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The Independent Crossword October 29 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 29 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 55 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#
Ill-treatment is stopping contemplationMISUSE6Across1 Bread-making mixtureDOUGH5Across1 America abandons teaching evolutionEDUCTION8Across4 US word for ZZEE3Across4 Hunting dogsHOUNDS6Across7 HireEMPLOY6Across8 OversupplyGLUT4Across9 Run down director to transfer country mansion at last, for millionsDENIGRATE9Across10 ForeseeENVISAGE8Across10 Nonsense, absolute nonsense about everythingBALLS5Across11 Firmness of purposeRESOLVE7Across12 Think carefully: are carbon sinks complex?RACKONESBRAINS14Across12 TV programme, in short, showing group of women in part of clubTOWIE5Across14 InfantileCHILDISH8Across16 List of people protecting Argentine Marxist in New York CityROCHESTER9Across16 Seven points written after one shows incompetenceINEPTNESS9Across18 Large jugEWER4Across18 HeavinessWEIGHT6Across19 Chap running operaMANON5Across20 Short-sightedMYOPIC6Across21 I mismanage folk developing laxativeMILKOFMAGNESIA14Across21 GroupSET3Across22 Grimly seriousSTERN5Across23 Almost stop false statement, extremely brieflyLIETO5Across25 Lecturer, appeased after late start, took actionLITIGATED9Across26 Antiparticle with no resistance outside current locationPOSITION8Across27 Have confidence in forceLEANON6Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Draw aimlesslyDOODLE6Down1 Dicky married to cross woman who is in chargeMODERATRIX10Down1 Prickly character really lovely, mostlySONIC5Down2 AbnormalUNNATURAL9Down2 Italian man pays no attention to raising sonSIGNORE7Down3 RapidityHASTE5Down3 Toothed fastenerZIP3Down4 American fool's date number one with bishopDWEEB5Down5 SufficientENOUGH6Down5 Four Swedes in prison, sharing a vegetableCABBAGE7Down6 Small beetleWEEVIL6Down6 I pitch to north London districtISLINGTON9Down7 Reportedly is aware of aromaNOSE4Down8 Unconcerned about official losing heartCAREFREE8Down9 Dock workerSTEVEDORE9Down11 EvasiveSHIFTY6Down13 Spiky type intoned "I am no right-winger from South Shields"IRONMAIDEN10Down13 Drinking toastCHEERS6Down14 Small trees on sierra showing quality of trees often found by river?WEEPINESS9Down15 WoundLESION6Down15 Organic matter in soilHUMUS5Down17 Actors on show with yen to bury regular characters in durable TV seriesCASUALTY8Down17 Destroy US restaurantTAKEOUT7Down19 Short time on fashion magazine, topless, for pop iconMINOGUE7Down20 AcquireGET3Down20 Painting of revolutionary in bookFOLIO5Down22 Evil being took articleSATAN5Down23 Caught body part in fastenerCLIP4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, October 29, 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.