Independent Crossword Answers Crossword August 23, 2025

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August 23, 2025

Here are answers to the Crossword in the Independent on August 23, 2025

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NUMBER	ANSWER	CLUE
9A	16 letters	American actor, screenwriter, director and producer who was a founding member of United Artists
12A	6 letters	see 41ac, Bully in the Back to the Future film trilogy played by Thomas F Wilson
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13A	8 letters	Nigerian Afrobeat music pioneer and human rights activist who was sent to London in 1958 to study medicine but decided to study music instead
14A	14 letters	see 4dn, Novel by Henry Miller first published in 1934
15A	14 letters	An expression of language such as simile or metaphor
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17A	8 letters	A valve used to control the flow of a fluid in a pipe
19A	4 letters	River on which Peterborough stands
20A	7 letters	The capital of Wales
22A	10 letters	1981 novel by James Clavell set in Hong Kong in 1963
24A	11 letters	The third Dirty Harry film starring Clint Eastwood
27A	8 letters	US novelist best-known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
29A	5 letters	Fashion magazine first published in 1892
30A	9 letters	English singer-songwriter and pianist whose hits include Your Song and Candle in the Wind
31A	5 letters	The traditional birthstone for November
34A	8 letters	Comedian, author, playwright and director whose novels include Stark and Popcorn
35A	11 letters	American comic actor best known for playing Sergeant Bilko in a TV show
37A	10 letters	American playwright whose works include Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow
39A	7 letters	Area of the London Borough of Brent regularly mentioned in the magazine Private Eye
41A	4 letters	and 12ac, Bully in the Back to the Future film trilogy played by Thomas F Wilson
42A	8 letters	1980 single from Adam and the Ants that reached number two in the charts
44A	14 letters	Actor who played Sergeant Arthur Wilson in Dad's Army
47A	14 letters	An early 19th-century euphemism for trousers
50A	8 letters	Marks, sores or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus
51A	6 letters	Port in Ukraine on the Black Sea
52A	16 letters	Farce by Joe Orton that was premiered at the Queen's Theatre in London in March 1969
1D	13 letters	Film listed by the American Film Institute in 2000 as the greatest American comedy film of all time
2D	6 letters	European river that rises in the Black Forest in Germany and flows to the Black Sea
3D	8 letters	Michelle ___, American actress and singer whose films include Dangerous Liaisons and The Fabulous Baker Boys
4D	4 letters	and 20dn, Political organisation and army that fought the US and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War
5D	8 letters	A short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
6D	6 letters	Certain settings on a camera
7D	4 letters	In the Old Testament, the second son of Judah, killed by God for spilling his seed on the ground
8D	9 letters	Container that has been used since the compact disc was first released in 1982
10D	7 letters	A method of intaglio printing using a plate with many small etched recesses
11D	5 letters	George ___, English mathematician and philosopher who invented the logic which is the basis of modern computing
12D	10 letters	A device for measuring speed, especially the rate of revolution of a shaft
16D	9 letters	Municipality in New Jersey best known for its private Ivy League research university
18D	9 letters	Single by The Cure that was a hit in 1985 and, in a remixed version, in 1990
20D	4 letters	see 4dn, Political organisation and army that fought the US and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War
21D	9 letters	Part of a gun that ignites the charge by striking the primer
23D	7 letters	1971 comedy film in which Woody Allen plays Fielding Mellish
25D	9 letters	The aim of unity among all Christian churches throughout the world
26D	7 letters	A double fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with other abdominal organs
27D	9 letters	see 32dn, 1974 single by Stevie Wonder that reached number 10 in the UK
28D	13 letters	Mountainous plateau region of S central France, occupying about one sixth of the country
32D	10 letters	and 27dn, 1974 single by Stevie Wonder that reached number 10 in the UK
33D	4 letters	and 49dn, 1974 single by Stevie Wonder that reached number 10 in the UK
36D	9 letters	An intense and continuous artillery bombardment
38D	8 letters	Stage name of the American Grammy Award-winning blues musician born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
40D	8 letters	The capital of Syria
41D	7 letters	Character in The Lord of the Rings who was the elder son of Denethor II, the last ruling Steward of Gondor
43D	6 letters	Ethnic group of Central Africa found in Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia
45D	5 letters	Member of a class of unfree men in ancient Greece
46D	6 letters	Fictional agency in the Marvel comics universe, led by Nick Fury
48D	4 letters	A lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson, as featured in the book and film Born Free
49D	4 letters	see 33dn, 1974 single by Stevie Wonder that reached number 10 in the UK

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