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The Independent Crossword October 30 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 30 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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#
Smell Polish fruit stallsHUMSANDHAWS11Across1 Flat ringWASHER6Across1 Male bovineBULL4Across4 Stripping off, bather felt behindATHEEL6Across5 SlingshotCATAPULT8Across7 DressedCLAD4Across9 Lots of water escapes, sending energy eastLAKES5Across9 Endangered creature's sad lament carried through wavesBLUEWHALE9Across10 ArticleITEM4Across10 Such entertainment transformed drug-free nightlifeINFLIGHT8Across11 Particle in bloodPLATELET8Across11 That bloke's going to terrible placeHELL4Across12 Wilful betrayalTREACHERY9Across12 See 8 DownHEALTHANDSAFETY15Across15 American group attending church for second coming?REMATCH7Across16 Exercise systemAEROBICS8Across17 See 29HUEANDCRY9Across18 Venetian maid like temptress from the eastNERISSA7Across19 Low cartDRAY4Across20 Are you told to don protective layer on this?SKIRUN6Across20 Person in chargeBOSS4Across21 DoomedILLFATED8Across22 Bloodsucker's alternative to sign of the crossTICK4Across22 Skin eruptionRASH4Across23 To some extentPARTLY6Across24 Neanderthal amusements involving a little grey matterTHALAMUS8Across24 Spineless sort's pardon includes cunning argument about moneyEARTHWORM9Across27 Chatbot plugged by social media site exposed home truthAXIOM5Across28 Terribly raunchy with Benedick's heart in Much AdoHUEANDCRY9Across29 Villages beginning to hoard lucky charms, but not horseshoeHAMLETS7Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hot drink gets you right as rainHALE4Down1 RichesWEALTH6Down1 Speech disorderSTAMMER7Down2 Heading to important piece checked by master and proMAKINGFOR9Down2 Kit outEQUIP5Down3 Despot's muscles ultimately undo plucky individualABSOLUTIST10Down3 Finds fault with first outings after replacing Tesla with GolfDEBUGS6Down4 Faithless behaviour from mad cult very lacking in leadershipADULTERY8Down5 Male relativeUNCLE5Down5 See 1 AcrossHUMSANDHAWS11Down6 FoliageLEAVES6Down6 Half-cut gardener wearing his wife's skirtEVADE5Down7 Key worker's fate potentially sealed by welcome regulationsHEALTHANDSAFETY15Down8 EducateTEACH5Down8 Defence of being elsewhereALIBI5Down13 Enemy forces which - with 1D - could resort to MethuselahUSANDTHEM9Down13 ShiningRADIANT7Down14 Cure with a large supply which might save your lifeSMOKEALARM10Down14 ConsumeDEVOUR6Down15 Freedom from dangerSAFETY6Down16 Quite sour converts like Reform rosettesTURQUOISE9Down17 Fertile area in a desertOASIS5Down18 Vehicle's worth changed a lot when acquired by queen?CARTLOAD8Down18 Spicy sauceSALSA5Down19 Heat up green matcha every so oftenWARMTH6Down21 Choice of sides from chef united islandCORFU5Down23 Call to animal which people answerWHOA4Down25 They can't fly - superpower keeps 'em aloftEMUS4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 30, 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.