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The Independent Crossword October 19 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 19 2025 answers. The Sunday 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#
Help Conservative to hide billions, moving accountSOBSTORY8Across1 VenesectionPHLEBOTOMY10Across1 Departure for one on shipEGRESS6Across5 Water pipeBONG4Across7 JournalistREPORTER8Across8 ?DIURETIC8Across9 Punishment stickCANE4Across10 Remote location for one affected their gameHERMITAGE9Across10 Oddball dismissed seconds from predicted retirementOUTRE5Across11 RepresentationSYMBOL6Across11 Carol never felt unlimitedNOEL4Across12 Trace of life left in Sackville-West's grand garden?VITALSPARK10Across13 DisinclinedAVERSE6Across13 Running, shot and pole? My heroDALEYTHOMPSON13Across15 InformationDATA4Across15 Parlour gameCHARADES8Across17 Builder's facing police officer, 100 mph in left lanePORTLANDSTONE13Across18 ?SEDATIVE8Across19 EnticementBAIT4Across20 See noteWONDERDRUG10Across21 Prepare to deep-fry Mars bars for Spooner, whose utterances keep comingCHATTERBOX10Across22 Bride arranged the setting for fantasyIDEA4Across24 Book to be collected by car, where you're put on hold?LIMBO5Across26 Since fish nets unavailable, one loses weight on shipASTRONAUT9Across27 Return wrong filling delivered for pastryDANISH6Across28 Foot part of insect eaten by cookINFANTRY8Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Species, cross including head of human and every other bit of lionSPHINX6Down1 ?PRODIGY7Down1 Local worker saving moneyBARTENDER9Down2 Type of beerLAGER5Down2 Stick the rug down in Ilkley?TWIG4Down3 Young offender institutionBORSTAL7Down3 Try a lie to distort truthREALITY7Down4 ThemeTOPIC5Down4 ?MIRACLE7Down5 Complain again, hearing that firing range after August 12th?GROUSEMOOR10Down6 Edible seedBEAN4Down6 Abandoned lover with skill climbing on topEXTRA5Down7 Quietly interrupting naval chief, talkSPEAKING8Down8 Work over, what remains after term for professor?REHASH6Down9 SwaggerBRAVADO7Down12 Non-professionalAMATEUR7Down13 ApparentSEEMING7Down14 Eurovision winner, upset country's losing lead, wailsULULATIONS10Down14 Prayer endingAMEN4Down16 Constant force cracks nuts as statedSTEADFAST9Down16 InfantCHILD5Down17 Spotty son managed to bag kissSPECKLED8Down17 Yellow fossil resinAMBER5Down18 Land with many inlets, as if cut by riverNORWAY6Down19 Dock's our standard base behind seafront, mostlySHORTEN7Down20 Mean person you'd be pleased to see goPALTRY6Down21 African dictator smuggling diamonds, mundane businessADMIN5Down23 Large item from IKEA perhaps unfinished until nowSOFA4Down25

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