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The Independent Crossword September 24 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 24 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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#
Reduce to small shredsGRATE5Across1 Not cheap to move memorialCENOTAPH8Across1 Was dressed inWORE4Across4 Plenty returned before space takenSTOLEN6Across5 Undergo mental anguishAGONISE7Across8 ZestGUSTO5Across9 Brutal sex stops haemorrhoids scarring, initiallyPITILESS8Across9 Magical spiritGENIE5Across10 Return for matchPROFIT6Across10 5k eventPARKRUN7Across11 Serbians upset with lousy fellow European citizensBYELORUSSIANS13Across12 Garden buildingPOTTINGSHED11Across12 Periodically loud, clear and brightLURID5Across15 IncapacitateDISABLE7Across16 Noise made in speech from Earl, belligerent after losing silverEGRESSIVE9Across16 Scold Republican supporter of Trump entering shelterTERMAGANT9Across17 Culinary herbBASIL5Across18 John Doe's day out in boatCANOE5Across19 Mother and son only intended to suppress a problem dealing with societyMALADJUSTMENT13Across20 ArcCURVE5Across20 PharmacistCHEMIST7Across21 A smaller amountLESS4Across22 Fruit in cold alcoholic drink with no headCHERRY6Across22 Eccles's corn, reportedly, is debilitating maladyMIGRAINE8Across23 StepTREAD5Across23 Flat ring used to be in this place, brieflyWASHER6Across25 Begin as best-performing solicitorSTARTOUT8Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Top talent's potentialCAPABILITY10Down1 FarmGRANGE6Down1 Lace fruit carrier's no jokeNET3Down2 Oak fruitACORN5Down2 Bridge designer to allow elevated crossing pointTELFORD7Down3 ApparentEVIDENT7Down3 Areas for grazing antelopes supporting historical Sumerian cityPASTURELANDS12Down4 BetWAGER5Down4 ReticenceRESERVE7Down5 Social media platform spreading hatred with societyTHREADS7Down6 DejectednessDESPONDENCY11Down6 Eccles fine, I fancy, in biochemistry?LIFESCIENCE11Down7 LendLOAN4Down7 Distinction in nanotechnologyNOTE4Down8 When communist is beginning to talk about 'Our Katie Perry', perhapsASTROTOURIST12Down11 WatchOBSERVE7Down13 Tear up terms for fixing old hearing aidsEARTRUMPETS11Down13 TopicSUBJECT7Down14 One leaving concerning opinion results in bad feelingRESENTMENT10Down14 OverjoyedELATED6Down15 Cut into cubesDICE4Down16 ConsecrateBLESS5Down17 Mostly freeATLARGE7Down18 GrabSEIZE5Down19 Food provider of, say, Queen Elizabeth II, the former monarchCATERER7Down19 Small milk container is lighterSCOW4Down21 I use derivative of EsperantoIDO3Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, September 24, 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.