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The Independent Crossword October 9 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for October 9 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Hearing sounds rebounding around start of seminar71 AcrossReveal answer → Sell61 AcrossReveal answer → Strainer54 AcrossReveal answer → Bovine couple's shared desire?65 AcrossReveal answer → Foreign courts are targets of Farage's rants98 AcrossReveal answer → Snake38 AcrossReveal answer → Hidden99 AcrossReveal answer → Chastise at home, not outside59 AcrossReveal answer → Snaking dance510 AcrossReveal answer → Ruler711 AcrossReveal answer → Ridiculous yogurt pots unsatisfactory511 AcrossReveal answer → Colour1112 AcrossReveal answer → Picked up old draughtsman in US government department912 AcrossReveal answer → Problem returning trainee's wine813 AcrossReveal answer → Custom in Ankara regularly leads to sickness615 AcrossReveal answer → Greatly feared716 AcrossReveal answer → Again paint play area, going against the grain617 AcrossReveal answer → View518 AcrossReveal answer → Charlie getting stimulation in party819 AcrossReveal answer → Confront920 AcrossReveal answer → Lair321 AcrossReveal answer → Late522 AcrossReveal answer → Let in man, with space and time for door-to-door beggars922 AcrossReveal answer → Seldom623 AcrossReveal answer → British fall in intellect523 AcrossReveal answer → New Romantic singer sent back annual prize524 AcrossReveal answer → Contemptible person eating fresh cobs and stew925 AcrossReveal answer → Bond in holiday in Vietnam with that woman626 AcrossReveal answer → Reveal where a dark horse lives to Spooner727 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cavort61 DownReveal answer → Plagiarise answer and continue to covertly gain advantage131 DownReveal answer → Become mature52 DownReveal answer → Second Prime Minister to bottle a Waltzer?72 DownReveal answer → Bewitch73 DownReveal answer → Eager sex at church ending in ignominy53 DownReveal answer → Farm animals54 DownReveal answer → Made orderly want to receive a top mark84 DownReveal answer → Family of actors reportedly see you on bed65 DownReveal answer → Expand75 DownReveal answer → We bang on excitedly about current motorhome96 DownReveal answer → Senior56 DownReveal answer → Autonomous117 DownReveal answer → Hides around Rugby's curated slopes77 DownReveal answer → Pretend not to notice an interlude by Brahms and Liszt1310 DownReveal answer → Alfresco713 DownReveal answer → Opening remark thanks young adult for boosting religious leader914 DownReveal answer → Coastal resort area714 DownReveal answer → For the most part615 DownReveal answer → Old European coin516 DownReveal answer → Man-eater's head becoming hot, in general816 DownReveal answer → Hold-up517 DownReveal answer → Stature of Liberal being looked after in a cryptic manner718 DownReveal answer → Edge along519 DownReveal answer → Alas, put nuts in kitchen implement720 DownReveal answer → Chap who cuts down trees?621 DownReveal answer → Writer, extremely cheerfully, provides small snack item523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.