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The Independent Crossword September 20 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 108 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 20 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 108 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#
PortionPART4Across1 Cutlet? School dunce getting zero meals, skipping regularlySCHNITZEL9Across1 InheritorHEIR4Across3 Heads for chilled beer, but accepting another drink a bitCRUMB5Across6 Mexican hatSOMBRERO8Across7 RisquéRACY4Across8 Match time - about to get stuck inAGREE5Across9 Popular song by Carl Sigman and Herb Magidson, subtitled It's Later than You ThinkENJOYYOURSELF13Across9 Sincere (Informal)ONTHELEVEL10Across9 Horrible bum noises in substantial volumesOMNIBUSES9Across10 Alaskan city in which nothing is unpleasantNOISOME7Across11 Spiny plantCACTUS6Across11 Elegant clothes? Yes, and bust will look remarkableSUNDAYBEST10Across12 Short sleepCATNAP6Across13 Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian MountainsCHEROKEE8Across13 Good sense, not about to take European bribeGREASE6Across13 Mouth sectionHARDPALATE10Across14 The capital of PolandWARSAW6Across14 Large group, nearly everyone, besieging very good treatment centreHOSPITAL8Across14 Part of the Countdown studio that houses a lexicographer and a celebrity guestDICTIONARYCORNER16Across15 American author whose novels included Show Boat, Cimarron and GiantEDNAFERBER10Across16 Church serviceMASS4Across18 Exercises I abandoned to repair spearTRANSFIX8Across18 US country singer and songwriter whose songs include Jambalaya and Your Cheatin' HeartHANKWILLIAMS12Across18 ResponseREACTION8Across19 Shakespeare play set in Ancient Britain and based on legends concerning an early Celtic kingCYMBELINE9Across19 WealWELT4Across20 The capital of the PhilippinesMANILA6Across20 Recalled strike times: rather hard in placesKNOBBY6Across20 WeaponsARMS4Across21 Term used to denote "I have received all of the last transmission" in aviation radio communicationsROGER5Across23 Joke teller covering Society on the widest scaleCOSMIC6Across23 Agreement: there’s damage on rear of dinghyHARMONY7Across25 Regency dandy credited with introducing, and establishing as fashion, the modern men's suit, worn with a necktieBEAUBRUMMELL12Across26 Running, I cannot retain energy, and start to languish over two OlympiadsOCTENNIAL9Across27 Religious figure clearing South American city of dangerous insectsMOSES5Across28 Hot with desire, a creature waiting to move in?HYENA5Across29 Units of distance used in astronomy, equal to 0.3066 parsecsLIGHTYEARS10Across29 Robespierre, perhaps frequently beheaded servantFRENCHMAN9Across30 A substance that turns litmus redACID4Across30 City in which The Simpsons is setSPRINGFIELD11Across31 A serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditionsNAGA4Across32 White waxy substance obtained from a whale's head, used in cosmetics, candles, ointments, etcSPERMACETI10Across35 1997 British film directed by Peter Cattaneo with a screenplay written by Simon BeaufoyTHEFULLMONTY12Across36 In Greek mythology, a female figure said to have been loved by Apollo and bore him Delphos, the eponymous founder of DelphiTHYIA5Across37 Dorothy L ___, author who created the characters Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet VaneSAYERS6Across38 The goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythologyAPHRODITE9Across39 Actor whose films include Harvey and It's a Wonderful LifeJAMESSTEWART12Across43 The creeping Eurasian rosaceous plant Rubus chamaemorus, which has white flowers and orange drupeletsCLOUDBERRY10Across47 1989 Walt Disney film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian AndersenTHELITTLEMERMAID16Across48 A group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland separated from the mainland by the Pentland FirthORKNEY6Across50 Pietro ___, Italian painter noted especially for his portraits of President Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth IIANNIGONI8Across51 A period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between the Girondins and the JacobinsREIGNOFTERROR13Across52

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The occupation or study concerned with the classification of armorial bearingsHERALDRY8Down1 Identify name involved in spectacle such as drunken party?STAGNIGHT9Down1 SuggestionPROPOSAL8Down1 George Harrison's first single as a solo artist; the biggest-selling single in the UK in 1971MYSWEETLORD11Down2 Girl’s getting love in scene, ultimately - this girl?HEROINE7Down2 AutomatonROBOT5Down2 Chemical element with the symbol AuGOLD4Down3 Dubious choice to ignore earliest cold operations – in such as these?ICEHOUSES9Down3 ReapHARVEST7Down3 Unit of lengthINCH4Down4 Rushed veterinary work at Regent’s Park?ZOOMED6Down4 The point on the celestial sphere vertically above an observerZENITH6Down4 Indented areaRECESS6Down5 New rip in sack letting one escape? It might just workLONGSHOT8Down5 Feathers ___, penguin in the 1993 Nick Park animated short film The Wrong TrousersMCGRAW6Down5 Writer with account elevated humble home?CABIN5Down6 NaevusMOLE4Down6 Chemical compound, mainly used for propellants, that reduces hormone production in the thyroid glandPERCHLORATE11Down6 Newly-prominent delivery company, very sharpUPSTART7Down7 In Greek mythology, the white-robed incarnations of destiny, often known in English as the FatesMOIRAI6Down7 British physician, theologian and lexicographer best known for publishing a Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852PETERMARKROGET14Down8 See 12 AcrossSUNDAYBEST10Down8 Very hungryRAVENOUS8Down10 Business associate of Thomas Gradgrind in the novel Hard Times by Charles DickensJOSIAHBOUNDERBY15Down10 Anise-flavoured liqueur named after its French inventor who sold it as the "authentic pastis of Marseilles"RICARD6Down11 PassageTRANSIT7Down12 Daily newspaper founded in 1888 by James Sheridan and Horatio BottomleyFINANCIALTIMES14Down12 Neckwear itemCRAVAT6Down13 Roam around in alarm, covering a wide areaPANORAMIC9Down15 VentureDARE4Down15 Observe secular period, certainly getting involvedLAYEYESON9Down16 FollowingAFTER5Down16 Garden toolRAKE4Down17 Male is arch - displaying this?MISCHIEF8Down17 American comedian and silent film actor who reportedly bought an insurance policy, payable if his eyes ever uncrossedBENTURPIN9Down17 Article following the Parisian evangelistAPOSTLE7Down19 Succeed, having misdirected gangsters about failureBLOSSOM7Down21 Large crocodilian of the southern US with powerful jaws and sharp teethALLIGATOR9Down21 Put off a lot of individuals touring 14SHELVE6Down22 Maya ___, American author and poet best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsANGELOU7Down22 European bird also called a yaffleGREENWOODPECKER15Down24 End being bowled over about a new fadMANIA5Down24 English mezzo-soprano and music professor who was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011FELICITYPALMER14Down25 Expression of sadness upset hearts? NonsenseBOSH4Down26 1979 British war film starring Roger Moore, Telly Savalas and Elliott GouldESCAPETOATHENA14Down27 Puppet characters created in 1955 by Jim HensonMUPPETS7Down28 Actress who played Nyssa, a companion to Doctors Tom Baker and Peter Davison in the TV series Doctor WhoSARAHSUTTON11Down33 Swedish chemist and philanthropist who invented dynamiteALFREDNOBEL11Down34 A soup containing rice noodles that is a popular street food in VietnamPHO3Down40 Island in the Azores with a military air baseTERCEIRA8Down41 Character played by fictional actor Rainier Wolfcastle in The SimpsonsMCBAIN6Down42 ___ Island is an island in the River Thames at Twickenham that was a major jazz and blues venue in the 1960sEELPIE6Down44 A finger-shaped cake of choux pastry named from the French for lightningECLAIR6Down45 See 17BENTURPIN9Down46 Fictional brand of beer in The SimpsonsDUFF4Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 20, 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.