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The Independent Crossword September 23 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 23 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#
Golfer's cryFORE4Across1 BoorLOUT4Across3 Locate bad smell for questionable treatmentPLACEBO7Across6 Snake around much of The Prancing PonyPYTHON6Across7 Umlaut’s dotty on both sidesMUTUAL6Across8 Formal shirt accessoriesCUFFLINKS9Across8 WildebeestGNU3Across9 Fat duke's tearing offDRIPPING8Across9 In frontAHEAD5Across10 Quite skilfully packaging instrument on special orderABSOLUTELY10Across10 SubjugateENSLAVE7Across11 Thin wrapping materialTISSUEPAPER11Across12 A lot of men in farmyardARMY4Across12 Mixed-up loveless saddo - they have issues with womenDADS4Across13 Stories for instance, going back, enthralling a lot of sailorsYARNS5Across15 Ancient writing materialPAPYRUS7Across16 Split money for accommodationRENT4Across17 SnakeCOBRA5Across18 Young Ones dressed up as nothing short of oldLADS4Across18 A problem with the wet amid spring dancesRISINGDAMP10Across20 Used to beWAS3Across20 Clergyman's residencePARSONAGE9Across21 Product of explosive shell part, no ends missingSHRAPNEL8Across22 CureHEAL4Across22 HireRENT4Across23 Half of rise added to income? - refuse to get carried awaySEWAGE6Across24 Promising a flower to border most of famous gardenLIKELY6Across25 Sombre event’s gone wild outside one localFUNERAL7Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Beauty treatmentFACIAL6Down1 Wonderful bananas of usual breadthFABULOUS8Down1 FirearmRIFLE5Down2 In Versailles I initially abhorred miserable envyJEALOUSY8Down2 ItemisesLISTS5Down3 Benign deity full of loveGOOD4Down3 An ideal place for everyone, the best current answerUTOPIA6Down4 Improved versionUPGRADE7Down4 Urban guy wants money up front? No, that’s dodgyTOWNSMAN8Down5 TransparenciesSLIDES6Down5 Spot on fruit we gatherPLUMB5Down6 NeedlessUNNECESSARY11Down6 ImpoliteRUDE4Down7 Peer is with four in lavatoryPRIVY5Down7 Sex god accepts universal currencyEUROS5Down11 StalemateIMPASSE7Down13 Adjustable chair - and it might be found on the webARACHNID8Down14 Fix securelyANCHOR6Down14 Most recentLATEST6Down15 ChessmanPAWN4Down16 Table tennis after two sopranos push out pianos for choral revelSINGSONG8Down16 Star on the left with density rising far offREDDWARF8Down17 Drive backREPEL5Down17 Increased intervals between square and measured stepsSPACED6Down19 PairBRACE5Down19 Liquid nitrogen stored in broken urn - ultimately leakyRUNNY5Down20 Half-hearted Gollum could become this influential individualMOGUL5Down21 Prison island held by the French for endless sentenceLIFE4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, September 23, 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.