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The Independent Crossword October 26 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 26 2025 answers. The Sunday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SinglyONEATATIME10Across1 LayersSTRATA6Across7 In place (of)INLIEU6Across8 Bar in old city, one with a cathedral, charminglyURBANELY8Across8 See noteWOODDUCK8Across9 Fear any injury except for left handALARM5Across9 Land on time just the sameTWIN4Across10 CompetentABLE4Across10 ThreatenMENACE6Across11 Island people taking mostly healthy breathINHALATION10Across11 One's bored by wait in the same placeIBIDEM6Across12 Number puzzleSUDOKU6Across13 Admire search for explanation of atom's nucleusLOOKUPTO8Across14 ?TEAK4Across15 Sets of triplets caught in street playingTERCETS7Across15 Sailor bringing Russian crate across border from the eastADMIRAL7Across17 ?MAHOGANY8Across17 SorcererWIZARD6Across19 CrumbMORSEL6Across20 Healing evolved via truceCURATIVE8Across20 TeenagerADOLESCENT10Across21 Too many dogs around keeping one constantly busyDYNAMO6Across22 Old-fashioned steward from Rio hates jumping shipAIRHOSTESS10Across23 US safe-cracker, Yankee with something to crack?YEGG4Across24 Bad feeling having skinned bunnies for cookingENNUI5Across25 City's quiet hotel filling again unexpectedlySHANGHAI8Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Inexperienced sailor shown moving back to front, possibly pulledDRAWABLE8Down1 ResultOUTCOME7Down1 Win point with superior attentionEARN4Down2 AntelopeELAND5Down2 Speak badly ofTRADUCE7Down3 Half-way through Spielberg film keeping you up, cause of 25?TEDIUM6Down3 ConsiderTHINK5Down4 Orbit I complete when toldEYEHOLE7Down4 ?MALLARD7Down5 American tracks rising lawyer, or 'user of puzzle's perimeter'RAILROAD8Down5 ?TEAL4Down6 Mother fifty, so Scot proposing birth controlMALTHUSIAN10Down6 Money due to HMRC, money Post Office's IT has pinchedIMPOST6Down7 ClumsyAWKWARD7Down12 PlotsSCHEMES7Down13 Detectives turned up bug to sharpen recording deviceDICTAPHONE10Down13 Most generousKINDEST7Down14 Prepare for publicationEDIT4Down16 Dogs bite back in confusionTAILSPIN8Down16 ArchetypeMODEL5Down17 Extract from prewar Magna Carta is something Gascon still producesARMAGNAC8Down18 OvereatGORGE5Down18 Flipping board game always limited by wrist pain?REVERSI7Down19 Academic outfits no longer meant to suit everyoneUNISEX6Down21 Sergeant major cuts key in darkDISMAL6Down22 Spanish painter cycles to the top for exerciseYOGA4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, October 26, 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.