The Independent Crossword September 27 2025 Answers

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Below are all 113 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 27 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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Reddish-brown horse31 AcrossReveal answer → Watch out for drone, possibly covering conflict61 AcrossReveal answer → In poor health63 AcrossReveal answer → Did champ after overturning ban go on?64 AcrossReveal answer → New company77 AcrossReveal answer → Spicy port and lemon drink58 AcrossReveal answer → Volvo in front with gold Cadillac for variety109 AcrossReveal answer → Title shared by albums by Darkstar, Elvis Costello and Matchbox Twenty510 AcrossReveal answer → Everyone still unmarried, apparently not yet settled410 AcrossReveal answer → Race over fences1210 AcrossReveal answer → American horror TV series based on the book series of the same name by L J Smith1711 AcrossReveal answer → Space traveller came across men circling Earth611 AcrossReveal answer → Rudiments612 AcrossReveal answer → Derisory shout welcomes head of Harrow comprehensive812 AcrossReveal answer → Mountain range that became part of Scotland's second national park in 20031013 AcrossReveal answer → Story Violet Elizabeth's teacher read out?413 AcrossReveal answer → Amuse614 AcrossReveal answer → Former president of the Oxford University Conservative Association who became the BBC's chief political correspondent in 19991215 AcrossReveal answer → Six deliveries pinched by cheeky beggar1015 AcrossReveal answer → Crucial1216 AcrossReveal answer → The state capital of Minnesota916 AcrossReveal answer → Was stinky private behind latrines finally clean with wet wipe?1017 AcrossReveal answer → Snooker ball worth seven points517 AcrossReveal answer → Traditional small cake from the Lorraine region of France, featured in À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust919 AcrossReveal answer → Winter sportsman519 AcrossReveal answer → Slowly pass through farm animals, taking hour419 AcrossReveal answer → Pledge720 AcrossReveal answer → The former name (until 1935) of Iran621 AcrossReveal answer → Particle accelerator's diameter limited by man digging rock out of tunnel821 AcrossReveal answer → Pure621 AcrossReveal answer → Large deer322 AcrossReveal answer → Surname of the composer of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor923 AcrossReveal answer → Mother returned father's second last letter in shock623 AcrossReveal answer → Gertrude ___, American swimmer who was the first woman to swim the English Channel625 AcrossReveal answer → Refuse screen Oscar425 AcrossReveal answer → See 16926 AcrossReveal answer → Racer I chat with training runner in the north1026 AcrossReveal answer → Tracker mortgages will lose you most cash, ultimately627 AcrossReveal answer → Cross it hurts catching end of nose, grazing spot?628 AcrossReveal answer → Distance equal to the mean distance from the centre of the earth to the centre of the sun1628 AcrossReveal answer → Asian country formerly called Formosa631 AcrossReveal answer → Kepler ___, former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia733 AcrossReveal answer → Daughter of Mohammed who married Ali635 AcrossReveal answer → Pisa-born defender who won 117 caps for Italy1638 AcrossReveal answer → Town of NW Italy, noted for its sparkling wine441 AcrossReveal answer → John Boyd ______, Scottish vet who devised the first commercially practical pneumatic tyres643 AcrossReveal answer → An extensive skin eruption caused by staphylococcal infection945 AcrossReveal answer → The third sign of the zodiac646 AcrossReveal answer → Market town in Norfolk on the estuary of the Great Ouse near the Wash948 AcrossReveal answer → Technical name for the eye socket549 AcrossReveal answer → In Norse mythology, the three virgin goddesses of fate, who predestine the lives of the gods and men552 AcrossReveal answer → 1967 song by Donovan that was a top ten hit in the UK and the US1254 AcrossReveal answer → Large fish of the family Orectolobidae, such as Ginglymostoma cirratum of the Atlantic Ocean1057 AcrossReveal answer → Serbian defender who joined Chelsea from Lokomotiv Moscow in 20081758 AcrossReveal answer → Any of the 150 sacred songs, lyric poems and prayers that together constitute a book of the Old Testament559 AcrossReveal answer →

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Underwear pretty good quality for soldiers, say71 DownReveal answer → The ______, nickname of Reading FC61 DownReveal answer → Shrub41 DownReveal answer → Shape that has wide and thin side52 DownReveal answer → Fat-soluble organic compounds most of which have important physiological actions82 DownReveal answer → Leavening agent52 DownReveal answer → Bank opening much later for motorists, that is93 DownReveal answer → A member of the second order of angels, whose distinctive gift is knowledge63 DownReveal answer → Lithe63 DownReveal answer → The primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism64 DownReveal answer → Compulsory military service124 DownReveal answer → Travel bags75 DownReveal answer → Help for actors to determine how old theatre is?55 DownReveal answer → Sultanate whose capital is Muscat45 DownReveal answer → Effects of skin distension126 DownReveal answer → Cherubs or other fliers?96 DownReveal answer → Alberto ___, artist whose L'Homme au doigt became the most expensive sculpture ever sold in 2015106 DownReveal answer → State remains split by Republican framework77 DownReveal answer → Naval officer rank senior to Commodore117 DownReveal answer → Surname shared by The Bee Gees48 DownReveal answer → Fresh pollock OK, crab stick wrapped in plastic138 DownReveal answer → American TV series (1967–75) starring Raymond Burr in the title role89 DownReveal answer → Slender69 DownReveal answer → German submarines611 DownReveal answer → American actor whose TV roles include Al Bundy in Married ... with Children and Jay Pritchett in Modern Family812 DownReveal answer → Egotistical713 DownReveal answer → British aboard tube are relaxed914 DownReveal answer → 1997 sci-fi film starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law714 DownReveal answer → Hairpiece615 DownReveal answer → Damage top and then remainder of suitcase916 DownReveal answer → Artless517 DownReveal answer → Daring female form given to front of ship?718 DownReveal answer → Japanese-born British novelist whose novels include the Booker-prizewinning The Remains of the Day1318 DownReveal answer → Light kiss418 DownReveal answer → The Lithuanian name for Lithuania720 DownReveal answer → Hairy little job close to home, mate cutting tree720 DownReveal answer → Doctor behind early treatment522 DownReveal answer → Card game for two played with 32 cards and king high622 DownReveal answer → ___ Free, TV sitcom in the 1980s starring Keith Barron and Gwen Taylor423 DownReveal answer → In Greek mythology, a daughter of Tantalus, who continued to weep although turned into stone after her children were slain524 DownReveal answer → Sap drinker in pub, breaking a hand524 DownReveal answer → Younger and taller brother of Mario in the Nintendo video game franchise527 DownReveal answer → Third largest of the Balearic Islands529 DownReveal answer → Sixth largest city in Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County630 DownReveal answer → The one of the three Fates who severs the thread of life in Greek mythology732 DownReveal answer → Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Syringa534 DownReveal answer → Lagoon located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida1136 DownReveal answer → City on the French Riviera founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century BC437 DownReveal answer → Woodwind instrument that is the alto of the oboe family1039 DownReveal answer → 1992 album by k. d. lang containing the song Constant Craving740 DownReveal answer → Small East Asian animal which secretes a strong-smelling substance used in perfumery842 DownReveal answer → William ___, attributed author of the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman844 DownReveal answer → English pianist made a Dame in 1941847 DownReveal answer → Swelling of the first joint of the big toe650 DownReveal answer → Method of travel used by central characters in TV series Doctor Who651 DownReveal answer → Lance ___, Belgian-Canadian Formula One driver who achieved his first podium finish at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix653 DownReveal answer → Johann David ___, Swiss pastor who wrote The Swiss Family Robinson455 DownReveal answer → River which flows into the North Sea at Sunderland456 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 27, 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.