The Independent Crossword September 4 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 4 2026 answers. The Friday 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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Burial placeGRAVE5Across1
Food grainOAT3Across4
Attitude after line in retreatLAIR4Across8
Ancient city in ItalyPOMPEII7Across8
Bar menu not initially ruined - works at possibly dodgy suggestionsINNUENDOES10Across9
ScatterSTREW5Across9
ConsumedEATEN5Across10
Challenges putting pot in ovensFURNACES8Across10
InterlaceENTWINE7Across11
Mum certainly tense - most likely to withdrawSHYEST6Across11
GumbootsWELLINGTONS11Across12
Particular probe gutted by copper taking on unreliable sourcePECULIAR8Across12
Head back round South, ending in legendary battlegroundNASEBY6Across14
Meteorological measure is absolute farce in a stormBEAUFORTSCALE13Across16
Curved swordCUTLASS7Across17
Our group adds wrinkles to ways of workingUSAGES6Across18
Happen againRECUR5Across19
More reasonable about bringing in college’s white wineSANCERRE8Across20
ChargesTERMS5Across21
Cake - first answer provided by every cook at the outsetECLAIR6Across22
LearnedERUDITE7Across22
FalsehoodLIE3Across23
RapidityHASTE5Across24
Regretting our name being appropriated by ChinaMOURNING8Across24
I will enter a chapel on rocky Greek islandCEPHALONIA10Across25
Old tidal wave eliminating river reedOBOE4Across26
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
American rodentGOPHER6Down1
Living things turning brown, certainly missing sunNATURE6Down1
Let inADMIT5Down2
Organisation receiving articles about stomach in the apeORANGUTANG10Down2
EverlastingETERNAL7Down3
According to Fleming it’s M for misbehaviour?MISCHIEF8Down3
BeginningONSET5Down4
Legal establishments showing limits to imagination nonethelessINNS4Down4
Important naval figure seen in hold?NELSON6Down5
TwistingTORSION7Down5
Nervous European Democrat generally cleared outEDGY4Down6
Children's gameHIDEANDSEEK11Down6
Thick woollen clothTWEED5Down7
Prudent to visit, taking in relative in HollandSENSIBLE8Down7
CaptivateENTHRAL7Down13
Bounders impounding river ferriesROROS5Down13
By means ofTHROUGH7Down14
Yahoo menu’s edited? I thought that was very badSHAMEONYOU10Down15
SharpACUTE5Down15
B_____ fool almost cut through item on scoreBASSCLEF8Down16
Light windBREEZE6Down16
Odd crime newspaper picked up, involving university lecturerSINGULAR8Down17
PassagewayAISLE5Down18
High-pitched soprano damaging after brief timeSHRILL6Down19
Fried potato piecesCHIPS5Down20
Haphazard components of read-only memoryRANDOM6Down21
Hearts absorbed by cool desireACHE4Down23
Lots of people, some upsetting birdMYNA4Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, September 4, 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.