The Independent Crossword October 23 2025 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 23 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Inscribed tabletPLAQUE6Across1
DespiseHATE4Across4
Metallic elementMAGNESIUM9Across8
Fruit seedPIP3Across9
Senseless how burlesque endsINANE5Across9
Cut up and examineDISSECT7Across10
Explosive material about creativity sincereHEARTFELT9Across10
RotDECAY5Across11
Crouchback for one thrown in road by kingLANCASTER9Across11
Mischievous duo taking female out for driveIMPEL5Across12
Fortune teller's globeCRYSTALBALL11Across12
Look after book for Welsh entertainerNOVELLO7Across13
Four in romcom linked with sexual celebrationNOTTINGHILLCARNIVAL19Across15
Multiplied byTIMES5Across16
Tabloid target in Sulawesi — French are leavingCELEB5Across17
Cheeky Girl shunning any number to be sociable?MIX3Across18
ShiverTREMBLE7Across18
LubricateOIL3Across20
Charm gypsy man among reformed drinkersAROMA5Across20
Military commandABOUTTURN9Across21
Court orderWRIT4Across22
Back where witch lived — she heartlessENDORSE7Across22
Of the mindMENTAL6Across23
Dander raised, wanted to strangle learner driverNEEDLED7Across25
American devoured by worst animalBEAST5Across26
Use handle wrongly — let goUNLEASHED9Across27
Painting class in new termREMBRANDT9Across30
Repeatedly questions MP involved in dischargePUMPS5Across31
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hair oilPOMADE6Down1
See 15 AcrossNOTTINGHILLCARNIVAL19Down1
AuspicesAEGIS5Down2
IneffectualUSELESS7Down3
Letters from Brother Aldhelm deceived goddessHERA4Down3
MoistHUMID5Down4
Online space strange to M RoachCHATROOM8Down4
Something tiny Romeo wore outsideHADRON6Down5
CharacteristicTYPICAL7Down5
Tapestries restored where threads gradually removed?STRIPTEASE10Down6
Obstacle to concentrationDISTRACTION11Down6
Parking in Asian metropolis for sacred siteDELPHI6Down7
NimbleSPRY4Down7
Lead removed from silver say and elsewhereETAL4Down8
Husband in delicate positionNICHE5Down13
WalkerRAMBLER7Down13
RespireBREATHE7Down14
Room for experimentation in party rhetoricLABORATORY10Down14
DoghouseKENNEL6Down15
Horse's gaitTROT4Down16
Good boy receiving new organGLAND5Down16
ChicSMART5Down17
Not sharpBLUNT5Down19
Times Cryptic Hotline gives 'rock fragment'XENOLITH8Down19
State in which goodish priest keeps houseOKLAHOMA8Down21
Limb found in river and wellDEARME6Down23
Horse one Queen maltreatedEQUINE6Down24
One called 11 baronet encircling old cityBURT4Down26
Deadly reptiles spring up to claim sonASPS4Down28
Many a Welsh runner in the gloamingDUSK4Down29
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 23, 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.