER9Down6
BoyLAD3Down6
Of tender yearsYOUNG5Down7
At any time, cryptic set difficult challengeEVEREST7Down7
Comb for long-haired adherent caughtSEEK4Down8
Drive off without parking to keep looping aroundREEL4Down10
Remarkable thingsPHENOMENA9Down12
See incomplete clone, taking copy exactlyCLAPEYESON10Down13
?OUTSIDE7Down14
?LACKING7Down15
Harry looked at text from Spooner, Charles's old foeROUNDHEAD9Down15
One staying out later, probably after 12?TEENAGER8Down17
Spanish wineRIOJA5Down17
Large mammal, in shortHIPPO5Down18
Poor worker nice giving away poundPEASANT7Down19
Removing eggs, e.g. nits spread after NovemberNESTING7Down21
One of Disney's seven dwarfsDOC3Down21
Knock black and blueBLOW4Down22
Cargo ship's steam generator failing to startOILER5Down24
House with a lot of land, miles and milesFARM4Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, October 12, 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.