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The Independent Crossword October 16 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Mark spies jiffy bags about91 AcrossReveal answer → Small bottle51 AcrossReveal answer → Overtook64 AcrossReveal answer → Mantra from East Thailand provided thematic element56 AcrossReveal answer → Protect87 AcrossReveal answer → Sustain48 AcrossReveal answer → Mixture of elements69 AcrossReveal answer → Erect nude, looking embarrassed, covers front79 AcrossReveal answer → Bevy of eggs, expensive reportedly710 AcrossReveal answer → Fragment510 AcrossReveal answer → Judge from German city511 AcrossReveal answer → Ordinary members1111 AcrossReveal answer → They clap with excitement after Conservative gives way912 AcrossReveal answer → One playing a small part in business and government314 AcrossReveal answer → Subsequently514 AcrossReveal answer → Female mathematician with award discovered unknown number1115 AcrossReveal answer → Placate616 AcrossReveal answer → Spirit? It is not to be administered for this condition1117 AcrossReveal answer → Attic418 AcrossReveal answer → Breadwinner819 AcrossReveal answer → Tips for building your dream car319 AcrossReveal answer → Emphasis620 AcrossReveal answer → Nobody has news about Spooner oddly920 AcrossReveal answer → Dessert521 AcrossReveal answer → Best closely woven fabric shunned by European duke522 AcrossReveal answer → Lively piece from singer with variable penetrating note724 AcrossReveal answer → One aircraftman later checks out726 AcrossReveal answer → Jam made by a simple machine527 AcrossReveal answer → Kipling beast has shaken her up928 AcrossReveal answer →

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Container for money51 DownReveal answer → Royal attendants love short skirts51 DownReveal answer → Get a tight grip when fixing a bit of bad wiring72 DownReveal answer → Protein hormone72 DownReveal answer → Little Diana Stewart after dressing up is most gaudily dressed93 DownReveal answer → Truck53 DownReveal answer → What's offered to persuade Bond to dive in river114 DownReveal answer → Contented74 DownReveal answer → Blunder made by Fermat after ignoring two transcendentals35 DownReveal answer → Not drunk55 DownReveal answer → Irishwoman turned up in the morning on the previous day56 DownReveal answer → Instance76 DownReveal answer → Cut through horseshoe for one English bay77 DownReveal answer → Advanced German for present day98 DownReveal answer → Preclude711 DownReveal answer → With reference to712 DownReveal answer → Slope713 DownReveal answer → K-9 beheaded emperor1113 DownReveal answer → Tool used in dealing with gnome914 DownReveal answer → Name515 DownReveal answer → Devout516 DownReveal answer → English women must wear high heels at religious class – but not in this place916 DownReveal answer → Group of ships517 DownReveal answer → Republican party leader loses article made from animal skins on a farm718 DownReveal answer → Old homosexual in black knickers!719 DownReveal answer → Governess protects island home for birds521 DownReveal answer → Giant squeeze announced523 DownReveal answer → Roman goddess dances topless325 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.