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The Independent Crossword September 28 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 61 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 28 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
See note131 AcrossReveal answer → Beautiful valley not enough for tyrant emperor57 AcrossReveal answer → Circle of light68 AcrossReveal answer → What deli may offer visiting prodnose down west88 AcrossReveal answer → Small crustacean69 AcrossReveal answer → Promotion introducing love song and dance39 AcrossReveal answer → ?810 AcrossReveal answer → Pass over Panamanian port510 AcrossReveal answer → Dry411 AcrossReveal answer → Spooner’s suggestions are much better than cosmetic811 AcrossReveal answer → Kentucky folk music912 AcrossReveal answer → How hard, hiding large hooter312 AcrossReveal answer → The Sun’s as large when Earth’s eclipsed514 AcrossReveal answer → Trunks he’s thrown in for nothing in the price of suit615 AcrossReveal answer → Don’t read all of tense letter316 AcrossReveal answer → Comparatively modest height at which acrobat has no head717 AcrossReveal answer → ?417 AcrossReveal answer → ?818 AcrossReveal answer → Roman speciality laid out on a grid720 AcrossReveal answer → Caught sight of620 AcrossReveal answer → ?621 AcrossReveal answer → Dark substance prepared by distilling salt322 AcrossReveal answer → Vague1322 AcrossReveal answer → Some of our thoroughbreds out of the frame623 AcrossReveal answer → Young people support couple holding hands524 AcrossReveal answer → Mischiefmaker was irritating327 AcrossReveal answer → Author is apparently identifiable figure829 AcrossReveal answer → Monster course dominated by stand530 AcrossReveal answer → The first fifteen letters as well?331 AcrossReveal answer → Slimmed manner, not so round?832 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish gentleman has cycled here from Scandinavia533 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Plaster-work crosses over with business61 DownReveal answer → One female crossword compiler, among others62 DownReveal answer → Weather map line62 DownReveal answer → Possibly vote against party53 DownReveal answer → Oddly amusing53 DownReveal answer → Official quietly breaks into military area94 DownReveal answer → Argue74 DownReveal answer → Place within55 DownReveal answer → Dumb-ass guy disturbs writer somewhat85 DownReveal answer → Maybe76 DownReveal answer → Historic train terminus in Co. Durham – not Beds – carrying King north86 DownReveal answer → Axilla67 DownReveal answer → Take head off/tail off parrot48 DownReveal answer → Disreputable person713 DownReveal answer → River Don413 DownReveal answer → Platform714 DownReveal answer → Note: not a word – OED editor omitted parts314 DownReveal answer → Selected615 DownReveal answer → Poet wanted hug? He shunned embraces916 DownReveal answer → Baby616 DownReveal answer → Like the champagne that’s on ice, this is his818 DownReveal answer → Obtain by sponging518 DownReveal answer → He’ll sing it through with a single exception819 DownReveal answer → Expert (Yiddish)519 DownReveal answer → Transported under cover, thus delivered?420 DownReveal answer → Cut short energy supply321 DownReveal answer → French poet read in French; read in translation about it625 DownReveal answer → Born, then died, one no longer essential626 DownReveal answer → Hill residents periodically cannot use427 DownReveal answer → Napoleon with energy climbing tree528 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Sunday, September 28, 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.