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The Independent Crossword October 2 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 2 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 56 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#
Continue performing after horror novel's recitedCARRYON7Across1 Badger's burrowSETT4Across1 Just outside the medalsFOURTH6Across4 Artificial gin drunk at Glastonbury?CAMPING7Across5 ImplySUGGEST7Across7 Visually displeasingUGLY4Across8 Using short wordsMONOSYLLABIC12Across9 Get fruit via supermarket loyalty scheme in mid-SeptemberNECTARINE9Across9 Delicious warm doughnut disappearsTASTY5Across10 Substance found in delicatessen - celery?ESSENCE7Across11 MournLAMENT6Across11 Loosen pants having consumed 500 items from a Chinese takeawayNOODLES7Across12 Slow musical movementADAGIO6Across13 Business contractors freely inspect empty rooms around hotelSPHINCTERS10Across14 Benny's cool, not coldHILL4Across16 Written thesisDISSERTATION12Across16 The Independent's programme to shun extremistsOURS4Across18 CelebritySTAR4Across19 Naked goblin queen departs gingerly, without complaintOBLIGINGLY10Across19 CaptainSKIPPER7Across20 NotorietyINFAMY6Across21 Strong windGALE4Across22 Deal, perhaps, with the spreading of diseaseSEASIDE7Across23 Beat up around 50 Salvation Army leaders from Teddington and EalingPULSATE7Across24 Diminished, a knight, at last, is restingBATED5Across26 How we wish others were here to edit podcasts about nude artPOSTCARDS9Across27 Journalist joining small people in boat getting fixedSCREWED7Across28 Graduate performer in hospital, sick, leaving worker to deal with the rubbishDUSTMAN7Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Things given up when renouncing Catholic fellow admittedCONFESSIONS11Down1 EncourageEGGON5Down2 Strains of seaweeds with leavesRACKS5Down2 Head of Yamaha making money - yen?YEARNING8Down3 Crime against the stateTREASON7Down3 PointlessFUTILE6Down4 Extremely green water coming up streetNAIVEST7Down4 Soft palate extensionUVULA5Down5 C-lister in rehab?CLEANER7Down5 RevealingTELLING7Down6 Old lady, finally affluent, or elevated leader among nurses?MATRON6Down6 UncomplicatedSIMPLE6Down7 Rude novel's opening linguist translatedINSULTING9Down7 In high spirits, Gary Lineker finally comes outGAY3Down8 WoodworkerJOINER6Down10 Make dampMOISTEN7Down12 Second review of Lassie? Only when there's nothing serious to reportSILLYSEASON11Down13 SketchDRAWING7Down14 MacabreGRISLY6Down15 Foregathered mobs renouncing God and heaven?HEREAFTER9Down15 Middle Eastern countrySYRIA5Down17 Idiots slip up outside barPILLOCKS8Down17 UrgeIMPEL5Down18 Part of questionable EP edited/censoredBLEEPED7Down20 Plausible statement from model getting chargedIMPOSED7Down21 Opening punch in the stomach that hurtsWINDOW6Down22 A burger, but hold the filling - Bluebird's fullABRIM5Down25 Coach that's kaput - its back-end's come offBUS3Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 2, 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.