The Independent Crossword September 18 2025 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 18 2025 answers. The Thursday 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ArriveCOME4Across1
Ethicist loosely associated with people of faithTHEISTIC8Across1
Body of waterOCEAN5Across3
Pressure games beset by wrong'un selected for England?CAPPED6Across5
DisconcertUNNERVE7Across8
ProblemPOSER5Across9
Sustains complaints one left on the counterALIMENTS8Across9
Sports sideTEAM4Across10
Dejected British monkey peeled bananasBROKEN6Across10
WritSUBPOENA8Across11
Italian man wanting to separate welcomed by foxy girls sleeping aroundSLUMBERPARTY12Across12
Baked snack itemSAUSAGEROLL11Across12
Barman withdrawing milder bevvy periodicallyVERDI5Across15
Fossil shellAMMONITE8Across16
Outlaw recalled venture controlled by short tyrantDESPERADO9Across16
Bottle stopperCORK4Across18
Wealthy male taking ecstasy in German houseREICHSTAG9Across18
Caught fish with this? Or in this?CREEL5Across19
Large animal in river sinks carrying naked person overHIPPOPOTAMUS12Across20
LariatLASSO5Across21
Painful exertionTRAVAIL7Across22
Wheel surroundsTYRES5Across23
Bolt in trouble taking performance enhancing drugs?DOPING6Across24
VendettaFEUD4Across24
Trivial piece repulsed a politicianNUGATORY8Across25
High priest on television was out of orderWASTED6Across26
Teenager goes off to evolveGENERATE8Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sting ultimately got to perform like Eminem?TRAP4Down1
Choral workCANTATA7Down1
Impressive photograph online?EPIC4Down2
Female horseMARE4Down2
Possibly how that woman will get hold of Ray's winkle?SHELLFISH9Down3
TheoreticallyONPAPER7Down3
Warning assumes this setter would menaceINTIMIDATION12Down4
ResultENSUE5Down4
UsualNORMAL6Down5
Following a brief threesome, Penny just got out of bedATRIP5Down6
Female relativeAUNT4Down6
Inscrutable Roger Federer initially served a winner against Potter earlierPOKERFACED10Down7
Bring up againREGURGITATE11Down7
Yesterday was one of his number essentially held back?DANNYBOYLE10Down8
A flat for one in Turkey taking ages being renovatedKEYSIGNATURE12Down11
CurvySINUOUS7Down13
Eclipse lovers had own blanketsOVERSHADOW10Down13
Dancer's garmentLEOTARD7Down14
Fine leg strides to the crowd in Melbourne Cricket GroundDRAINPIPES10Down14
Croquet stickMALLET6Down15
Egg on your face having gone into prisonENCOURAGE9Down17
SkinflintMISER5Down17
CabbageKALE4Down19
Snack barCAFE4Down20
This beast needs power to make sudden attackOUNCE5Down21
Unspecified number dropping from extreme pain held up exercise practiceYOGA4Down22
Picked up light meal and a number of bitsBYTE4Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, September 18, 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.