The Independent Crossword September 6 2025 Answers

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Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 6 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 120 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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Small vegetablePEA3Across1 Set of twentySCORE5Across3 Not extremeMODERATE8Across7 One having unhappy experience hasn't departedOWNER5Across7 Second-handUSED4Across8 Angelic youngster hugs the lady in chargeCHERUBIC8Across8 Building designARCHITECTURE12Across9 "Lettuce, me?" (Conservative great)COSMIC6Across9 One politician's a sex pest? Don't start, that's wrongIMPROPER8Across10 Supreme Leader's content to live economicallyKIM3Across11 Jeering remarkTAUNT5Across11 Time to get behind this prolific peacemaker?TRUMP5Across12 HomeABODE5Across12 English filmmaker whose works include Bugsy Malone, The Commitments and EvitaALANPARKER10Across12 "All windmills evil" at first causing astonishmentAWE3Across13 City in Volusia County, Florida, that is the headquarters of NASCAR and the Grand American Road Racing AssociationDAYTONABEACH12Across13 So monster is rebuffedERGO4Across14 An ancient state in Italy north of the TiberETRURIA7Across15 On purposeDELIBERATELY12Across16 American lager first produced by Carl Conrad & Co of St. Louis, Missouri in 1876BUDWEISER9Across16 Stomach turned by Head of State's jerksTUGS4Across16 Ignoring Dead Sea's recurrent motifTHEME5Across17 George Michael's third studio album, released in 1996OLDER5Across17 Kingdom also called the Friendly IslandsTONGA5Across18 Without chargeFREE4Across18 Again hiding one's prejudiceBIAS4Across19 Technical name for the big toeHALLUX6Across19 Blue gemstoneSAPPHIRE8Across19 One might be caught around centreCHUB4Across20 1960s American sitcom starring Elizabeth MontgomeryBEWITCHED9Across20 GiantTITAN5Across21 Dance (Informal)BOP3Across22 Quiet Iranian leader once avoiding AmericaSHH3Across22 Nickname given to the witch Nannie Dee in Robert Burns' poem Tam o' ShanterCUTTYSARK9Across23 Guys are going for Nobel from the outset - one's perfectTENSES6Across23 Back from GalapagosAGO3Across24 Card game for two played with 32 cards and king highECARTE6Across25 Leon and Marc cooked French riceAMELCORN8Across25 The nickname of Portsmouth FCPOMPEY6Across26 Seat of government's ways of working - bully!MOSCOW6Across27 Islanders' fees spent across barFAEROESE8Across29 Another name for an anemometerWINDGAUGE9Across29 Petition over hiring queen for horseplayEQUUS5Across30 Parenthetical part of the title of an Andy Williams hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman added to Francis Lai's instrumental theme from the 1970 film Love StoryWHEREDOIBEGIN13Across31 Town in Campania that was the centre of Garibaldi's campaigns for the unification of ItalyCASERTA7Across32 The cgs unit of magnetic field strength, equivalent to 79.58 amperes per metreOERSTED7Across34 Irish golfer who was Open Champion in 2007 and 2008PADRAIGHARRINGTON17Across36 Song by Stevie Wonder, from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life, celebrating the birth of his daughter AishaISNTSHELOVELY13Across37 Home video game console released by Sega in 1998DREAMCAST9Across39 A 1977 UK number one single by Brotherhood of ManANGELO6Across41 1983 Michael Jackson single that reached number 3 in the UK chartBEATIT6Across42 Part of the body that includes the medulla oblongata and the ponsBRAINSTEM9Across44 The capital of PakistanISLAMABAD9Across47 Province of the Roman Empire containing parts of modern-day Switzerland, Germany, Austria and ItalyRAETIA6Across49 Steve ___, captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004WAUGH5Across50 Group who won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen KidELBOW5Across52 City in North Brabant in the Netherlands that is the home of Philips and DAF TrucksEINDHOVEN9Across54 Genus of aquatic plants whose superhydrophobic leaves exhibit what is called the lotus effectNELUMBO7Across56 The lowest temperature theoretically attainableABSOLUTEZERO12Across57 Village west of Chichester in West Sussex noted for its Roman Palace, a major archaeological siteFISHBOURNE10Across58

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Ferret round as down-and-outHOBO4Down1 British wine retailer founded in Harringay in 1980MAJESTIC8Down1 In proportionPRORATA7Down1 Means to rave over the Independent crossword's charmsENAMOURS8Down2 See 36 AcrossPADRAIGHARRINGTON17Down2 TerminateAXE3Down2 Drugs crazyCRACKPOT8Down3 Ancient Greek city famous for its austere way of lifeSPARTA6Down3 MotionlessSTATIC6Down3 I keep freaking out over large shape-shifting creatureKELPIE6Down4 Former member of Roxy Music who was one of the principal innovators of ambient musicBRIANENO8Down4 Top-order batsmanOPENER6Down4 Reject Macron's way - work with Spain and other countriesEUROPE6Down5 English drummer and founder member of The Stranglers born Brian John Duffy in 1938JETBLACK8Down5 FairEQUITABLE9Down5 CloseNEAR4Down6 Piece of embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long depicting the Norman conquest of EnglandBAYEUXTAPESTRY14Down6 Sleazy place where rich man not getting head from StormyDIVE4Down6 Genus to which scops owls mostly belongOTUS4Down7 ___ Field, home base of two Boeing VC-25A aircraft with the call sign Air Force One when the US president is on boardANDREWS7Down8 See lame teaching fooled believers in thisCLIMATECHANGE13Down8 Bud __, stage and film partner of Lou CostelloABBOTT6Down9 Large land massCONTINENT9Down10 See 14ADELIELAND10Down10 1964 Richard Lester film featuring The BeatlesAHARDDAYSNIGHT14Down11 Even so, leaving first husband's hardTOUGH5Down12 Journey not requiring overnight accommodationDAYTRIP7Down13 Type of flatBEDSIT6Down14 A part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land, under French sovereigntyADELIELAND10Down14 Runs into golf champion showing dignity in victory?GRACE5Down15 OccurHAPPEN6Down15 NoblemanEARL4Down17 Buried person with honour - noted criminal on guardENTOMBED8Down18 Doctor right - raised upsetting foot condition patient unable to fightBONESPUR8Down19 An isolated, steep-sided, flat-topped hill in the western United States and CanadaBUTTE5Down20 Focal pointHUB3Down20 Underground vaults, especially those used for burialsHYPOGEA7Down21 Dance topBOLERO6Down21 Binomial name for the coal titPARUSATER9Down22 As was lost election, extremely suspectSTOLEN6Down22 In Norse mythology, the ash tree that was thought to overshadow the worldYGGDRASIL9Down24 Unusual team game? Could beMEAT4Down26 Swedish name for a commissioner who investigates complaints of maladministrationOMBUDSMAN9Down27 A sudden violent or illegal seizure of governmentCOUPDETAT9Down28 Decapitated trunk? Not exactlyORSO4Down28 Jimmy Webb song that gave Glen Campbell a worldwide hit in 1968WICHITALINEMAN14Down29 See 4BRIANENO8Down30 County Cricket Club with three pears on its badgeWORCESTERSHIRE14Down31 West African republic on the Atlantic whose capital is DakarSENEGAL7Down33 1990s BBC1 sitcom that starred Kevin McNally and George ColeDAD3Down35 A mountain nymph in Greek mythologyOREAD5Down38 American novelist, screenwriter and biographer who lost the 1941 Cincinnati Masters men's singles final to Bobby RiggsARTHURMARX10Down40 West End restaurant founded in 1917 that has expanded into various places in the UK and IrelandTHEIVY6Down43 English actor-manager and Mencap campaigner noted for his Whitehall farcesBRIANRIX8Down44 Human Sesame Street character played by Will Lee from 1969 until his death in 1982MRHOOPER8Down45 Irish poet and dramatist awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 1923WBYEATS7Down46 Protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book storiesMOWGLI6Down48 Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of HarwichWALTONONTHENAZE15Down50 The lowest adult male voiceBASS4Down53 See 50WALTONONTHENAZE15Down55

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