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The Independent Crossword October 17 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 17 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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Six stratagems in sneaky codes71 AcrossReveal answer → Pub storing a lot of booze? That’s making sense75 AcrossReveal answer → Chew45 AcrossReveal answer → Golf peg37 AcrossReveal answer → Floating marker48 AcrossReveal answer → Journey69 AcrossReveal answer → Wood goblin lore possibly encompasses fine woodland sprite159 AcrossReveal answer → Old foolish state? It’s uncomfortably seen in way of speaking810 AcrossReveal answer → Quite610 AcrossReveal answer → Material considered new in the US?611 AcrossReveal answer → Pretend to be dead1011 AcrossReveal answer → Republican Party brought back the cane313 AcrossReveal answer → Unlikely1014 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit profit involves Conservative getting very angry1114 AcrossReveal answer → Unchanged admin trainee accepting employment? It’s being put through the grinder1117 AcrossReveal answer → Rubble618 AcrossReveal answer → Trouser gossip with a twist319 AcrossReveal answer → Foot part620 AcrossReveal answer → Heads for the old excellent Astaire-Rogers film620 AcrossReveal answer → Silent421 AcrossReveal answer → Family322 AcrossReveal answer → Mountaineer finally a bit misguided, probing K2 in quite the wrong country822 AcrossReveal answer → Pink wine423 AcrossReveal answer → Lapse in concentration and so on - too old for the job? It’s seen everywhere1524 AcrossReveal answer → American adult shifting energy in a superficial way?725 AcrossReveal answer → Withdraw doctor: operation unacceptable726 AcrossReveal answer →

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Composer is following old king in green coat91 DownReveal answer → Turn on a pivot61 DownReveal answer → British upset about European artisan group ignoring initial reconstruction72 DownReveal answer → Assistance42 DownReveal answer → Soprano leading song about political grouping and health resorts93 DownReveal answer → Preoccupy63 DownReveal answer → Informs against drunk looking the worse for wear?104 DownReveal answer → Drums74 DownReveal answer → Verse, after initial line, a source of precious stuff?45 DownReveal answer → Bird’s head seen amongst half the bushes etc? This is a diving bird56 DownReveal answer → Standard46 DownReveal answer → Musical instrument in case, seen in church area77 DownReveal answer → Hunting cry77 DownReveal answer → British writer depressed over really vacuous British painter too58 DownReveal answer → Round of applause712 DownReveal answer → Church ledge near person, one with binder?1012 DownReveal answer → Repulsive713 DownReveal answer → Package615 DownReveal answer → Nasty egotist we learn about915 DownReveal answer → Sheen616 DownReveal answer → Lingerie item getting no exclamation? Chap paying insufficient attention916 DownReveal answer → Sediment417 DownReveal answer → Swedish city in revolt, regrettably uprising in pursuit of power718 DownReveal answer → Benefit419 DownReveal answer → Underwear source of vulgar fuss and swagger719 DownReveal answer → Bill left with a set of drums520 DownReveal answer → New kids initially seen in beer joint521 DownReveal answer → Famous performer’s fixed look, dropping tab423 DownReveal answer →

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