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The Independent Crossword September 2 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 2 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 56 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#
They inspired Shakespeare with "... for a horse!" and sets at playWARSOFTHEROSES14Across1 AppendADD3Across1 SenseHEARING7Across3 ApplaudACCLAIM7Across8 TopicTHEME5Across9 Protected from harmSHIELDED8Across10 A reworking of Eros myth leads to ...?THESAMEOLDSTORY15Across10 It's kind of me to follow Queen Liz's successorRISHI5Across11 DazeSTUN4Across11 Like Liz Taylor or James Dean, one's not featured in main sequenceGIANTSTAR9Across12 Hamper containing cold, posh sandwich filling perhaps?CUCUMBER8Across13 Accountant (Informal)BEANCOUNTER11Across13 Composer introduces tenor to groupBATCH5Across16 ProngTINE4Across16 Furniture maker seen in designer collectionERCOL5Across18 Tropical birdHORNBILL8Across18 Bradman hit for six, got bowled out, not out for a duckMANDARIN8Across20 Beaver's denLODGE5Across21 First letterINITIAL7Across22 ExcessSURPLUS7Across23 WeaponGUN3Across24 Labour leader fighting Tory seat in BuryLAYTOREST9Across25 Endlessly call Ivy back homeVILLA5Across26 Hole's Courtney with The Smiths' Johnny at one time produced Sinatra songLOVEANDMARRIAGE15Across28 Seafaring lady embraces boyMARITIME8Across29 Gets engaged and he gets into troubleMESHES6Across30

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Collection of recordsARCHIVE7Down1 State alternatives to steam dessertWATERICE8Down1 Trots round middle of field to get grassREEDS5Down2 Time limitDEADLINE8Down2 Working with a new philosophy: self-loveONANISM7Down3 Study of domestic skillsHOMEECONOMICS13Down3 Gaming stakeANTE4Down4 Turkish delight? Almost cut in two by one's husbandHALVAH6Down5 MotionlessINERT5Down5 Old tablet was found here being refurbished at storeROSETTA7Down6 VegetablesGREENS6Down6 At athletics, for example, Mark's a fast runnerSPORTSCAR9Down7 Drinking-placesBARS4Down7 One 'Queen of Crime' for example's framing another queenSAYERS6Down8 A union that may be full of divisionsLEAGUE6Down9 CeaselessUNENDING8Down12 IssueEDITION7Down14 To take deliveries, postpone until next timeCARRYOVER9Down14 Principle Theo abandoned to get some sleepREM3Down15 Gramophone needleSTYLUS6Down15 Resolves not to start diverting journeysUNRAVELS8Down17 Lowest pointNADIR5Down17 Jaunty rhythmLILT4Down19 Love to complain about reception. It raises a stinkODORANT7Down19 TransactionDEAL4Down20 Car in last place slowly getting off the markASTRAY6Down21 Christian church that's against separating like thisDIVORCE7Down22 Love? Couple starting to knock about, it's all downhillSLALOM6Down23 Rarely what champagne retailers do, discarding one litreSELDOM6Down24 Resisting after initially loving vowLOATH5Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, September 2, 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.