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The Independent Crossword October 21 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 21 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Seized61 AcrossReveal answer → Crop up54 AcrossReveal answer → Horny blighter really enjoyed being turned over56 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat quiet last section of Miles's Kind of Blue77 AcrossReveal answer → Mimic78 AcrossReveal answer → Picking up gun, rich sap gets the shakes109 AcrossReveal answer → Long-term prisoner59 AcrossReveal answer → Valuable810 AcrossReveal answer → Award Jesus stuck on Hoskins after a change of ways410 AcrossReveal answer → Garden basket411 AcrossReveal answer → A soft and thick congealed lump of dope411 AcrossReveal answer → Times everybody will go to medium without any doubt1012 AcrossReveal answer → Establishment1113 AcrossReveal answer → Yours truly will punch senior teacher314 AcrossReveal answer → Rowdy type seen with a motorcycle messenger516 AcrossReveal answer → Narrow road417 AcrossReveal answer → Ruddy cut, having necked last of molly and grass318 AcrossReveal answer → Egg dish818 AcrossReveal answer → Lawyer ultimately probing model at High Court?1020 AcrossReveal answer → Add up to521 AcrossReveal answer → Very last part722 AcrossReveal answer → Writer of national importance blackballed in hearing423 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse523 AcrossReveal answer → Old person about to break hip getting bit of action424 AcrossReveal answer → Have in mind624 AcrossReveal answer → Hence trial off?1025 AcrossReveal answer → Posh hubby drops billion for parking in London area727 AcrossReveal answer → Fiery emission from box close to firework528 AcrossReveal answer →

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Snack food61 DownReveal answer → Winger is a state, missing one shot ultimately61 DownReveal answer → Join together52 DownReveal answer → Palace player prone to histrionics a large supporter grabs82 DownReveal answer → Bulbous plant83 DownReveal answer → When to have rumpy-pumpy? After serving up wine!43 DownReveal answer → Skilled44 DownReveal answer → Man and his best friend touring uni by a lake64 DownReveal answer → Sentence given to a grasping English type like Jeffrey Archer85 DownReveal answer → Conflagration75 DownReveal answer → Party girl mostly seen around high-class German capital76 DownReveal answer → Infuriate66 DownReveal answer → Second from last117 DownReveal answer → You are one with nasty odour and must repel date58 DownReveal answer → Male horse812 DownReveal answer → A bit off the back of dormer caught burglar's tongue513 DownReveal answer → Ceaseless714 DownReveal answer → Investigation ruined Archer, Evening Standard originally admitted815 DownReveal answer → Cock-a-hoop615 DownReveal answer → Matrimonial616 DownReveal answer → Broadcaster's description of head of SEAT's charity?817 DownReveal answer → Designate rake perverted after cuddling lively ram719 DownReveal answer → Subject519 DownReveal answer → Apartment420 DownReveal answer → A Parisian enthralled by game Penny’s approach521 DownReveal answer → Briefly get on well with European eating hot chestnut?622 DownReveal answer → Song and dance made this crossword writer put out623 DownReveal answer → Drug test requires reviewing weighty reading material426 DownReveal answer →

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