The Independent Crossword October 24 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 24 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 52 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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InheritorHEIR4Across1 Male singerBASS4Across4 InauspiciousUNFAVOURABLE12Across8 Precisely determine security code and give directionsPINPOINT8Across8 Start and end of time in pub - time having particular purposeINTENT6Across9 Wavering, hesitant, us? I’ll plunge straight inENTHUSIAST10Across10 AttireDRESS5Across10 RelentEASEOFF7Across11 A Southern Italian recalled Italian townASTI4Across11 ImprovementUPTURN6Across12 Suppress steps to restrain FranceSTIFLE6Across12 RepugnantODIOUS6Across14 Get away with money - $1000 - taking almost no timeFLEETING8Across14 Troublesome term for student wanting sex?THORNY6Across15 Relaxed when in a casual shirtATEASE6Across16 Level of commandECHELON7Across17 Fixes cocktail of gin with quantities of water?INGRAINS8Across19 DiscourageDETER5Across19 Old-fashionedANTEDILUVIAN12Across20 Fit? I note revolution in musclesINSTAL6Across21 Strong windGALE4Across21 ObligationDUTY4Across22 Remarkable count, but falling shortTALL4Across23 Everything takes a new direction after ditching first cushionsALLEVIATES10Across24 Phi half backed this examinerTESTER6Across26 Seabird about to strike one reptileTERRAPIN8Across27

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Singer’s tense after news in storyLINNET6Down1 Roof edgeEAVES5Down2 Large fish starts to occupy Pacific after hurricaneOPAH4Down2 Computer peripheralROUTER6Down3 Scientist’s way in blocking Schrödinger’s articlesEINSTEIN8Down3 Cooked slowly in liquidBRAISED7Down4 Formerly bombards river in StaffordshireSTRAFFS7Down4 Move quietly and tilt from West?TIPTOE6Down5 Burst of fireSALVO5Down5 Past master in reconstructing special valvesSTEAMTRAPS10Down6 Four-footed animalQUADRUPED9Down6 Number in mileage initially ignored, for exampleINSTANCE8Down7 Bring aboutEFFECT6Down7 ProgenyOFFSPRING9Down9 Take over fromRELIEVE7Down13 Cleaner to baffle the clergyFLOORCLOTH10Down13 AcquireOBTAIN6Down15 Shade given to a hair application comes from Cornish locationTINTAGEL8Down15 RelaxUNWIND6Down16 Article about one actual crimeTHIEVERY8Down17 Seal off to seal, I fancyISOLATE7Down18 Reddish dyeHENNA5Down18 UncertaintyDOUBT5Down19 I prevent artist showing city in EcuadorIBARRA6Down20 Sour spies snatching private eye in upsetACETIC6Down22 Expression of sympathy over a year on holidayAWAY4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, October 24, 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.