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The Independent Crossword September 8 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Independent Crossword for September 8 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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Paddle31 AcrossReveal answer → Sardonic33 AcrossReveal answer → Backbone58 AcrossReveal answer → Can I cut to boxing now, before match involving Everton finally?98 AcrossReveal answer → Volcano crater79 AcrossReveal answer → Ghost710 AcrossReveal answer → Dripping with the flavour of vegetable picked up510 AcrossReveal answer → Hot range of erotica gathered311 AcrossReveal answer → Glorify511 AcrossReveal answer → Haulier1112 AcrossReveal answer → Articulate European lacking expression for 'complete freedom'1112 AcrossReveal answer → Problem-solving instructions oral might obscure913 AcrossReveal answer → Who lives for drink?415 AcrossReveal answer → Divide by two517 AcrossReveal answer → South Korean coins possibly obtained at great expense717 AcrossReveal answer → Dog that is pursuing Antarctic explorer718 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite719 AcrossReveal answer → Briefly browse city420 AcrossReveal answer → Have need of721 AcrossReveal answer → Period of darkness522 AcrossReveal answer → Formal sporting rules?922 AcrossReveal answer → Weeding tool323 AcrossReveal answer → Lair324 AcrossReveal answer → You're not the only one to go to Chelsea?1125 AcrossReveal answer → Wash home of Hollywood lead from production327 AcrossReveal answer → Design safety test with uncertainty528 AcrossReveal answer → Offensive old coach taking on negative football side beginning to object929 AcrossReveal answer →

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Preoccupy61 DownReveal answer → Classes engaged in history and philosophy, say, on reflection61 DownReveal answer → Lift up52 DownReveal answer → Threaten to scrap unreliable car failing to start82 DownReveal answer → Grapple73 DownReveal answer → Open global body had nothing to hide outside of negligence103 DownReveal answer → What some hiker turns up for?44 DownReveal answer → Annual64 DownReveal answer → A pop group holds record55 DownReveal answer → Superior65 DownReveal answer → Line for a drink reduced by 25% in ship66 DownReveal answer → Hand tool116 DownReveal answer → Crumbs near pig full of energy87 DownReveal answer → Adhesive47 DownReveal answer → Naked in back of strip club running drunken event89 DownReveal answer → Slanting713 DownReveal answer → Devise614 DownReveal answer → I'm about to trade whatever possible to get hold of cocaine variety1014 DownReveal answer → Place of worship615 DownReveal answer → He's excited about Gold on television showing trailer816 DownReveal answer → Defeated616 DownReveal answer → Senior judge and upper-class politician bound to compete in this817 DownReveal answer → Wicked418 DownReveal answer → Over DiCaprio, stopping affair later819 DownReveal answer → Stiff520 DownReveal answer → Pilot bothered by drills621 DownReveal answer → Retrospectively, Elon's beginning message on his platform?623 DownReveal answer → Hammer small volcanic rock524 DownReveal answer → Rejecting outsiders, members upset true selves426 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, September 8, 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.