The Independent Crossword September 13 2026 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 51 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 13 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 51 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Actor caught in wheel turned weekly to the rightTHESPECTATOR12Across1
UnwillingnessRELUCTANCE10Across1
TeacherEDUCATOR8Across7
Prayer endingAMEN4Across8
?RUMMER6Across9
Cross from a certain Manchu dynastyFUMING6Across9
Loudmouth going on vacation packs lingerie picturesBRAGGART8Across10
Nabokov novelLOLITA6Across10
See noteWINEGLASS9Across11
Band son speaks highly of full of dicksSEXPISTOLS10Across11
Touch horn when reversingABUT4Across13
Persuade alien to visit EarthGETROUND8Across14
SporadicFITFUL6Across16
Old book you shouldn't have belonging to copOBTAIN6Across16
Group in general are keen about Indian Ocean destinationKERALA6Across17
ConundrumRIDDLE6Across18
Maybe using bleach turned air nastySANITARY8Across19
Slightly openAJAR4Across20
?SCHOONER8Across21
Second best place for lightingSTOP4Across21
Physical features of an areaTOPOGRAPHY10Across22
Tied score entered by university in due courseEVENTUALLY10Across22
Staff officer rolled pats of butter upSOFTSOAP8Across24
Speyside business making side of that river dry upSCORCH6Across25
Bungling men go and ice lady, in The Ladykillers?EALINGCOMEDY12Across26
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Forearm boneRADIUS6Down1
MPs collectively stop benefitHOUSE5Down2
Stand-inLOCUM5Down2
Sailor who tries to avoid looping ropeSKIPPER7Down3
CliqueCOTERIE7Down3
Good parts possibly which the curate had?EGG3Down4
MonthAPRIL5Down4
Reform one bad lot appealing to baser instinctsTABLOID7Down5
?CHABLIS7Down5
Shade put up outside milliner's shop missing base, oopsTHATSTORNIT11Down6
Basil saucePESTO5Down6
Drained Tyson Fury got up on the throneREGNANT7Down7
Dealer beating our priceCROUPIER8Down8
ConflagrationINFERNO7Down12
Seagull soars off dropping small greasy morselSAUSAGEROLL11Down12
Hunting dogLURCHER7Down13
?RIOJA5Down14
SomnolentSLEEPY6Down15
Building changes hands, when the 2D gets new occupantsELECTION8Down15
LariatLASSO5Down17
Long John Silver maybe hoisted mainsheet up, managing clipsAMPUTEE7Down18
Stay out later?SLEEPIN7Down19
SagDROOP5Down19
Cafe's rent low but risingTEAROOM7Down20
Except for a thousand, fortune I had is all thereLUCID5Down23
Tick whatever's left of school exams carelesslySEC3Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, September 13, 2026. 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.