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The Independent Crossword October 9 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword October 9 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 56 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#
Hearing sounds rebounding around start of seminarSESSION7Across1 SellPURVEY6Across1 StrainerSIEVE5Across4 Bovine couple's shared desire?COWISH6Across5 Foreign courts are targets of Farage's rantsEUROCRATS9Across8 SnakeASP3Across8 HiddenCONCEALED9Across9 Chastise at home, not outsideNOINT5Across9 Snaking danceCONGA5Across10 RulerEMPEROR7Across11 Ridiculous yogurt pots unsatisfactoryLOUSY5Across11 ColourBOTTLEGREEN11Across12 Picked up old draughtsman in US government departmentEXCHEQUER9Across12 Problem returning trainee's wineMUSCADET8Across13 Custom in Ankara regularly leads to sicknessNAUSEA6Across15 Greatly fearedDREADED7Across16 Again paint play area, going against the grainRECOAT6Across17 ViewVISTA5Across18 Charlie getting stimulation in partyCAROUSAL8Across19 ConfrontCHALLENGE9Across20 LairDEN3Across21 LateTARDY5Across22 Let in man, with space and time for door-to-door beggarsHALLOWEEN9Across22 SeldomRARELY6Across23 British fall in intellectBRAIN5Across23 New Romantic singer sent back annual prizeNOBEL5Across24 Contemptible person eating fresh cobs and stewLOBSCOUSE9Across25 Bond in holiday in Vietnam with that womanTETHER6Across26 Reveal where a dark horse lives to SpoonerLAYBARE7Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CavortPRANCE6Down1 Plagiarise answer and continue to covertly gain advantageSTEALAMARCHON13Down1 Become matureRIPEN5Down2 Second Prime Minister to bottle a Waltzer?STRAUSS7Down2 BewitchENCHANT7Down3 Eager sex at church ending in ignominyITCHY5Down3 Farm animalsSHEEP5Down4 Made orderly want to receive a top markNEATENED8Down4 Family of actors reportedly see you on bedCUSACK6Down5 ExpandENLARGE7Down5 We bang on excitedly about current motorhomeWINNEBAGO9Down6 SeniorELDER5Down6 AutonomousINDEPENDENT11Down7 Hides around Rugby's curated slopesSKIRUNS7Down7 Pretend not to notice an interlude by Brahms and LisztTURNABLINDEYE13Down10 AlfrescoOPENAIR7Down13 Opening remark thanks young adult for boosting religious leaderAYATOLLAH9Down14 Coastal resort areaRIVIERA7Down14 For the most partMAINLY6Down15 Old European coinDUCAT5Down16 Man-eater's head becoming hot, in generalHANNIBAL8Down16 Hold-upDELAY5Down17 Stature of Liberal being looked after in a cryptic mannerCALIBRE7Down18 Edge alongSIDLE5Down19 Alas, put nuts in kitchen implementSPATULA7Down20 Chap who cuts down trees?FELLER6Down21 Writer, extremely cheerfully, provides small snack itemBICCY5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, October 9, 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.