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The Independent Crossword October 21 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 21 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
SeizedCAUGHT6Across1 Crop upARISE5Across4 Horny blighter really enjoyed being turned overDEVIL5Across6 Somewhat quiet last section of Miles's Kind of BlueSLOWISH7Across7 MimicIMITATE7Across8 Picking up gun, rich sap gets the shakesPURCHASING10Across9 Long-term prisonerLIFER5Across9 ValuablePRECIOUS8Across10 Award Jesus stuck on Hoskins after a change of waysEMMY4Across10 Garden basketTRUG4Across11 A soft and thick congealed lump of dopeCLOT4Across11 Times everybody will go to medium without any doubtBYALLMEANS10Across12 EstablishmentINSTITUTION11Across13 Yours truly will punch senior teacherSIR3Across14 Rowdy type seen with a motorcycle messengerANGEL5Across16 Narrow roadLANE4Across17 Ruddy cut, having necked last of molly and grassRYE3Across18 Egg dishOMELETTE8Across18 Lawyer ultimately probing model at High Court?PROSECUTOR10Across20 Add up toTOTAL5Across21 Very last partTAILEND7Across22 Writer of national importance blackballed in hearingBARD4Across23 WarehouseDEPOT5Across23 Old person about to break hip getting bit of actionINCA4Across24 Have in mindINTEND6Across24 Hence trial off?INTHECLEAR10Across25 Posh hubby drops billion for parking in London areaPECKHAM7Across27 Fiery emission from box close to fireworkSPARK5Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Snack foodCRISPS6Down1 Winger is a state, missing one shot ultimatelyAVOCET6Down1 Join togetherUNITE5Down2 Palace player prone to histrionics a large supporter grabsALHAMBRA8Down2 Bulbous plantHYACINTH8Down3 When to have rumpy-pumpy? After serving up wine!ASTI4Down3 SkilledABLE4Down4 Man and his best friend touring uni by a lakeDOUGAL6Down4 Sentence given to a grasping English type like Jeffrey ArcherLIFEPEER8Down5 ConflagrationINFERNO7Down5 Party girl mostly seen around high-class German capitalDOUGLAS7Down6 InfuriateENRAGE6Down6 Second from lastPENULTIMATE11Down7 You are one with nasty odour and must repel dateHUMAN5Down8 Male horseSTALLION8Down12 A bit off the back of dormer caught burglar's tongueARGOT5Down13 CeaselessNONSTOP7Down14 Investigation ruined Archer, Evening Standard originally admittedRESEARCH8Down15 Cock-a-hoopELATED6Down15 MatrimonialWEDDED6Down16 Broadcaster's description of head of SEAT's charity?LARGESSE8Down17 Designate rake perverted after cuddling lively ramEARMARK7Down19 SubjectTHEME5Down19 ApartmentFLAT4Down20 A Parisian enthralled by game Penny’s approachRUNUP5Down21 Briefly get on well with European eating hot chestnut?CLICHE6Down22 Song and dance made this crossword writer put outBALLAD6Down23 Drug test requires reviewing weighty reading materialTOME4Down26

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, October 21, 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.