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The Independent Crossword October 31 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 31 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
American dullard needing month after schoolSCHMO5Across1 Evil spiritGHOUL5Across1 WitchHAG3Across4 Siamese cat is nasty to spanielSEALPOINT9Across4 Dark woodEBONY5Across8 ConsecratedBLESSED7Across9 Trick or treats possibly involving silver diadem ultimatelySTRATAGEM9Across9 Some treat ended having you taken in?EATEN5Across10 OddSTRANGE7Across10 Recalled excellent comment about Southern European countryESTONIA7Across11 Male duckDRAKE5Across11 Merit shown by detective in series? On the contraryDESERT6Across12 Artery, capillary or veinBLOODVESSEL11Across12 Trick husband with old guitar from AmericaHOAX4Across14 Big gardener’s treat, being taken to stationery supplierNURSERYMAN10Across15 ImitateMIMIC5Across17 Excessive on the other side?OVERTHETOP10Across18 Frighten greatlyTERRIFY7Across19 Uncovered guilt after returning around European placeLIEU4Across20 Zodiac signSCORPIO7Across21 ConsumedEATEN5Across22 LairDEN3Across23 Trick a lecturer into temporary housingTALENT6Across23 That is to sayTOWIT5Across24 Nothing interrupting computer legend giving series of lectures?TOURING7Across25 Auditorium associated with English orchestra in ManchesterHALLE5Across27 Depict one sneaky trickDECEPTION9Across28 One’s little more than extra restraint: pound retained by one making expenditureBITPLAYER9Across29 Scrabble piece capturing two-point score - feature of Spanish set?TILDE5Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Group of nuns hide torsos in dressingSISTERHOOD10Down1 OilyGREASY6Down1 Baronet coming in here with a healthy drink?HERBTEA7Down2 SmellODOUR5Down2 Not initially promoting treat?OUTING6Down3 Berate severelyLAYINTO7Down3 Badly using most of treat in a distinctive styleSIGNATURE9Down4 CaptiveHOSTAGE7Down4 Ready to defend maiden tucking into a wineARMED5Down5 DeviceGADGET6Down5 Request to get certain treat?PLEASURE8Down6 RemarkOBSERVATION11Down6 Rigged 60% of trick - mine - for the time beingINTERIM7Down7 DeceasedDEAD4Down7 Stop after start of trick or treat?TEND4Down8 SatiriseLAMPOON7Down13 After rewrite, clue ending in ‘treat’?INDULGENCE10Down13 Snake (Literary)SERPENT7Down14 EntertainedAMUSED6Down15 Exhibits regular bits of trick, turning up in possession of a flash vehicleSPORTSCAR9Down16 Young swanCYGNET6Down16 Some believe the realignment is immaterialETHEREAL8Down17 Short cloakCAPE4Down18 Inverted ribbon binding rubber feature of American uniformEPAULET7Down19 Following closelyINTOW5Down20 Core of trick I presented in twisted ancient language at the outsetINITIAL7Down21 Treat kindly given to youngster: a dollPUPPET6Down22 Source of treat: whirling motion in lingerie itemTEDDY5Down24 Apprentice devouring hot fishCHUB4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, October 31, 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.