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The Independent Crossword September 12 2026 Answers

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Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 12 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 111 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#
TallHIGH4Across1 Storage frameworksRACKS5Across3 Leaping insectFLEA4Across7 Reckless boldnessAUDACITY8Across8 Troops in disarray after Ukraine's leader pulls out completelyUPROOTS7Across8 Type of warshipDESTROYER9Across9 Rather stained pantsINSTEAD7Across9 The lowest temperature theoretically attainableABSOLUTEZERO12Across11 Outlaw's backside shot in heist situation?BAN3Across11 Give wayCAVEIN6Across12 Retired army engineers beside university wearing ties and tails?EXTREMITIES11Across12 English filmmaker whose works include Bugsy Malone, The Commitments and EvitaALANPARKER10Across13 PrecisionNICETY6Across13 Crack habit fellow's lostROCK4Across13 Outspoken TV football pundit who won 67 caps for the Republic of IrelandROYKEANE8Across14 Mythical character with a strange, exhausted callPERSEPHONE10Across15 CampanileBELLTOWER9Across15 Tough elastic tissue composing most of the embryonic skeleton of vertebratesCARTILAGE9Across15 The first book of the Old TestamentGENESIS7Across16 Cycle race first organised in 1909 to increase sales of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello SportGIRODITALIA11Across17 Heartless, ill-equipped English joiners do thisUNITE5Across18 American primatologist and conservationist who wrote the book Gorillas in the MistDIANFOSSEY10Across18 RecommendADVOCATE8Across18 One ignored by unkind older boysMEN3Across19 JumpLEAP4Across20 Spanish drink of red wine, sugar, fruit juice and iced sodaSANGRIA7Across20 Informers probed by the first of eight judgesRATES5Across20 Authority (Informal)SAYSO5Across21 See 14ROYKEANE8Across21 3 containing nuts feed 50 people working alongside one anotherBEDFELLOWS10Across21 Narrow roadLANE4Across22 American conglomerate transferring money for weaponsARMS4Across22 Style of jazz associated with Charlie Parker and Dizzy GillespieBEBOP5Across22 Old plastic pierced the skin of nectarine and went throughEXPERIENCED11Across25 The return of bloody conflictWAR3Across27 Swedish pop group who had a 1993 number one hit with All That She WantsACEOFBASE9Across27 Permit this girl to carry a whipLEATHER7Across28 American TV presenter who has hosted American Idol since 2002RYANSEACREST12Across29 Fast ShowEXPRESS7Across29 Another name for CalvaryGOLGOTHA8Across30 An assembly of guests in a fashionable household from the 17th to the early 20th centuriesSALON5Across32 The principal town on the Isle of ButeROTHESAY8Across33 1818 novel by Mary ShelleyFRANKENSTEIN12Across35 Rock group whose albums include Pablo Honey and In RainbowsRADIOHEAD9Across37 The oldest of Alexandre Dumas's Three MusketeersATHOS5Across39 2000 Bruce Paltrow film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti and Huey LewisDUETS5Across40 Motto of the Prince of WalesICHDIEN7Across41 1980s BBC sitcom starring George Cole as Reg DudgeonCOMRADEDAD10Across46 The guitarist of rock band the PoliceANDYSUMMERS11Across48 Mexican food item whose name literally means 'young donkey'BURRITO7Across49 American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and film director best known for fronting the band Limp BizkitFREDDURST9Across50 Long-tailed rodent of the superfamily MuroideaRAT3Across52 Early form of bicycle, originally one propelled by the feet on the groundVELOCIPEDE10Across53 German idealist philosopher whose works include a Critique of Pure ReasonIMMANUELKANT12Across54

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Song that induces sleepNUMBER6Down1 Common name for a fish of the Osteoglossidae familyBONYTONGUE10Down1 AssistanceHELP4Down1 Metal bird without wings attachedIRON4Down2 North American name for courgetteZUCCHINI8Down2 Man of high rankGRANDEE7Down2 Cricket equipment with bad smell relations rejectedBOXES5Down3 Riot control substance also called lacrimatorTEARGAS7Down3 Fishing poleROD3Down3 OverconfidentCOCKY5Down4 Is a top from Lidl keeping cycling old lady at a constant temperature?ISOTHERMAL10Down4 An edible marine gastropod of the genus LittorinaPERIWINKLE10Down4 David Copperfield's first wife in the 1850 novel by Charles DickensDORASPENLOW11Down5 SoakSATURATE8Down5 1 2 3 4FIVE4Down5 American actress, comedian and singer whose films include What's Up, Doc?, Young Frankenstein and Paper MoonMADELINEKAHN12Down6 Wicker cradleBASSINET8Down6 Change the police force's core mode of transportHELICOPTER10Down6 The ratio of sine to cosineTANGENT7Down7 Yankee steamship features in poem with American protagonistODYSSEUS8Down7 See 5DORASPENLOW11Down8 Painting by Vincent van Gogh that became the most expensive painting ever sold in 1987IRISES6Down9 Shoes drinkers left insideSLIPPERS8Down10 2005 musical featuring the story and music of The Four SeasonsJERSEYBOYS10Down10 FamousRENOWNED8Down10 Caribbean islandBARBADOS8Down11 African country formerly called Upper VoltaBURKINAFASO11Down12 A piece of cake that's presented at kid's party?CHILDSPLAY10Down14 Flower petals collectivelyCOROLLA7Down14 Smooth, enchanting women wasting time making lunch at work?SANDWICHES10Down16 Slightly crazy (Informal)LOOPY5Down16 Review the latest part of The Archers - 'rubbish'RESEARCH8Down17 CounterfeitFAKE4Down17 Cover of avant-garde album about river eels, oddlyUMBRELLA8Down18 American actress and singer whose films include The Truman Show, Mystic River and SullyLAURALINNEY11Down19 In the pastAGO3Down19 The nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built in a high inaccessible placeEYRIE5Down23 In theory, one should put this on the second lockSTRESS6Down23 1856 painting by French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in the Musée d'Orsay in ParisLADANSE7Down24 Skilled acrobat's beginning atop branch shortlyADEPT5Down24 See 51ERIKESTRADA11Down25 Lift base of seat in which hammers are foundEARS4Down26 A military display or pageant, usually at nightTATTOO6Down26 Something pulled out and wentWEED4Down27 Ad hoc band that created the song Vindaloo as an unofficial England anthem for the 1998 FIFA World CupFATLES6Down28 The first Muppet other than Kermit to feature as the main protagonist in a Muppet filmGONZO5Down31 Punjab-born actor whose British TV series include The Jewel in the Crown, Tandoori Nights and Coronation StreetSAEEDJAFFREY12Down32 French poet and art critic who was the founder and chief theorist of surrealismANDREBRETON11Down34 Stage name of Chris Millar as drummer of the DamnedRATSCABIES10Down36 Sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter as landlord Rupert RigsbyRISINGDAMP10Down37 Belgian bicycle racer whose eleven Grand Tour wins include the "17 Across" five timesEDDYMERCKX10Down38 Daughter of Grant and Tiffany Mitchell born in 1997 in EastEndersCOURTNEY8Down42 Autonomous region of Spain on the Bay of Biscay whose capital is Santiago de CompostelaGALICIA7Down43 Novel by Toni Morrison that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988BELOVED7Down44 An outlet from a water main from which water can be tapped for fighting firesHYDRANT7Down45 Black grape used in winemaking whose name literally means "young blackbird"MERLOT6Down47 American actor best known for playing "Ponch" in the TV series CHiPsERIKESTRADA11Down51

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