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The Independent Crossword September 12 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 12 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
Artist coming in accompanied by ill-looking personWRAITH6Across1 InletBAY3Across1 Flying insectBEE3Across3 Bad response: Liberal remains chasing supportBACKLASH8Across4 Extremely fatOBESE5Across8 ClaimedALLEGED7Across9 An American recalled consuming a Finnish specialitySAUNA5Across9 US state released no inmatesMINNESOTA9Across10 Young childTODDLER7Across10 Request access to bring in a lot of foodENTREATY8Across11 BlemishSTAIN5Across11 Put out about curtailment of long sentence offering enlightenmentUPLIFT6Across12 PunPLAYONWORDS11Across12 Singular right-wing policy narrativeSTORYLINE9Across14 Divine party? Sensible to abandon oneDOWSE5Across15 Trips I had, interrupting a lot of relaxationRIDES5Across17 Blood-sucking wormLEECH5Across17 SchoolbagSATCHEL7Across19 Inflammation? Skill is to limit brief time with itARTHRITIS9Across19 AbbreviateSHORTEN7Across21 American dietitian reduced interest associated with meatGRAHAM6Across21 FuriousIRATE5Across22 Loud noiseDIN3Across23 Wild din swamped by forward flourishBRANDISH8Across23 Golf pegTEE3Across24 Liberation in two-thirds of ladies possibly linked to sexual urgeLIBIDINAL9Across26 I turn down accepting ordinary way of speakingIDIOM5Across27 Routine line adopted by British pianist without considerationRUTHLESS8Across28 Verses of the speaker held back amongst hers, sadlyRHYMES6Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Liquid running short around South - leakage?WASTE5Down1 Drunk (Informal)BLOTTO6Down1 Drunken lout had excessive drugs? That’s maturity?ADULTHOOD9Down2 SurrenderYIELD5Down2 Attempt to suppress historic disasterTRAGEDY7Down3 Large group of jazz musiciansBIGBAND7Down3 ConclusionENDING6Down4 Relative looking haggard? Not goodAUNT4Down5 GenuinelyREALLY6Down5 Pay for ongoing promotion, having received new supportKNEEPAD7Down6 CondescendingPATRONISING11Down6 Unwell - a third reduced - after consuming old garlic dressingAIOLI5Down7 As well asPLUS4Down7 That chap’s simple and cruelHEARTLESS9Down8 My lecture, cut short, interrupted by drunken noise of legendary statureMYTHICAL8Down10 Short restLIEDOWN7Down13 After ingesting cocaine, favoured examination of the chestPECTORAL8Down13 Murderer with change of heart? One wanders all over the placeSTRAGGLER9Down14 CostumeOUTFIT6Down14 ShutCLOSED6Down15 Wisecrack? Habitual response is following it in West Midlands at firstWITTICISM9Down16 Record coverSLEEVE6Down16 Small and reduced amount of light about a disgraceful actSCANDAL7Down18 DetestHATE4Down18 Bleed, part of leg cut at top - seem likely to overflow?RUNHIGH7Down20 Vital organHEART5Down20 A black stain seeing removal of second religious leaderABBOT5Down22 Chairperson losing time touring Middle Eastern housesHOMES5Down24 Responsibility sees our team supporting cricket sideONUS4Down25

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