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The Independent Crossword October 19 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 19 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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Help Conservative to hide billions, moving account81 AcrossReveal answer → Venesection101 AcrossReveal answer → Departure for one on ship65 AcrossReveal answer → Water pipe47 AcrossReveal answer → Journalist88 AcrossReveal answer → ?89 AcrossReveal answer → Punishment stick410 AcrossReveal answer → Remote location for one affected their game910 AcrossReveal answer → Oddball dismissed seconds from predicted retirement511 AcrossReveal answer → Representation611 AcrossReveal answer → Carol never felt unlimited412 AcrossReveal answer → Trace of life left in Sackville-West's grand garden?1013 AcrossReveal answer → Disinclined613 AcrossReveal answer → Running, shot and pole? My hero1315 AcrossReveal answer → Information415 AcrossReveal answer → Parlour game817 AcrossReveal answer → Builder's facing police officer, 100 mph in left lane1318 AcrossReveal answer → ?819 AcrossReveal answer → Enticement420 AcrossReveal answer → See note1021 AcrossReveal answer → Prepare to deep-fry Mars bars for Spooner, whose utterances keep coming1022 AcrossReveal answer → Bride arranged the setting for fantasy424 AcrossReveal answer → Book to be collected by car, where you're put on hold?526 AcrossReveal answer → Since fish nets unavailable, one loses weight on ship927 AcrossReveal answer → Return wrong filling delivered for pastry628 AcrossReveal answer → Foot part of insect eaten by cook829 AcrossReveal answer →

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Species, cross including head of human and every other bit of lion61 DownReveal answer → ?71 DownReveal answer → Local worker saving money92 DownReveal answer → Type of beer52 DownReveal answer → Stick the rug down in Ilkley?43 DownReveal answer → Young offender institution73 DownReveal answer → Try a lie to distort truth74 DownReveal answer → Theme54 DownReveal answer → ?75 DownReveal answer → Complain again, hearing that firing range after August 12th?106 DownReveal answer → Edible seed46 DownReveal answer → Abandoned lover with skill climbing on top57 DownReveal answer → Quietly interrupting naval chief, talk88 DownReveal answer → Work over, what remains after term for professor?69 DownReveal answer → Swagger712 DownReveal answer → Non-professional713 DownReveal answer → Apparent714 DownReveal answer → Eurovision winner, upset country's losing lead, wails1014 DownReveal answer → Prayer ending416 DownReveal answer → Constant force cracks nuts as stated916 DownReveal answer → Infant517 DownReveal answer → Spotty son managed to bag kiss817 DownReveal answer → Yellow fossil resin518 DownReveal answer → Land with many inlets, as if cut by river619 DownReveal answer → Dock's our standard base behind seafront, mostly720 DownReveal answer → Mean person you'd be pleased to see go621 DownReveal answer → African dictator smuggling diamonds, mundane business523 DownReveal answer → Large item from IKEA perhaps unfinished until now425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, October 19, 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.