The Independent Crossword September 5 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 115 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 115 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 5 2026. 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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Bunk in a ship51 AcrossReveal answer → Get nurses behind surgery high on gas61 AcrossReveal answer → Brand (of car)64 AcrossReveal answer → Tricky maths that could be a pain to pass84 AcrossReveal answer → Accompany67 AcrossReveal answer → Coach of the Great Britain rowing squads at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics118 AcrossReveal answer → Negligent68 AcrossReveal answer → Sophisticated129 AcrossReveal answer → Reform voters are for values without moderation910 AcrossReveal answer → Ignoring the odds, Arsenal limp to dominion511 AcrossReveal answer → Resonation411 AcrossReveal answer → Theme park in Staffordshire featuring the world's first vertical drop rollercoaster, Oblivion1112 AcrossReveal answer → A few bucks is expensive for auditors412 AcrossReveal answer → Officer uncovered Kamala Harris in disguise1013 AcrossReveal answer → Electric cable413 AcrossReveal answer → Marine food fish of the family Clupeidae714 AcrossReveal answer → Feminist sexologist born Shirley Diana Gregory in Missouri in 1942915 AcrossReveal answer → It's posh abroad, one argues715 AcrossReveal answer → The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet516 AcrossReveal answer → Fraud detective tails out of a restaurant616 AcrossReveal answer → Furniture item1216 AcrossReveal answer → Small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco, whose principal star is Vega417 AcrossReveal answer → Founder of the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903, with her daughter Christabel1718 AcrossReveal answer → Conduct oneself618 AcrossReveal answer → Tube called a Fallopian tube in mammals719 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish bags tear in sets of two619 AcrossReveal answer → Repugnant620 AcrossReveal answer → Film that has featured Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Lady Gaga1121 AcrossReveal answer → Identity documents621 AcrossReveal answer → Rings from Circle Line stopping District Line ultimately721 AcrossReveal answer → Thick522 AcrossReveal answer → They can't easily move sports event, making politician tense1023 AcrossReveal answer → Eager leader carved out of hunk of marble?425 AcrossReveal answer → Conservatives exposed Liberal - you can see through it527 AcrossReveal answer → South American neighbours, one heartless and one short, sent back copy928 AcrossReveal answer → Samantha's mother in the TV sitcom Bewitched, played by Agnes Moorehead628 AcrossReveal answer → Sack irrational salesperson lying about tattoo artist829 AcrossReveal answer → Three couples send rude messages on film630 AcrossReveal answer → 1978 number one single by 10cc1630 AcrossReveal answer → Meter-maid sung about by the Beatles on their 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1033 AcrossReveal answer → Best Actress Oscar winner for La La Land934 AcrossReveal answer → Best Picture at the 1968 Oscars635 AcrossReveal answer → The first female British prime minister1637 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese motor manufacturer that formerly sold its vehicles under the Datsun brand638 AcrossReveal answer → Butterfly of the genus Papilio1140 AcrossReveal answer → Duo responsible for the hit singles D.I.S.C.O. and Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)743 AcrossReveal answer → American poet and essayist who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century1748 AcrossReveal answer → See 331051 AcrossReveal answer → ___-les-Bains, town on the south shore of Lake Geneva noted for its mineral water553 AcrossReveal answer → Minnow-like creature used to control mosquitoes and as anglers' bait954 AcrossReveal answer → American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that produced a COVID-19 vaccine755 AcrossReveal answer → Victorious captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 20021156 AcrossReveal answer → Danish author who wrote under the pen name Isak Dinesen1157 AcrossReveal answer →

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Trump holds course with extreme latitude81 DownReveal answer → An ancient Roman cuirass of leather or metal61 DownReveal answer → Elementary51 DownReveal answer → "Get in goal!" shouted manager of busy team?92 DownReveal answer → Californian city bordering Los Angeles to the south92 DownReveal answer → Rhizome92 DownReveal answer → Spreader of fake news raises Republican money43 DownReveal answer → Nineties BBC sitcom whose central characters were three childhood friends from Herne Bay63 DownReveal answer → Sausage in a roll63 DownReveal answer → African country whose capital is Addis Ababa84 DownReveal answer → Purplish-red64 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic drink35 DownReveal answer → Irish writer who won the 2007 Booker Prize for The Gathering115 DownReveal answer → I'm not sure interrupting idiots is prejudicial75 DownReveal answer → Steal the limelight from76 DownReveal answer → An oriental pipe also called a hubble-bubble66 DownReveal answer → One used to pay charge for reassuring driving instructor106 DownReveal answer → A fertility goddess worshipped by the Phoenicians77 DownReveal answer → 'Unenthusiastic' is large word57 DownReveal answer → Taste first drops of Stella Artois, making Peroni look elegant68 DownReveal answer → The capital of Qatar48 DownReveal answer → See 51139 DownReveal answer → No-nonsense detective abandoning precinct69 DownReveal answer → A tropical herbaceous plant of the East Indies cultivated for its small oval seeds610 DownReveal answer → Progressive increase in prices910 DownReveal answer → Irish princess married to Mark, king of Cornwall, but in love with his knight Tristan611 DownReveal answer → Intestinal infection712 DownReveal answer → Nickname for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat713 DownReveal answer → Sauce, still primarily considered the greatest, served up poorly1014 DownReveal answer → Except when614 DownReveal answer → Agreement615 DownReveal answer → Staff leading Treasury try to pass the bar?917 DownReveal answer → Awaken517 DownReveal answer → Lazy person's pop hit plugged by Adele finally818 DownReveal answer → Beer319 DownReveal answer → Musical partner of John Oates920 DownReveal answer → Wrote a crossword Independent released720 DownReveal answer → Believe part of play about church power621 DownReveal answer → A quiet look by male bachelor shows confidence622 DownReveal answer → Either the shortest or the longest day of the year822 DownReveal answer → Plucked musical instrument, usually with a triangular body and three strings, used chiefly for Russian folk music923 DownReveal answer → Surname of the wealthy family at the centre of the TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs724 DownReveal answer → Sorry for decision to expel student524 DownReveal answer → Wallace's pet dog in stop motion comedies created by Nick Park625 DownReveal answer → Not a lot covered up by Kate Moss426 DownReveal answer → Squid, especially in Mediterranean cuisine826 DownReveal answer → Russian-born American novelist, playwright and screenwriter born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum727 DownReveal answer → English town twinned with Calais529 DownReveal answer → The fourth sign of the zodiac631 DownReveal answer → English rock band comprising brothers Jez and Andy Williams and Jimi Goodwin532 DownReveal answer → Actress who won the Best Actress Golden Globe award for her role in The King and I1136 DownReveal answer → 2007 film starring James McAvoy and Keira Knightley, based on a novel by Ian McEwan939 DownReveal answer → The Prince of Wales741 DownReveal answer → 2005 Terry Gilliam film that is an adaptation of a 2000 Mitch Cullin novel of the same name842 DownReveal answer → Highly-infectious bacterial disease of animals that can be transmitted to man744 DownReveal answer → Pseudonymous author of children's books such as The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham745 DownReveal answer → Small papilionaceous plant with yellow or purple flowers and trifoliate leaves646 DownReveal answer → Old Testament book about a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia647 DownReveal answer → London area in the Borough of Barnet noted for its RAF Museum and Police College649 DownReveal answer → Stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III650 DownReveal answer → Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who defected to the West in 19611351 DownReveal answer → 1923 play based on the W Somerset Maugham short story Miss Thompson452 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, September 5, 2026. 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.