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The Independent Crossword October 3 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 3 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
Singer to comprehend soprano needs no pianoGRASS5Across1 Word of mock dismayFIE3Across1 ChesspieceKNIGHT6Across3 Defy small buzzing insectDAMSELFLY9Across4 A long time (Informal)DONKEYSYEARS12Across7 Arctic animalREINDEER8Across9 Not looking for anybody, not entirely, at this time of dayAFTERNOON9Across9 Rotary fileBURR4Across10 Offers to catch right creaturesBIRDS5Across10 American pursuing scandalous rumours without much substanceGOSSAMER8Across11 SniggerTITTER6Across11 Shop not opening, beset by stench? GasHELIUM6Across13 EvaluateASSESS6Across13 Broken leg, hit with beam, getting split?WHITELIGHT10Across15 Chess player with no large sponsorBACK4Across16 PortentOMEN4Across16 Systematic investigationRESEARCH8Across17 Big cat turned up in the morning after making retreatPUMA4Across18 Noisy and difficult to controlOBSTREPEROUS12Across19 Honest lecturer mostly absent - substantial racket moving in?LAWABIDING10Across19 AristocracyGENTRY6Across21 Affirmative answerYES3Across22 Empty odes? Wrong to include a legendary Irish poetOSSIAN6Across22 Women’s golf tournament in Barking etc. getting minimal funding?TWOPENCE8Across23 Article probing one top poemILIAD5Across25 Erratic? Most Irish will be erraticHITORMISS9Across26 Vegetarian, but not vegan, going around British helicopterEGGBEATER9Across28 Supports enclosing river bays?TREES5Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Political unitFEDERATION10Down1 City in the part of Germany initially bathed in lightGLASGOW7Down1 ListlessnessENNUI5Down2 Contents of gallery shock - religious figure departingART3Down2 DestinyKISMET6Down3 Uncovered person about to engage in bet and run?STREAKER8Down3 What could be arranged by twelve? Broadcast media couldDUODECIMAL10Down4 Frozen waterICE3Down4 Extracted coal, perhaps extracting energy, generating attentionMIND4Down5 HairyHIRSUTE7Down5 Revolutionary Internet concept involving British Library symbolEMBLEM6Down6 InterfereMEDDLE6Down6 In favour of state retaining one constant feature of church architecture?FORNICATION11Down7 Artificial body partPROSTHESIS10Down8 Muslim dress remains a source of mystery in conversationYASHMAK7Down8 Small monarch involving one military group with his scrappy, scrappy fightingSKIRMISHING11Down12 QuiverTREMBLE7Down12 Sound systemSTEREO6Down14 That woman arrived clutching a wet struggling seabirdSHEARWATER10Down14 CureREMEDY6Down15 Discourage detective with exact image about one murderer’s latestDISPIRIT8Down17 SpaciousROOMY5Down18 Offer expert a bit of difficulty in contestPROVIDE7Down18 DramTOT3Down20 Supposes visitors to lose time touring South-EastGUESSES7Down20 Lightly jiggle odd bits of dull earthDANDLE6Down21 Discuss beginning with ceramic tileCHAT4Down24 Bad behaviour sees dropping of first reserveICE3Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, October 3, 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.