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The Independent Crossword September 3 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 3 2026 answers. The Thursday 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#
Young salmonPARR4Across1 AmuseTICKLE6Across3 Equestrian disciplineDRESSAGE8Across7 Feel concern aboutMIND4Across8 Dog-sit for Spooner and give too many treats?MOLLYCODDLE11Across8 Not movingSTATIONARY10Across9 Colour of uniform that man adoptsHUE3Across10 Other ranks visibly embarrassed about group of knightsORDER5Across11 One often inflexible doctor reversing course to plug new inhalerHARDLINER9Across12 Atmospheric phenomenonAURORA6Across12 SuccessivelyINAROW6Across13 Electrician finally wiring to ground - disaster narrowly avoidedNEARTHING9Across13 Writing materialsSTATIONERY10Across15 Manifest completed before timeOVERT5Across16 Increasingly rush through half-forgotten speeches at partySPEEDUP7Across17 Young femaleGIRL4Across18 Merseyside town, origin of grisly pirateBOOTLEG7Across19 DisadvantageDRAWBACK8Across19 Complete agreementUNISON6Across20 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across21 Wrong answer written by teacherAMISS5Across21 Become suspicious of cryptic master holding everything backSMELLARAT9Across22 Round of game after pawn's lost by CharlieCARTRIDGE9Across24 Lower visibility of marshland traps leader of expeditionary forceBEFOG5Across26 Drunkard takes Coke product half-heartedlySOT3Across28 Commonwealth citizen accommodated in urban glade's high-riseBANGLADESHI11Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Seizes one million quidIMPOUNDS8Down1 Piece of open landPARK4Down1 Rice dishRISOTTO7Down2 Policeman's tips for potential overdosePLOD4Down2 DigitTOE3Down3 Athletic person climbing in tight army gearGYMRAT6Down3 Chaucerian character in Canterbury who sang Hallelujah, ultimatelyYOGH4Down4 Punctuation markCOMMA5Down4 Swing danceLINDYHOP8Down5 Flush is source of water agitationWELLTODO8Down5 Risk regressive revolution as German leaderCHANCELLOR10Down6 Seasoned smoked beefPASTRAMI8Down6 Studied Shakespearean role at National TheatreLEARNT6Down7 Airship left large current, free to go north then eastDIRIGIBLE9Down9 EasternORIENTAL8Down10 QueryQUESTION8Down11 Agile entertainerACROBAT7Down14 E-mail edited to speechify betterAMELIORATE10Down14 Put out sea-god's declaration exiling setterIMPOSEDON9Down15 Book of mapsATLAS5Down16 Give painACHE4Down17 Give an account of Chester river, including top of stony bedDESCRIBE8Down18 LairDEN3Down19 Calm down, perhaps uplifted by signature expression of condolencesGETAGRIP8Down20 Admission in court's beginning to crack criminal casesACCESS6Down21 Swimming pool inspires non-heterosexual desireLIBIDO6Down23 Beautiful women not covered in fashion magazineELLE4Down25 Rapid foxtrot by topless performersFAST4Down27

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, September 3, 2026. 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.