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The Independent Crossword October 25 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 108 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 25 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 108 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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ShrillREEDY5Across1 StratagemPLOY4Across4 Kitchen toolSPATULA7Across7 Italian musician at last eating a filling local sandwich (or two?)PAGANINI8Across8 Satisfy fullySATE4Across8 Daily StarTHESUN6Across9 Type of art exhibitINSTALLATION12Across9 Palestinians backed by Oxbridge academic make very slow progressPLODON6Across10 DisparateMOTLEY6Across10 American actress who won a record four Best Actress OscarsKATHARINEHEPBURN16Across11 French tennis icon heading for Channel island in lifeboat?NOAHSARK8Across11 Free of chargeGRATIS6Across12 Parcel company, mostly growing in reputation, causes a revolutionUPRISING8Across12 This bendy motorway's narrow passagesISTHMI6Across13 Overall title of several series of films written and directed by Edgar Reitz featuring life in Germany between 1919 and 2000HEIMAT6Across13 Takeaway at lunchtime?DAYLIGHTROBBERY15Across14 Former name of BeninDAHOMEY7Across14 The uppermost and widest of the three sections of the hipboneILIUM5Across15 A thick white sauce named after a steward of Louis XIV of FranceBECHAMEL8Across16 Naval NCOPETTYOFFICER12Across16 Daughter to Cymbeline in Shakespeare's playIMOGEN6Across17 Any whole number or zeroINTEGER7Across18 Fuddy-duddy Spurs wingers admitting defeat? On the contraryFOSSIL6Across18 Classic song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that has become the anthem of Manchester CityBLUEMOON8Across19 ArtificialFAUX4Across19 Sloping lettersITALICS7Across20 Fans around India excited after king returned the country's old moneyXERAFINS8Across20 English actress whose TV roles include Joan Booth in Love Thy Neighbour and Audrey Withey in WidowsKATEWILLIAMS12Across21 Song of praiseHYMN4Across21 The second brightest star in the skyCANOPUS7Across22 Literary categoryGENRE5Across22 Bodyguard following group of engineers - this in case you forgotREMINDER8Across23 The world's largest lakeCASPIANSEA10Across24 Dell is put inside suitcaseVALISE6Across24 Diva halfheartedly drinks one portCALAIS6Across25 Bony segments that make up the spinal columnVERTEBRAE9Across26 Looking fixedly, wasting little time when producing chemical weaponSARINGAS8Across26 Town in the Czech Republic that was the site of Napoleon's victory over Russian and Austrian armies in 1805AUSTERLITZ10Across29 A trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to that of the hypotenuseSINE4Across32 J R R Tolkien character described as "the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth"GALADRIEL9Across33 African country whose capital is LoméTOGO4Across34 Bernard ___, officer who successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El AlameinMONTGOMERY10Across37 English conspirator executed in 1606 for his part in the Gunpowder PlotGUYFAWKES9Across38 Queen of England from 1558 to 1603ELIZABETHI10Across40 South American country whose capital is QuitoECUADOR7Across42 1975 Neil Young studio album that features the song Cortez The KillerZUMA4Across44 The capital of MaltaVALLETTA8Across45 Leon ___, Russian revolutionary born Lev Davidovich BronsteinTROTSKY7Across47 Roman poet and satirist whose works include the Ars PoeticaHORACE6Across49 See 21KATEWILLIAMS12Across50 See 54STEVIENICKS11Across52 American rapper and actor born O'Shea Jackson in 1969ICECUBE7Across53 American singer-songwriter who joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 with her partner Lindsey BuckinghamSTEVIENICKS11Across54 French actor, singer and entertainer associated with the songs Louise and Thank Heaven for Little GirlsMAURICECHEVALIER16Across55

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1941 novel by James HiltonRANDOMHARVEST13Down1 One captured by the enemy about to invite everyone in for a beerWALLOP6Down1 Large quantities of paperREAMS5Down1 The seat of government of the NetherlandsTHEHAGUE8Down2 Ultimately, Gabriel with Collins, for the listener a load of rubbishLANDFILL8Down2 Attempt to equalEMULATE7Down2 Commercial and industrial city in northwestern Germany with a major port on the River WeserBREMEN6Down3 AnnualYEARLY6Down3 Wagner opera: nul points in Paris, almost the same in New YorkRIENZI6Down3 Poem by John Keats that begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"ENDYMION8Down4 StatePOSIT5Down4 1978 film generates clue for g, sayMIDNIGHTEXPRESS15Down4 Piccolo is one overwhelmed by far too much wine, commonlyOTTAVINO8Down5 Remote settlementOUTPOST7Down5 English actor who played Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden GunCHRISTOPHERLEE14Down5 Heavy metalOSMIUM6Down6 Debt is problematic, finding a place to liveBEDSIT6Down6 Name given to Robert Schumann's Symphony No 1 in B-flat majorSPRING6Down6 The powdered stem of the tropical plant Curcuma longa, used as a condiment and as a yellow dyeTURMERIC8Down7 Students' Union: first I must leave for it to become more sovereignSUPREMER8Down7 1952 play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trialsTHECRUCIBLE11Down8 Indian film director, actress and producer whose films include Salaam Bombay! and Monsoon WeddingMIRANAIR8Down9 Arsenal wing half who captained Wales at their only ever FIFA World Cup finals, in 1958DAVEBOWEN9Down10 TreatmentTHERAPY7Down11 Formerly, a European who made a fortune in the Orient, especially in IndiaNABOB5Down12 ForbearREFRAIN7Down13 EmphasiseSTRESS6Down14 TediousBORING6Down15 Boy adopted by a rising celebrity in full agreementASONEMAN8Down15 Former democrat, American, seen in sports car, something difficult to obtainGOLDDUST8Down16 Awesome skyward throw that's perplexingBAFFLING8Down17 PoisonTOXIN5Down17 OffenceCRIME5Down18 Red army invading quiet zoneSHIRAZ6Down19 Australian rock band best known for their 1981 worldwide hit Down UnderMENATWORK9Down20 Right ascending note's creating sound effectREVERB6Down21 BBC sitcom starring Lenny Henry that ran from 1993 to 1996CHEF4Down22 We hear people waiting by new supermarket for a place to buy and sell securitiesNASDAQ6Down22 Classic 1961 song written by Ben E King, Jerry Leiber and Mike StollerSTANDBYME9Down23 Percy Bysshe ___, English Romantic poet who drowned in 1822SHELLEY7Down25 The European thrush Turdus torquatusRINGOUZEL9Down27 Plant of the genus Senecio with yellow daisy-like flowersRAGWORT7Down28 British pop group best known for their 1987 worldwide hit BreakoutSWINGOUTSISTER14Down30 Fish of European Atlantic waters also called a scadHORSEMACKEREL13Down31 Latin hymn commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixionSTABATMATER11Down35 See 9MIRANAIR8Down36 Internet search engine launched in 1995, bought by Yahoo! in 2003 and shut down in 2013ALTAVISTA9Down39 The largest city in TurkeyISTANBUL8Down41 1996 disaster film starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman and Viggo MortensenDAYLIGHT8Down43 A traditional Spanish form of operetta or vaudeville with alternate spoken and sung scenesZARZUELA8Down44 State of NE India with the heaviest rainfall in the worldASSAM5Down46 Plant whose varieties are pollinated by different insectsORCHID6Down48 Port in SW Spain between the estuaries of the Odiel and Tinto RiversHUELVA6Down49 In the Old Testament, the third son of Jacob and LeahLEVI4Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, October 25, 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.