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The Independent Crossword October 5 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 5 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 51 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#
?SORCERESS9Across1 Old men with heads together pulled apart, glaringAPPARENT8Across1 Cryptic equivalent of temperature into Celsius?COVERT6Across6 AstirAFOOT5Across8 Chuck's ready to corrupt official, perhapsBUNG4Across9 WeakenIMPAIR6Across9 Doing wellTHRIVING8Across10 Artist chosen to replace Parisian is soaking woodRAINFOREST10Across10 Unwanted plantWEED4Across11 Take wrong street with east of motorway splitMISUNDERSTAND13Across11 See noteWITCHDOCTOR11Across12 Plaster commanding officers put on wounds in retreatSTUCCO6Across12 Stripped, dive deeper at sea using half the energyDEPRIVED8Across14 Church recessAPSE4Across15 Despite arrangement, doesn't date pay for drink?STANDSUP8Across16 Engine partCAMSHAFT8Across17 Edible tuberPOTATO6Across18 Too old really to snort lineOVERLY6Across19 ?SEUSS5Across20 Opposing force tally with crew on Queen ElizabethCOUNTERWEIGHT13Across21 Spirit of the timeZEITGEIST9Across21 Atlantic voyage's record Iand-lubber sabotaged with hidden typo?BLUERIBAND10Across24 Usually high area's right next to lowMOOR4Across25 Report of attack on unknown shot insideXRAYED6Across26 Wee behind bushes avoiding bachelor's gazeSCRUTINY8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Quickly drop crumbs in empty potPLUMMET7Down2 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Down2 Protection English and American soldier wear equallyAEGIS5Down3 Hold tightlyCLING5Down3 Euro Senor tossed bumERRONEOUS9Down4 TearRIP3Down4 Heel pain occupies mindTAILEND7Down5 GraspSEIZE5Down5 Copper that takes the biscuit showing restraint?CUFFS5Down6 NutCASHEW6Down6 Rivals tee off, good all roundVERSATILE9Down7 ?DOLITTLE8Down7 University dons party after dealing with surplusRESIDUE7Down8 VigilantWATCHFUL8Down11 Biological processOSMOSIS7Down13 Uncle Tom, terrible yankee insultCONTUMELY9Down13 RubbishREFUSE6Down14 Food for retail earlier cleared outPROVENDER9Down15 ProstratePRONE5Down16 Pedant not starting difficult puzzleTICKLER7Down17 ?CRONE5Down17 That could be a hot spring risingPERHAPS7Down18 AppropriateAPT3Down19 Doctor dwelt on disappointing outcomeLETDOWN7Down20 Criminal group lasered air traffic from beneath sheltersTRIAD5Down22 Dieter's good sandwiches are primarily meat spreadGAMUT5Down23

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, October 5, 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.