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The Independent Crossword September 21 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 53 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 53 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 21 2025. 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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Future queen perhaps declined uncle's security101 AcrossReveal answer → Prison officer61 AcrossReveal answer → Cut out65 AcrossReveal answer → Return favour for rookie46 AcrossReveal answer → ?48 AcrossReveal answer → Appropriate89 AcrossReveal answer → See note1310 AcrossReveal answer → Small instrument with strings out of tune510 AcrossReveal answer → Chief executive parking at home911 AcrossReveal answer → &911 AcrossReveal answer → English sailor bet priest a stone knocked over large spined creature1412 AcrossReveal answer → Bill keeps lying down in a pinny714 AcrossReveal answer → Filling little drink I had without much taste716 AcrossReveal answer → Thoughtfulness1316 AcrossReveal answer → Couple bitten by mad rats given dreadful prognosis718 AcrossReveal answer → Angelic819 AcrossReveal answer → ?420 AcrossReveal answer → Castro hectored on grand soapboxes720 AcrossReveal answer → Money container621 AcrossReveal answer → Rectangular622 AcrossReveal answer → Actress on horse ordered "Show you really mean it"1422 AcrossReveal answer → Sensible English celebrity divides half of wealth926 AcrossReveal answer → One's not groovy, not even when twisting527 AcrossReveal answer → Couple cycled a little bit428 AcrossReveal answer → PR man, second wise guy for 11's team1029 AcrossReveal answer →

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Offensive American in pub41 DownReveal answer → Spiny tree62 DownReveal answer → Mind Charles feeding pig? It'll help the farmer92 DownReveal answer → Outmoded53 DownReveal answer → Partner no longer straight subject to analysis73 DownReveal answer → Pause from exertion74 DownReveal answer → New app starts to unravel early, developing bugs54 DownReveal answer → Privileged minority55 DownReveal answer → Girls went off occasionally muddy sport95 DownReveal answer → Subdue76 DownReveal answer → An answer given after 'term for Rigoletto?'57 DownReveal answer → Type of car67 DownReveal answer → Fat keeper bowled by absolute beauty108 DownReveal answer → Cloud lifted in less than 60 seconds?69 DownReveal answer → ?712 DownReveal answer → Jam sandwiches mother and son taking flight cut - WI produce?1013 DownReveal answer → ?713 DownReveal answer → Moses' successor614 DownReveal answer → Relative615 DownReveal answer → Setter off upcoming schedule (denied - Ed)915 DownReveal answer → First appearance517 DownReveal answer → First thing true love offered - some Crest917 DownReveal answer → Drying cloth518 DownReveal answer → Coarse orange coat nice on the inside619 DownReveal answer → Football team break the rules briefly getting golfer involved721 DownReveal answer → Role given Oscar before moving pictures, apparently523 DownReveal answer → Tootsie covers male hidden in blouses524 DownReveal answer → Christian's quiet in bed425 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, September 21, 2025. 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.