The Independent Crossword September 21 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 21 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 53 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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Future queen perhaps declined uncle's securityPASSEDPAWN10Across1 Prison officerWARDER6Across1 Cut outEXCISE6Across5 Return favour for rookieNOOB4Across6 ?EAST4Across8 AppropriateSUITABLE8Across9 See noteWINDDIRECTION13Across10 Small instrument with strings out of tuneSHARP5Across10 Chief executive parking at homePRESIDENT9Across11 &AMPERSAND9Across11 English sailor bet priest a stone knocked over large spined creatureMEGAVERTEBRATE14Across12 Bill keeps lying down in a pinnyAPRONED7Across14 Filling little drink I had without much tasteINSIPID7Across16 ThoughtfulnessCONSIDERATION13Across16 Couple bitten by mad rats given dreadful prognosisATWORST7Across18 AngelicCHERUBIC8Across19 ?WEST4Across20 Castro hectored on grand soapboxesGOCARTS7Across20 Money containerWALLET6Across21 RectangularOBLONG6Across22 Actress on horse ordered "Show you really mean it"CROSSONESHEART14Across22 Sensible English celebrity divides half of wealthREALISTIC9Across26 One's not groovy, not even when twistingSADDO5Across27 Couple cycled a little bitMITE4Across28 PR man, second wise guy for 11's teamPRESSAGENT10Across29

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Offensive American in pubPUSH4Down1 Spiny treeACACIA6Down2 Mind Charles feeding pig? It'll help the farmerSCARECROW9Down2 OutmodedDATED5Down3 Partner no longer straight subject to analysisEXPLAIN7Down3 Pause from exertionRESPITE7Down4 New app starts to unravel early, developing bugsPUPAE5Down4 Privileged minorityELITE5Down5 Girls went off occasionally muddy sportWRESTLING9Down5 SubdueCHASTEN7Down6 An answer given after 'term for Rigoletto?'OPERA5Down7 Type of carSALOON6Down7 Fat keeper bowled by absolute beautyBUTTERDISH10Down8 Cloud lifted in less than 60 seconds?NIMBUS6Down9 ?MISTRAL7Down12 Jam sandwiches mother and son taking flight cut - WI produce?JAMAICARUM10Down13 ?SIROCCO7Down13 Moses' successorJOSHUA6Down14 RelativeCOUSIN6Down15 Setter off upcoming schedule (denied - Ed)DETONATOR9Down15 First appearanceDEBUT5Down17 First thing true love offered - some CrestPARTRIDGE9Down17 Drying clothTOWEL5Down18 Coarse orange coat nice on the insideRUSTIC6Down19 Football team break the rules briefly getting golfer involvedCHELSEA7Down21 Role given Oscar before moving pictures, apparentlyOPART5Down23 Tootsie covers male hidden in blousesSOCKS5Down24 Christian's quiet in bedCOPT4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, September 21, 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.