The Independent Crossword September 4 2025 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 60 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 4 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 60 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Navy general appearing in the paper?FLEET5Across1
CompelFORCE5Across1
Be dressed inWEAR4Across4
Midlands locality of more than one witch trialCOVENTRY8Across4
In complete agreementUNANIMOUS9Across7
Male sheepRAM3Across8
Ancestor of King George who was raised in an orphanage?GRANNIE7Across9
Green plastic Cava bottles one's opening before partyAVOCADO7Across10
StringTWINE5Across10
Unusual route to SplitOUTRE5Across11
ExcelSURPASS7Across11
Something forbidden by old duke is displayed within columnsTABULATED9Across12
SalsifyOYSTERPLANT11Across12
Game of pool ruined by Frenchman on the 4th of JulyMONOPOLY8Across14
Smart bassist in gabardine trousersSTING5Across17
DecampABSCOND7Across17
WedMARRY5Across19
One spotted in Hiroshima, on vacation, eating Japanese breadHYENA5Across19
Body of waterSEA3Across20
Brazilian danceBOSSANOVA9Across21
Expression from Sicily - "the hearts of girls and women stray"LYRICISM8Across21
Unit of heredityGENE4Across22
SquanderWASTE5Across23
Riches, with time, comfort one son moving to the Far EastTREASURES9Across24
An Italian capitalist perhaps releasing new perfumeAROMA5Across26
Dogs start to sprint after meSETTERS7Across28
Expose one in the Tuileries left snorting coke beside treeUNCLOAK7Across30
I see one woman cuddling anotherANGELICA8Across31
Tick off the third item in list - that which is indicated by CSCOLD5Across32
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Meteorological phenomenon of rising gas originally seen over part of LondonFOGBOW6Down1
DefectiveFAULTY6Down1
Without delayREADILY7Down2
Precise old knife thrower?EXACT5Down2
BanishmentEXILE5Down3
Fruit drink containing twisted lime peelTANGELO7Down3
SpendthriftWASTREL7Down4
This man's filling empty cricket boxCHEST5Down4
By way of London-Edinburgh road, Victor heads northVIA3Down5
Main arteryAORTA5Down5
Chinese food in the bottom of bin bagsNOODLES7Down6
Pungent rootHORSERADISH11Down6
With millions spent, team trains vigorously and wins againREATTAINS9Down7
Silver's stored in spy base, where someone's bound to have itBONDAGE7Down8
The majorityMOST4Down9
Times article read aloud for subscriberBUYER5Down13
DistressTROUBLE7Down13
Highly-strungNERVOUS7Down14
Male singerBASS4Down15
Binged on Homeland, parts 4, 6 and 10OVEREATEN9Down15
TwirlGYRATE6Down16
One eradicating squeaks by skinning voles and putting one in riverOILER5Down16
Writing tabletSLATE5Down18
Purest smack smuggled into Europe and America?WHITEST7Down18
Cat's cryMIAOW5Down19
Stark naked faun next to trees, frolickingAUSTERE7Down20
Odds and ends from cash auction collapse on top of salesmanCHANCES7Down22
Balls beyond football pitch getting leftPARKED6Down23
Small gold and navy adult sweaters are in hereSAUNA5Down25
Moulding love verse on logs - just the top halvesOVOLO5Down27
In sleighs, kids travel through the snowSKI3Down29
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Thursday, September 4, 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.