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The Independent Crossword October 20 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 20 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
Flipping secretary kept quiet about pest in bedAPHID5Across1 Old measure of lengthELL3Across1 Cut (grass)MOW3Across3 Limits reasons why calls cannot be madeDEADLINES9Across4 Venetian boatGONDOLA7Across8 AttemptedTRIED5Across9 One teacher taken aback by child introducing the French philosopherARISTOTLE9Across9 Bookie at last contributing to TV presenter's betsANTES5Across10 CoagulateCLOT4Across10 Is setter nuts about first wave?TSUNAMI7Across11 Kitchen applianceTOASTER7Across11 Information age leaks at the outset not specificGENERAL7Across12 ImprisonINCARCERATE11Across12 Grants a right to settle in MobileENTITLES8Across13 Mature individuals saluted oddly after dropping ecstasyADULTS6Across15 Bad moveMISSTEP7Across15 SkulkLURK4Across17 Goodness! Comic Jack's packing weaponDEARME6Across18 FootwearSHOES5Across19 Wardrobe accessoryTIERACK7Across20 Nurse Amy accidently produces swelling in vesselANEURYSM8Across20 PlungeDIP3Across21 Short sleepNAP3Across22 Tourist's permit terminated prematurely before riot breaks outVISITOR7Across23 With half of month gone crew finally get increaseAUGMENT7Across24 Doctor heading procedures providing solution for viewersDROPS5Across26 Raison d’être of Labour Party this writer's embracing, sonSOCIALISM9Across27 Dealing with tense champion getting publicity travellingONTHEROAD9Across28 Spirit supplied by Newmarket hostelryETHOS5Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Papers supporting articles covering equality and system suppressing itAPARTHEID9Down1 TenseEDGY4Down1 Wool fatLANOLIN7Down2 Report of triumph at altitude in lines from the EastHAIKU5Down2 DampMOIST5Down3 Take away tips from Dante passageDETRACT7Down3 Explained how follower is restricted by ActDETAILED8Down4 Long waterproof bootsWADERS6Down4 Exact retribution on German hiding uniform during course of actionAVENGE6Down5 Type of artistPORTRAITIST11Down5 Discovered illegal run held periodicallyLEARNED7Down6 Join inPARTICIPATE11Down6 Beat around Russian river extremely lonely of courseNATURALLY9Down7 Heavy vehicleSTEAMROLLER11Down7 One interupting girl climbing ropeSISAL5Down8 GroundTERRAIN7Down13 EntertainedAMUSED6Down14 Move coaches out of Italy to Marseilles for exampleTRANSPORT9Down14 PrySNOOP5Down16 Note police turning over house at intervalsSOMETIMES9Down16 Conclude he can, receiving treatment inside, be made betterENHANCED8Down17 OmitSKIP4Down18 China welcoming International Space Station painterMATISSE7Down19 Daughter in Prague working to pay for nicer accommodation perhapsUPGRADE7Down21 Break into Post Office quicklyPRESTO6Down22 Film capital banning card gameVIDEO5Down23 Head of Hollywood costume department sailing north aboard yacht I'd equippedEDITH5Down25

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, October 20, 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.