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The Independent Crossword September 26 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 111 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 111 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 26 2026. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Insect31 AcrossReveal answer → Film director's family felt the heat at first81 AcrossReveal answer → Chinese dynasty43 AcrossReveal answer → Nutcases operated in Langley?66 AcrossReveal answer → Wild clematis127 AcrossReveal answer → Thin pancake59 AcrossReveal answer → English racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 197699 AcrossReveal answer → Wave after round trip149 AcrossReveal answer → Writer attached to China as correspondent610 AcrossReveal answer → Apparent710 AcrossReveal answer → Epic poem in blank verse by John Milton, originally published in 1667 in ten books1210 AcrossReveal answer → Resist611 AcrossReveal answer → English characteristic that the elitists might not like?811 AcrossReveal answer → Some fritter billions, 8 for Da Ponte's works?812 AcrossReveal answer → Tropical lizard613 AcrossReveal answer → Mild analgesic drug known as acetaminophen in the US1114 AcrossReveal answer → Unelected Head of State visits a European port414 AcrossReveal answer → 2014 film based on stories by Michael Bond1015 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese toggle716 AcrossReveal answer → Start working after drinking a short416 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish town and former Royal Burgh in whose abbey Robert The Bruce was the last of seven Scottish kings to be buried1116 AcrossReveal answer → Island king into heavy metal and current pop817 AcrossReveal answer → Subarctic forests518 AcrossReveal answer → A hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware, or the clay from which it is made1018 AcrossReveal answer → Two-wheeled vehicle1219 AcrossReveal answer → Repair420 AcrossReveal answer → Circulated document provided one better political stance820 AcrossReveal answer → In Wales, the bardic institution associated with the eisteddfod721 AcrossReveal answer → Plaything321 AcrossReveal answer → One rarely scores work at the start of a romance622 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean that existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia during much of the Mesozoic era623 AcrossReveal answer → Author in Hanoi's Premier Hotel worked out pi1423 AcrossReveal answer → Bears seen in British castles624 AcrossReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus625 AcrossReveal answer → Planet virtually consumed in swamp825 AcrossReveal answer → English right-back who joined West Ham United from Southampton in 20251628 AcrossReveal answer → The last man to have completed the triple crown, i.e. winning the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at a Grand Slam tournament1130 AcrossReveal answer → A vessel with two hulls flanking the main hull832 AcrossReveal answer → A rail at waist level used in ballet practice533 AcrossReveal answer → 1949 George Cukor film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn834 AcrossReveal answer → Leader, with his brother Hengist, of the first Jutish settlers in Britain536 AcrossReveal answer → American Baptist minister and activist assassinated in 19681638 AcrossReveal answer → Spongy vascular organ situated near the stomach640 AcrossReveal answer → See 301141 AcrossReveal answer → The second largest city in Iran742 AcrossReveal answer → French department created from parts of Orléanais, Perche and Chartrain in 17901046 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch international defender who joined Brighton & Hove Albion from Ajax in 20201148 AcrossReveal answer → Actor born Michael Demitri Shalhoub in 19321052 AcrossReveal answer → Romanian professional tennis player who was World Number 1 between August 1973 and June 19741154 AcrossReveal answer → Keyboardist, singer and songwriter in Keane1256 AcrossReveal answer → Brand of motor scooter first manufactured in Milan in 1947957 AcrossReveal answer →

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The most populous city in South America81 DownReveal answer → Move along slightly (Informal)71 DownReveal answer → Poorly insured son is going bankrupt62 DownReveal answer → 1973 novel by Erica Jong122 DownReveal answer → Rub out52 DownReveal answer → New exotic pen in special case93 DownReveal answer → American disco band formed by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards in 197643 DownReveal answer → Encounter73 DownReveal answer → The undisputed World Chess Champion 1975–85 and FIDE World Chess Champion 1993–99134 DownReveal answer → They swim off across river54 DownReveal answer → Scandinavian54 DownReveal answer → Worthless95 DownReveal answer → Most impressive split headline is French75 DownReveal answer → The largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, birthplace of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel55 DownReveal answer → Italian composer has a revolutionary massage in India96 DownReveal answer → Awry56 DownReveal answer → German songs of which Franz Schubert wrote over 60066 DownReveal answer → Tibetan name for the abominable snowman47 DownReveal answer → Everyone around the Bluegrass state is radical57 DownReveal answer → Independent record label founded by Geoff Travis in 1978, which developed from his West London record shop108 DownReveal answer → Dinner set occasionally given to act as compensation88 DownReveal answer → Plan to gain an advantage98 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a river-god who was great-grandfather of the soldiers Crethon and Orsilochus711 DownReveal answer → Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War1312 DownReveal answer → Deliberately avoided712 DownReveal answer → People who sell Dior's latest and earliest fashions913 DownReveal answer → See 501013 DownReveal answer → American carved a large breast in white stone914 DownReveal answer → Talent714 DownReveal answer → Jack the Ripper copycat taking pee? He sprays all over the place815 DownReveal answer → Foot-operated lever515 DownReveal answer → The smallest and coolest kind of star on the main sequence817 DownReveal answer → Figure of speech517 DownReveal answer → Loosely, it means 10s?718 DownReveal answer → Belief518 DownReveal answer → Native American people living in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba419 DownReveal answer → Doctor's striking costume619 DownReveal answer → British band best known for their 1980 cover version of Tom Hark1120 DownReveal answer → Home Office supports regular uprising521 DownReveal answer → The state capital of Oregon522 DownReveal answer → Despair for one pair of soldiers522 DownReveal answer → British writer whose children's books include The Railway Children724 DownReveal answer → A small ensemble of street musicians in Mexico825 DownReveal answer → Green-skinned banana-like fruit of the plant Musa paradisiaca826 DownReveal answer → See 21227 DownReveal answer → See 41328 DownReveal answer → English rock band, fronted by Robert Smith, formed in Crawley in 1976729 DownReveal answer → An intricate multicoloured pattern knitted with Shetland wool831 DownReveal answer → The brightest star in the constellation Virgo535 DownReveal answer → English rock band whose albums include Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America1037 DownReveal answer → Greek goddess of youth after whom a plant genus is named439 DownReveal answer → See 121341 DownReveal answer → An Italian sweet almond-flavoured liqueur843 DownReveal answer → Frog character in Sesame Street and The Muppet Show644 DownReveal answer → American lyricist and librettist best known for his collaborations with Frederick Loewe1345 DownReveal answer → US state, nicknamed the Buckeye State449 DownReveal answer → Artist whose work My Bed was shortlisted for the 1999 Turner Prize1050 DownReveal answer → Large sea duck of the genus Somateria551 DownReveal answer → Musical written by James Rado and Gerome Ragni453 DownReveal answer → Indian actor inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960455 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 26, 2026. 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.