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The Independent Crossword October 17 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 17 2025 answers. The Friday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Six stratagems in sneaky codesVIRUSES7Across1 Pub storing a lot of booze? That’s making senseLOGICAL7Across5 ChewGNAW4Across5 Golf pegTEE3Across7 Floating markerBUOY4Across8 JourneyTRAVEL6Across9 Wood goblin lore possibly encompasses fine woodland spriteROBINGOODFELLOW15Across9 Old foolish state? It’s uncomfortably seen in way of speakingIDIOTISM8Across10 QuitePRETTY6Across10 Material considered new in the US?JERSEY6Across11 Pretend to be deadPLAYPOSSUM10Across11 Republican Party brought back the caneROD3Across13 UnlikelyIMPROBABLE10Across14 Fruit profit involves Conservative getting very angryRAISINGCAIN11Across14 Unchanged admin trainee accepting employment? It’s being put through the grinderSAUSAGEMEAT11Across17 RubbleDEBRIS6Across18 Trouser gossip with a twistBAG3Across19 Foot partINSTEP6Across20 Heads for the old excellent Astaire-Rogers filmTOPHAT6Across20 SilentMUTE4Across21 FamilyKIN3Across22 Mountaineer finally a bit misguided, probing K2 in quite the wrong countryKIRIBATI8Across22 Pink wineROSE4Across23 Lapse in concentration and so on - too old for the job? It’s seen everywhereBLANKETCOVERAGE15Across24 American adult shifting energy in a superficial way?AMATEUR7Across25 Withdraw doctor: operation unacceptableDROPOUT7Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Composer is following old king in green coatVERDIGRIS9Down1 Turn on a pivotSWIVEL6Down1 British upset about European artisan group ignoring initial reconstructionREBUILD7Down2 AssistanceHELP4Down2 Soprano leading song about political grouping and health resortsSANATORIA9Down3 PreoccupyOBSESS6Down3 Informs against drunk looking the worse for wear?SHOPSOILED10Down4 DrumsTOMTOMS7Down4 Verse, after initial line, a source of precious stuff?LODE4Down5 Bird’s head seen amongst half the bushes etc? This is a diving birdGREBE5Down6 StandardNORM4Down6 Musical instrument in case, seen in church areaCELESTA7Down7 Hunting cryTALLYHO7Down7 British writer depressed over really vacuous British painter tooLOWRY5Down8 Round of applauseOVATION7Down12 Church ledge near person, one with binder?MISERICORD10Down12 RepulsiveHIDEOUS7Down13 PackagePARCEL6Down15 Nasty egotist we learn aboutGETWISETO9Down15 SheenLUSTRE6Down16 Lingerie item getting no exclamation? Chap paying insufficient attentionNEGLIGENT9Down16 SedimentLEES4Down17 Swedish city in revolt, regrettably uprising in pursuit of powerUPPSALA7Down18 BenefitSAKE4Down19 Underwear source of vulgar fuss and swaggerBRAVADO7Down19 Bill left with a set of drumsTABLA5Down20 New kids initially seen in beer jointANKLE5Down21 Famous performer’s fixed look, dropping tabSTAR4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, October 17, 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.