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The Independent Crossword September 25 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 25 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
Spin doctor uses power move in the gym?PRESSUP7Across1 Perennial plantLILY4Across1 PlacePUT3Across3 Knife cut revolutionary Australian nativesWOMBATS7Across5 Stringed instrumentVIOLA5Across8 Line taken by glib old philosopherPLATO5Across9 UnfavourableADVERSE7Across9 Be too hotSWELTER7Across10 Millions avoiding nearly all bigotry and exclusionOSTRACISM9Across10 Maybe order new digital filing toolEMERYBOARD10Across11 CompleteWHOLE5Across11 Once called phone company after noonNEE3Across12 SparkleSCINTILLATE11Across12 Protection for the amorous Parisian landlordFRENCHLETTER12Across14 DomainREALM5Across17 British and Dutch politicians going back inside without a bloody sausageBLACKPUDDING12Across18 Important person (Informal)BIGSHOT7Across19 InstructionTUITION7Across21 Employ American EnglishUSE3Across21 Clearly I choose the best record to spin before date with disheartened ladyPELLUCIDLY10Across22 TrunkTORSO5Across22 Snooker stickCUE3Across23 Computer memory unitBYTE4Across24 Mouthy art student is trying, to an extentDENTISTRY9Across25 Follow the Railwaymen, finally safe after losing runENSUE5Across26 Worried Prime Minister briefly visits retired doctorRATTLED7Across27 Attack Tony Blair, taking sides in conflictLAYINTO7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Man City's manager for a seasonPEPPER6Down1 GenerousLAVISH6Down1 Destroyed recording of Taylor Swift tour before journalistERASED6Down2 ImpreciseLOOSE5Down2 Extremely poor rent boys OK to workSTONYBROKE10Down3 ClaimPURPORT7Down3 Fiery love under pressure stillPHOTO5Down4 In rowsTIERED6Down4 Clan designTARTAN6Down5 Draw these around 9 pm in BritainWATERSHED9Down5 Very sharp curveHAIRPINBEND11Down6 Drink with your setter, regularly bawdyMEAD4Down6 Distance an elite athlete's beginning to runALIENATE8Down7 AffirmAVOW4Down7 On reflection, awards critically examine formal beautySYMMETRY8Down8 Particular prison yard inspires film after agent turnsPERNICKETY10Down13 PoisonCYANIDE7Down13 Lungs as foodLIGHTS6Down14 ReviewerCRITIC6Down15 Feeling sick, foolishly ate sundaeNAUSEATED9Down15 More senseless killing initially covered up by navy menABSURDER8Down16 Comedian's foilSTOOGE6Down16 Barrel Jacob's wife lifted filled with unknown fruitHAZELNUT8Down17 MutilateMAIM4Down18 Upset team working for inventorEDISON6Down19 Some woozy, deconstructed musicZYDECO6Down20 RushHURRY5Down20 True, that's funny about my grandma at the very endLOYAL5Down23 Headless fish in streamRILL4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, September 25, 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.