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The Independent Crossword September 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 5 2025 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Loud noiseDIN3Across1 Organ of sightEYE3Across3 Rhetorical trick is perhaps too complicatedAPOSTROPHE10Across8 IlluminateLIGHTUP7Across8 Social climber’s insulting comment about nameSNOB4Across9 Let inADMIT5Across9 TallyTOTUP5Across10 Ice-cream’s central temperature brought about liquefaction at lastCORNET6Across10 RetortRIPOSTE7Across11 Grass seen around boggy stuff on a regular basisREPEATED8Across11 Case that is recalled, involving you in CalaisETUI4Across12 Vendor of sewing itemsHABERDASHER11Across13 Caught one really liking page showing part of road networkCLOVERLEAF10Across13 Oblique impact from tip of whirling weaponGLANCE6Across15 Tight dress? Keep quiet, suppressing passionSHEATH6Across17 AilmentILLNESS7Across17 Once moreAGAIN5Across19 On radio, I will take point about limitations of crucial gym itemINDIANCLUB10Across20 Serene joyBLISS5Across20 Husband leading a pair of judges in pilgrimageHAJJ4Across22 InformAPPRISE7Across22 Large deerELK3Across23 Security components presenting significant difficultiesKEYHOLES8Across24 ConsumeEAT3Across24 Straighten out relative, mostly about ancient cityUNCURL6Across26 English philosopher’s focus of development during the Industrial Revolution?MILL4Across27 Means of support not held back in Scottish townLIVINGSTON10Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EraseDELETE6Down1 Pontificate about source of rapid growthSPROUT6Down1 DuskNIGHTFALL9Down2 Upset South American alliance about capital of Colombia - or elsewhere?ASUNCION8Down2 TreeELM3Down3 Bird from cold region flying for nicer tract?ARCTICTERN10Down3 Bird appearing in fight after fightSPARROW7Down4 One or the otherEITHER6Down4 Youngster offering no initial assistanceHELP4Down5 Russian plainSTEPPE6Down5 Attack when ahead of fleetASSAIL6Down6 Love potionAPHRODISIAC11Down6 Sloping surfaceRAMP4Down7 Agreement’s peculiar language about kitchen applianceCOVENANT8Down7 Get out of the waySTEPASIDE9Down12 Large prawnsSCAMPI6Down14 Ensure boat is at sea in coastal resortEASTBOURNE10Down14 AgileNIMBLE6Down15 Fish lake getting knickers etc.LINGERIE8Down16 PurposeINTENT6Down16 Moral expert I see probing this when detained by alienETHICIST8Down18 SimpleEASY4Down18 European and American engaged in broadcasting now may be hard to findELUSIVE7Down19 Take a breath, having almost bisected base of treeINHALE6Down21 TypeILK3Down21 Beer almost completed in a manner of speaking?JARGON6Down23 Pale lines circling one yardLILY4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Friday, September 5, 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.