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The Independent Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 57 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 57 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 16 2026. 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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Small nail41 AcrossReveal answer → Vocalise musically43 AcrossReveal answer → Model youngster eating in56 AcrossReveal answer → Weapons47 AcrossReveal answer → Forebear88 AcrossReveal answer → Railway track features69 AcrossReveal answer → That man will start to organise welcome59 AcrossReveal answer → Film legal professional losing weight510 AcrossReveal answer → Declines important information Nazi group has pinched911 AcrossReveal answer → Egg part411 AcrossReveal answer → Dodgy mate's in hot water512 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit with it revolted at first713 AcrossReveal answer → Queen's attendant1313 AcrossReveal answer → Festive occasion415 AcrossReveal answer → Boost and pick up most of football team715 AcrossReveal answer → Approval in place before statement of account717 AcrossReveal answer → Endure617 AcrossReveal answer → Bacterium819 AcrossReveal answer → Introduction from Nora Ephron that takes the piss719 AcrossReveal answer → Language derived from English in Indonesian island720 AcrossReveal answer → Union losing millions in old feudal system721 AcrossReveal answer → Repast421 AcrossReveal answer → Colony of bees422 AcrossReveal answer → Colour423 AcrossReveal answer → Type of music in decline523 AcrossReveal answer → In building for horses, always open to influence925 AcrossReveal answer → Composer left in furious state after review528 AcrossReveal answer → Loud warning about Tesla529 AcrossReveal answer → New jokes for 5th of November?530 AcrossReveal answer →

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Aquatic bird41 DownReveal answer → Shut up, therefore41 DownReveal answer → Safekeeping72 DownReveal answer → Evidence of foul play from tabloids? No kidding!102 DownReveal answer → Pouch33 DownReveal answer → Thingummyjig had holes, 500, all around63 DownReveal answer → Lots killed44 DownReveal answer → Unpleasant54 DownReveal answer → I may bum around just like that time, getting muscle weakness105 DownReveal answer → Revenue85 DownReveal answer → Ratify in advance President Trump's first meeting with a politician86 DownReveal answer → Engine cover76 DownReveal answer → One moving between banks, somewhat penniless47 DownReveal answer → Indestructibility of a neck hair on neck regularly ignored, note108 DownReveal answer → Marine echinoderm810 DownReveal answer → Distant712 DownReveal answer → American right-winger concerning landlord1013 DownReveal answer → Column of rising air714 DownReveal answer → Bit of excess gas, sir, turned up after favourite part of massage1014 DownReveal answer → Defence of being elsewhere516 DownReveal answer → Scruffy beard hater is agitated1016 DownReveal answer → Destiny418 DownReveal answer → After reflecting, made statement covering speculation on representative's ultimate condition818 DownReveal answer → Untruth320 DownReveal answer → Thin official entering shaft622 DownReveal answer → Blue drink424 DownReveal answer → Obtain Listener solution at last426 DownReveal answer → Garden weed endangered hosts427 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. 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.