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The Independent Crossword September 15 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 15 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 54 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#
Adult malesMEN3Across1 Champion's returned or come again?HERO4Across1 Female sheepEWE3Across3 Children work doubly quickCHOPCHOP8Across3 DepartLEAVE5Across8 MercifulLENIENT7Across9 If inn spilt it recklessly, I have to really complain, perhapsSPLITINFINITIVE15Across9 SubdueCHASTEN7Across10 Browned breadTOAST5Across11 Secretly mixed gin and tonic with last bit of ouzoINCOGNITO9Across11 DebasedADULTERATED11Across12 Craving Australian cheese? Not half!ACHE4Across12 Cross after article's cutABRIDGE7Across13 Vegetables we had kept in shed, oddly smallSWEDES6Across15 Frightened about entering South Africa with communistSCARED6Across17 Book of mapsATLAS5Across17 SloganTAGLINE7Across19 Appropriate short garmentTROUSER7Across19 Young bird - king leaves with itCHIC4Across20 Tense animal knocks down recording equipmentTAPEDECKS9Across21 Low padded seatOTTOMAN7Across21 CookROAST5Across22 Say furtherADD3Across23 Unsteadily grip ice, a nervier climberVIRGINIACREEPER15Across24 BoyLAD3Across24 Shout of alarm by knight in tight spot showing submissionMEEKNESS8Across25 Hand over chapter before editor expects, initiallyCEDE4Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Where you might find doctors from America enthralled by effervescent Hot LipsHOSPITAL8Down1 Evil intentMALICE6Down1 Priest breaking Roman Catholic object considered sacredRELIC5Down2 AntelopeNYALA5Down2 RaiseELEVATE7Down3 Shocking the man wearing old uniform as top's removedHEINOUS7Down4 Housing developmentESTATE6Down4 Terribly evil predator is fighting manPRIVATESOLDIER14Down5 Edible seedLENTIL6Down5 Waving the sign he raisesHEIGHTENS9Down6 Secret and concealedCLANDESTINE11Down6 Sigh of relief not many heardPHEW4Down7 Biting flyGNAT4Down7 Actor might be given this part with sense of purposeSTAGEDIRECTION14Down8 Rhino is emitting gripping soundNOISE5Down10 Watered downDILUTED7Down13 Soft silky yarnANGORA6Down14 Reaches for crackers, ignoring female's quick nag?RACEHORSE9Down14 Eastern templePAGODA6Down15 Warmed upHEATED6Down16 Keep parking next to storePRESERVE8Down16 Features of French dogsDETAILS7Down18 Japanese wrestlingSUMO4Down18 Theme in music I potentially picked upTOPIC5Down19 Taken togetherINALL5Down20 Manage crossing second thicketCOPSE5Down22 Egg on volunteers using motivation, primarilyOVUM4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, September 15, 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.