The Independent Crossword September 5 2026 Answers

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Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 5 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 115 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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Bunk in a shipBERTH5Across1 Get nurses behind surgery high on gasBUBBLY6Across1 Brand (of car)MARQUE6Across4 Tricky maths that could be a pain to passCALCULUS8Across4 AccompanyESCORT6Across7 Coach of the Great Britain rowing squads at the 1980 and 1984 OlympicsDANTOPOLSKI11Across8 NegligentREMISS6Across8 SophisticatedCOSMOPOLITAN12Across9 Reform voters are for values without moderationOVERRATES9Across10 Ignoring the odds, Arsenal limp to dominionREALM5Across11 ResonationECHO4Across11 Theme park in Staffordshire featuring the world's first vertical drop rollercoaster, OblivionALTONTOWERS11Across12 A few bucks is expensive for auditorsDEER4Across12 Officer uncovered Kamala Harris in disguiseAIRMARSHAL10Across13 Electric cableFLEX4Across13 Marine food fish of the family ClupeidaeHERRING7Across14 Feminist sexologist born Shirley Diana Gregory in Missouri in 1942SHEREHITE9Across15 It's posh abroad, one arguesSOPHIST7Across15 The tenth letter of the Greek alphabetKAPPA5Across16 Fraud detective tails out of a restaurantSCAMPI6Across16 Furniture itemROCKINGCHAIR12Across16 Small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco, whose principal star is VegaLYRA4Across17 Founder of the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903, with her daughter ChristabelEMMELINEPANKHURST17Across18 Conduct oneselfBEHAVE6Across18 Tube called a Fallopian tube in mammalsOVIDUCT7Across19 Rubbish bags tear in sets of twoBRACES6Across19 RepugnantODIOUS6Across20 Film that has featured Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Lady GagaASTARISBORN11Across21 Identity documentsPAPERS6Across21 Rings from Circle Line stopping District Line ultimatelyAREOLAE7Across21 ThickDENSE5Across22 They can't easily move sports event, making politician tensePARALYTICS10Across23 Eager leader carved out of hunk of marble?AVID4Across25 Conservatives exposed Liberal - you can see through itORIEL5Across27 South American neighbours, one heartless and one short, sent back copyREPRODUCE9Across28 Samantha's mother in the TV sitcom Bewitched, played by Agnes MooreheadENDORA6Across28 Sack irrational salesperson lying about tattoo artistBAGPIPER8Across29 Three couples send rude messages on filmSEXTET6Across30 1978 number one single by 10ccDREADLOCKHOLIDAY16Across30 Meter-maid sung about by the Beatles on their 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLOVELYRITA10Across33 Best Actress Oscar winner for La La LandEMMASTONE9Across34 Best Picture at the 1968 OscarsOLIVER6Across35 The first female British prime ministerMARGARETTHATCHER16Across37 Japanese motor manufacturer that formerly sold its vehicles under the Datsun brandNISSAN6Across38 Butterfly of the genus PapilioSWALLOWTAIL11Across40 Duo responsible for the hit singles D.I.S.C.O. and Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)OTTAWAN7Across43 American poet and essayist who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th centuryRALPHWALDOEMERSON17Across48 See 33LOVELYRITA10Across51 ___-les-Bains, town on the south shore of Lake Geneva noted for its mineral waterEVIAN5Across53 Minnow-like creature used to control mosquitoes and as anglers' baitKILLIFISH9Across54 American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that produced a COVID-19 vaccineMODERNA7Across55 Victorious captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002SAMTORRANCE11Across56 Danish author who wrote under the pen name Isak DinesenKARENBLIXEN11Across57

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Trump holds course with extreme latitudeBROADEST8Down1 An ancient Roman cuirass of leather or metalLORICA6Down1 ElementaryBASIC5Down1 "Get in goal!" shouted manager of busy team?BEEKEEPER9Down2 Californian city bordering Los Angeles to the southLONGBEACH9Down2 RhizomeROOTSTOCK9Down2 Spreader of fake news raises Republican moneyLIRA4Down3 Nineties BBC sitcom whose central characters were three childhood friends from Herne BayGAMEON6Down3 Sausage in a rollHOTDOG6Down3 African country whose capital is Addis AbabaETHIOPIA8Down4 Purplish-redMAROON6Down4 Alcoholic drinkRUM3Down5 Irish writer who won the 2007 Booker Prize for The GatheringANNEENRIGHT11Down5 I'm not sure interrupting idiots is prejudicialASSUMES7Down5 Steal the limelight fromUPSTAGE7Down6 An oriental pipe also called a hubble-bubbleHOOKAH6Down6 One used to pay charge for reassuring driving instructorCARDREADER10Down6 A fertility goddess worshipped by the PhoeniciansASTARTE7Down7 'Unenthusiastic' is large wordLOATH5Down7 Taste first drops of Stella Artois, making Peroni look elegantSAMPLE6Down8 The capital of QatarDOHA4Down8 See 51RUDOLFNUREYEV13Down9 No-nonsense detective abandoning precinctSTRICT6Down9 A tropical herbaceous plant of the East Indies cultivated for its small oval seedsSESAME6Down10 Progressive increase in pricesINFLATION9Down10 Irish princess married to Mark, king of Cornwall, but in love with his knight TristanISEULT6Down11 Intestinal infectionCHOLERA7Down12 Nickname for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flatEMPEROR7Down13 Sauce, still primarily considered the greatest, served up poorlyPICCALILLI10Down14 Except whenUNLESS6Down14 AgreementACCORD6Down15 Staff leading Treasury try to pass the bar?POLEVAULT9Down17 AwakenROUSE5Down17 Lazy person's pop hit plugged by Adele finallyDEADBEAT8Down18 BeerALE3Down19 Musical partner of John OatesDARYLHALL9Down20 Wrote a crossword Independent releasedSETFREE7Down20 Believe part of play about church powerACCEPT6Down21 A quiet look by male bachelor shows confidenceAPLOMB6Down22 Either the shortest or the longest day of the yearSOLSTICE8Down22 Plucked musical instrument, usually with a triangular body and three strings, used chiefly for Russian folk musicBALALAIKA9Down23 Surname of the wealthy family at the centre of the TV drama series Upstairs, DownstairsBELLAMY7Down24 Sorry for decision to expel studentRUING5Down24 Wallace's pet dog in stop motion comedies created by Nick ParkGROMIT6Down25 Not a lot covered up by Kate MossSOME4Down26 Squid, especially in Mediterranean cuisineCALAMARI8Down26 Russian-born American novelist, playwright and screenwriter born Alisa Zinovyevna RosenbaumAYNRAND7Down27 English town twinned with CalaisDOVER5Down29 The fourth sign of the zodiacCANCER6Down31 English rock band comprising brothers Jez and Andy Williams and Jimi GoodwinDOVES5Down32 Actress who won the Best Actress Golden Globe award for her role in The King and IDEBORAHKERR11Down36 2007 film starring James McAvoy and Keira Knightley, based on a novel by Ian McEwanATONEMENT9Down39 The Prince of WalesWILLIAM7Down41 2005 Terry Gilliam film that is an adaptation of a 2000 Mitch Cullin novel of the same nameTIDELAND8Down42 Highly-infectious bacterial disease of animals that can be transmitted to manANTHRAX7Down44 Pseudonymous author of children's books such as The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and HamDRSEUSS7Down45 Small papilionaceous plant with yellow or purple flowers and trifoliate leavesMEDICK6Down46 Old Testament book about a beautiful Jewess who became queen of PersiaESTHER6Down47 London area in the Borough of Barnet noted for its RAF Museum and Police CollegeHENDON6Down49 Stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers IIIEMINEM6Down50 Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who defected to the West in 1961RUDOLFNUREYEV13Down51 1923 play based on the W Somerset Maugham short story Miss ThompsonRAIN4Down52

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