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The Independent Crossword October 7 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 7 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Was aware ofKNEW4Across1 Change in America, welcoming Republican and key symbol of IslamCRESCENT8Across1 EddiedWHIRLED7Across3 Thoroughfare that can be shortened by removal of lime?STREET6Across5 Living roomPARLOUR7Across8 Perhaps cook the egg again after rector admitted blameREPROACH8Across9 Arms and legsLIMBS5Across9 Normal nowadays, English display of pomp and circumstancePARADE6Across10 AdditionalEXTRA5Across10 BombardmentBARRAGE7Across11 Farewell messageVALEDICTION11Across12 Get rid of clothes for all to see parasiteLOUSE5Across12 Silliest novel about spy chief going on foreverLIMITLESS9Across13 Press rubbish left unwrittenDRIVE5Across14 Houses in a row? How one might easily draw curtains here nakedTERRACE7Across16 No longer workingRETIRED7Across17 ReptileSNAKE5Across19 Incestuous husband Opus Dei included after mix-upOEDIPUS7Across19 Tartan clothPLAID5Across21 Happy with smoke finally clearingGLADE5Across21 Ugly sightEYESORE7Across22 CountriesNATIONS7Across23 All drop to bust an arm and a legTOPDOLLAR9Across23 Become liquidMELT4Across24 Hound keeps inside churchCHASE5Across25 In Italy, certainly, sandwiches affected local seafoodSCAMPI6Across26 Strange redesign I clear upPECULIAR8Across27 Approach a concert hall?AVENUE6Across28 Really drunk by one bracer of the same concentrationISOTONIC8Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Smoked herringKIPPER6Down1 Circumnavigate round figure in a planeCIRCLE6Down1 Former partner, hammered, unravelledEXPOUNDED9Down2 Wading birdEGRET5Down2 Shut up about every other couple in love seatCLOSE5Down3 DyslexiaWORDBLINDNESS13Down3 Occasionally enhance magazine's coverNACELLE7Down4 LayaboutIDLER5Down4 Back complaintLUMBAGO7Down5 Tipped over dessert to wind up restaurantTRATTORIA9Down6 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Down6 Avoid uplifting Cameron, among others supported by Elon's capitalEVADE5Down7 GiveDONATE6Down7 Even smaller pollarded pine trees developedTEENSIER8Down8 Forget about entrance to Oxford and Cambridge universityOMIT4Down11 DrawATTRACT7Down13 SampleTASTER6Down14 I arrive on schedule, you texted and improvisedIMPROMPTU9Down15 Pay an informal visitDROPIN6Down15 Turn downREJECT6Down16 Someone of mixed ancestry caught by cameras I anticipateAMERASIAN9Down17 What separates Grimsby from The Hague or Athens, bizarrelyNORTHSEA8Down18 Cowboy showRODEO5Down18 SolitaryALONE5Down20 Only some tale Zuckerberg's company censoredSOLE4Down20 Weeds, possibly, in Kew?GARDENS7Down21 Encountered wealthy husband escaping measurement systemMETRIC6Down22 Identify fish in reportPLACE5Down24 Flatter cut or interleavedCOURT5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, October 7, 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.