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The Independent Crossword September 12 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 58 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 12 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Artist coming in accompanied by ill-looking person61 AcrossReveal answer → Inlet31 AcrossReveal answer → Flying insect33 AcrossReveal answer → Bad response: Liberal remains chasing support84 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely fat58 AcrossReveal answer → Claimed79 AcrossReveal answer → An American recalled consuming a Finnish speciality59 AcrossReveal answer → US state released no inmates910 AcrossReveal answer → Young child710 AcrossReveal answer → Request access to bring in a lot of food811 AcrossReveal answer → Blemish511 AcrossReveal answer → Put out about curtailment of long sentence offering enlightenment612 AcrossReveal answer → Pun1112 AcrossReveal answer → Singular right-wing policy narrative914 AcrossReveal answer → Divine party? Sensible to abandon one515 AcrossReveal answer → Trips I had, interrupting a lot of relaxation517 AcrossReveal answer → Blood-sucking worm517 AcrossReveal answer → Schoolbag719 AcrossReveal answer → Inflammation? Skill is to limit brief time with it919 AcrossReveal answer → Abbreviate721 AcrossReveal answer → American dietitian reduced interest associated with meat621 AcrossReveal answer → Furious522 AcrossReveal answer → Loud noise323 AcrossReveal answer → Wild din swamped by forward flourish823 AcrossReveal answer → Golf peg324 AcrossReveal answer → Liberation in two-thirds of ladies possibly linked to sexual urge926 AcrossReveal answer → I turn down accepting ordinary way of speaking527 AcrossReveal answer → Routine line adopted by British pianist without consideration828 AcrossReveal answer → Verses of the speaker held back amongst hers, sadly629 AcrossReveal answer →

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Liquid running short around South - leakage?51 DownReveal answer → Drunk (Informal)61 DownReveal answer → Drunken lout had excessive drugs? That’s maturity?92 DownReveal answer → Surrender52 DownReveal answer → Attempt to suppress historic disaster73 DownReveal answer → Large group of jazz musicians73 DownReveal answer → Conclusion64 DownReveal answer → Relative looking haggard? Not good45 DownReveal answer → Genuinely65 DownReveal answer → Pay for ongoing promotion, having received new support76 DownReveal answer → Condescending116 DownReveal answer → Unwell - a third reduced - after consuming old garlic dressing57 DownReveal answer → As well as47 DownReveal answer → That chap’s simple and cruel98 DownReveal answer → My lecture, cut short, interrupted by drunken noise of legendary stature810 DownReveal answer → Short rest713 DownReveal answer → After ingesting cocaine, favoured examination of the chest813 DownReveal answer → Murderer with change of heart? One wanders all over the place914 DownReveal answer → Costume614 DownReveal answer → Shut615 DownReveal answer → Wisecrack? Habitual response is following it in West Midlands at first916 DownReveal answer → Record cover616 DownReveal answer → Small and reduced amount of light about a disgraceful act718 DownReveal answer → Detest418 DownReveal answer → Bleed, part of leg cut at top - seem likely to overflow?720 DownReveal answer → Vital organ520 DownReveal answer → A black stain seeing removal of second religious leader522 DownReveal answer → Chairperson losing time touring Middle Eastern houses524 DownReveal answer → Responsibility sees our team supporting cricket side425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, September 12, 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.