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The Independent Crossword September 8 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 8 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 56 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PaddleOAR3Across1 SardonicWRY3Across3 BackboneSPINE5Across8 Can I cut to boxing now, before match involving Everton finally?TINOPENER9Across8 Volcano craterCALDERA7Across9 GhostSPECTRE7Across10 Dripping with the flavour of vegetable picked upLEAKY5Across10 Hot range of erotica gatheredAGA3Across11 GlorifyEXTOL5Across11 HaulierLORRYDRIVER11Across12 Articulate European lacking expression for 'complete freedom'BLANKCHEQUE11Across12 Problem-solving instructions oral might obscureALGORITHM9Across13 Who lives for drink?BEER4Across15 Divide by twoHALVE5Across17 South Korean coins possibly obtained at great expenseHARDWON7Across17 Dog that is pursuing Antarctic explorerSCOTTIE7Across18 OppositeINVERSE7Across19 Briefly browse cityGRAZ4Across20 Have need ofREQUIRE7Across21 Period of darknessNIGHT5Across22 Formal sporting rules?DRESSCODE9Across22 Weeding toolHOE3Across23 LairDEN3Across24 You're not the only one to go to Chelsea?JOINTHECLUB11Across25 Wash home of Hollywood lead from productionLAP3Across27 Design safety test with uncertaintyMOTIF5Across28 Offensive old coach taking on negative football side beginning to objectOBNOXIOUS9Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PreoccupyOBSESS6Down1 Classes engaged in history and philosophy, say, on reflectionSTRATA6Down1 Lift upRAISE5Down2 Threaten to scrap unreliable car failing to startENDANGER8Down2 GrappleWRESTLE7Down3 Open global body had nothing to hide outside of negligenceUNFASTENED10Down3 What some hiker turns up for?TREK4Down4 AnnualYEARLY6Down4 A pop group holds recordALPHA5Down5 SuperiorBETTER6Down5 Line for a drink reduced by 25% in shipBARQUE6Down6 Hand toolSCREWDRIVER11Down6 Crumbs near pig full of energyBYGEORGE8Down7 AdhesiveGLUE4Down7 Naked in back of strip club running drunken eventPUBCRAWL8Down9 SlantingOBLIQUE7Down13 DeviseINVENT6Down14 I'm about to trade whatever possible to get hold of cocaine varietyMISCELLANY10Down14 Place of worshipCHURCH6Down15 He's excited about Gold on television showing trailerHORSEBOX8Down16 DefeatedBEATEN6Down16 Senior judge and upper-class politician bound to compete in thisHIGHJUMP8Down17 WickedEVIL4Down18 Over DiCaprio, stopping affair laterTOODLEOO8Down19 StiffRIGID5Down20 Pilot bothered by drillsAVIATE6Down21 Retrospectively, Elon's beginning message on his platform?EXPOST6Down23 Hammer small volcanic rockSTUFF5Down24 Rejecting outsiders, members upset true selvesEGOS4Down26

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Monday, September 8, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.