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The Independent Crossword October 3 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 3 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Singer to comprehend soprano needs no piano51 AcrossReveal answer → Word of mock dismay31 AcrossReveal answer → Chesspiece63 AcrossReveal answer → Defy small buzzing insect94 AcrossReveal answer → A long time (Informal)127 AcrossReveal answer → Arctic animal89 AcrossReveal answer → Not looking for anybody, not entirely, at this time of day99 AcrossReveal answer → Rotary file410 AcrossReveal answer → Offers to catch right creatures510 AcrossReveal answer → American pursuing scandalous rumours without much substance811 AcrossReveal answer → Snigger611 AcrossReveal answer → Shop not opening, beset by stench? Gas613 AcrossReveal answer → Evaluate613 AcrossReveal answer → Broken leg, hit with beam, getting split?1015 AcrossReveal answer → Chess player with no large sponsor416 AcrossReveal answer → Portent416 AcrossReveal answer → Systematic investigation817 AcrossReveal answer → Big cat turned up in the morning after making retreat418 AcrossReveal answer → Noisy and difficult to control1219 AcrossReveal answer → Honest lecturer mostly absent - substantial racket moving in?1019 AcrossReveal answer → Aristocracy621 AcrossReveal answer → Affirmative answer322 AcrossReveal answer → Empty odes? Wrong to include a legendary Irish poet622 AcrossReveal answer → Women’s golf tournament in Barking etc. getting minimal funding?823 AcrossReveal answer → Article probing one top poem525 AcrossReveal answer → Erratic? Most Irish will be erratic926 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetarian, but not vegan, going around British helicopter928 AcrossReveal answer → Supports enclosing river bays?529 AcrossReveal answer →

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Political unit101 DownReveal answer → City in the part of Germany initially bathed in light71 DownReveal answer → Listlessness52 DownReveal answer → Contents of gallery shock - religious figure departing32 DownReveal answer → Destiny63 DownReveal answer → Uncovered person about to engage in bet and run?83 DownReveal answer → What could be arranged by twelve? Broadcast media could104 DownReveal answer → Frozen water34 DownReveal answer → Extracted coal, perhaps extracting energy, generating attention45 DownReveal answer → Hairy75 DownReveal answer → Revolutionary Internet concept involving British Library symbol66 DownReveal answer → Interfere66 DownReveal answer → In favour of state retaining one constant feature of church architecture?117 DownReveal answer → Artificial body part108 DownReveal answer → Muslim dress remains a source of mystery in conversation78 DownReveal answer → Small monarch involving one military group with his scrappy, scrappy fighting1112 DownReveal answer → Quiver712 DownReveal answer → Sound system614 DownReveal answer → That woman arrived clutching a wet struggling seabird1014 DownReveal answer → Cure615 DownReveal answer → Discourage detective with exact image about one murderer’s latest817 DownReveal answer → Spacious518 DownReveal answer → Offer expert a bit of difficulty in contest718 DownReveal answer → Dram320 DownReveal answer → Supposes visitors to lose time touring South-East720 DownReveal answer → Lightly jiggle odd bits of dull earth621 DownReveal answer → Discuss beginning with ceramic tile424 DownReveal answer → Bad behaviour sees dropping of first reserve327 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, October 3, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.