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The Independent Crossword September 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 54 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 5 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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Loud noise31 AcrossReveal answer → Organ of sight33 AcrossReveal answer → Rhetorical trick is perhaps too complicated108 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminate78 AcrossReveal answer → Social climber’s insulting comment about name49 AcrossReveal answer → Let in59 AcrossReveal answer → Tally510 AcrossReveal answer → Ice-cream’s central temperature brought about liquefaction at last610 AcrossReveal answer → Retort711 AcrossReveal answer → Grass seen around boggy stuff on a regular basis811 AcrossReveal answer → Case that is recalled, involving you in Calais412 AcrossReveal answer → Vendor of sewing items1113 AcrossReveal answer → Caught one really liking page showing part of road network1013 AcrossReveal answer → Oblique impact from tip of whirling weapon615 AcrossReveal answer → Tight dress? Keep quiet, suppressing passion617 AcrossReveal answer → Ailment717 AcrossReveal answer → Once more519 AcrossReveal answer → On radio, I will take point about limitations of crucial gym item1020 AcrossReveal answer → Serene joy520 AcrossReveal answer → Husband leading a pair of judges in pilgrimage422 AcrossReveal answer → Inform722 AcrossReveal answer → Large deer323 AcrossReveal answer → Security components presenting significant difficulties824 AcrossReveal answer → Consume324 AcrossReveal answer → Straighten out relative, mostly about ancient city626 AcrossReveal answer → English philosopher’s focus of development during the Industrial Revolution?427 AcrossReveal answer → Means of support not held back in Scottish town1028 AcrossReveal answer →

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Erase61 DownReveal answer → Pontificate about source of rapid growth61 DownReveal answer → Dusk92 DownReveal answer → Upset South American alliance about capital of Colombia - or elsewhere?82 DownReveal answer → Tree33 DownReveal answer → Bird from cold region flying for nicer tract?103 DownReveal answer → Bird appearing in fight after fight74 DownReveal answer → One or the other64 DownReveal answer → Youngster offering no initial assistance45 DownReveal answer → Russian plain65 DownReveal answer → Attack when ahead of fleet66 DownReveal answer → Love potion116 DownReveal answer → Sloping surface47 DownReveal answer → Agreement’s peculiar language about kitchen appliance87 DownReveal answer → Get out of the way912 DownReveal answer → Large prawns614 DownReveal answer → Ensure boat is at sea in coastal resort1014 DownReveal answer → Agile615 DownReveal answer → Fish lake getting knickers etc.816 DownReveal answer → Purpose616 DownReveal answer → Moral expert I see probing this when detained by alien818 DownReveal answer → Simple418 DownReveal answer → European and American engaged in broadcasting now may be hard to find719 DownReveal answer → Take a breath, having almost bisected base of tree621 DownReveal answer → Type321 DownReveal answer → Beer almost completed in a manner of speaking?623 DownReveal answer → Pale lines circling one yard425 DownReveal answer →

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