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The Independent Crossword October 13 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 13 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 55 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#
Swimmer entering decider or qualifierRORQUAL7Across1 Muslim festivalEID3Across1 Bad actor (Informal)HAM3Across3 Young guy to cover vehicle after parking noticePLACARD7Across5 TepidLUKEWARM8Across7 Large aquatic birdSWAN4Across8 Drink up - that should stop a policeman coming backCUPPA5Across9 AdhesiveSTICKY6Across9 Fruit dessertSORBET6Across10 Throw away photographGETSHOTOF9Across10 Jewelled headdressTIARA5Across11 Exit crone with a fearful curseEXECRATION10Across11 Consume no end of acid dropsRAIN4Across12 Feeling Stormy should suppress a newspaper revealing another Trump buddy?NIGELFARAGE11Across14 Look atBEHOLD6Across16 Neckwear itemCRAVAT6Across17 ReposeREST4Across18 Buried in loosely scattered religious teaching, what's known only unto Maker?TRADESECRET11Across18 Pre-meal drinkAPERITIF8Across19 Male sheepRAM3Across20 Flyer lags behind, wings clippedRAIL4Across21 EmbraceHUG3Across21 Shakes tail to detach from one shelled seafood itemROCKSALMON10Across22 Copy 'MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE' without capsIMITATION9Across25 100 retro books featuring Wild West heroTONTO5Across26 Bring home round article made of clayEARTHEN7Across27 Maybe eldest son reportedly switching positions to get high post?AIRMAIL7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FairnessEQUITY6Down1 Chancellor's longing for acceptance by both sides?RACHEL6Down1 1D takes a consonant – not D! – in TV seriesRIPLEY6Down2 SoakDRENCH6Down2 Heard you hurried over and called my boss impromptuUNARRANGED10Down3 Edge of a piece of clothHEM3Down3 Land of fireLIGHT5Down4 WoeMISERY6Down4 Pulpy novel's plot I bore exasperatedlyPOTBOILER9Down5 Spotted beetleLADYBIRD8Down5 American woman, Wimbledon winnerASHE4Down6 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down6 Agar, with salt, needing mixing and mouldingASTRAGAL8Down7 Kept out great overDEFENDED8Down8 Laid lowSTRICKEN8Down10 GemJEWEL5Down12 MedicDOCTOR6Down13 Expert in sound okayed original recordingPASTMASTER10Down13 LuridGARISH6Down14 In sort of chant, Roger, backing Scotsman, follows Geoff's leadGREGORIAN9Down15 Ordinary seamanRATING6Down15 Keir's tangling with a discontented Left - as per The Sun?STARLIKE8Down16 Well-worn section of trail I'm afterwards to climbFAMILIAR8Down17 Girl hugging guy and girlAMANDA6Down19 IntentionAIM3Down19 Uniform only displayed intermittently, catching officer outUNCOOL6Down20 Livingstone always turned up in an African countryKENYA5Down23 Ugh! About time to washBATH4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, October 13, 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.