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The Independent Crossword September 9 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 9 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 55 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#
Feeble boss of MI6 agent obliged to return casesDECREPIT8Across1 Farm vehicleTRACTOR7Across1 Male bovine animalBULL4Across5 Adds colour to Appassionata's intro in editions without Cooper's backingPAINTS6Across6 Group of countriesBLOC4Across7 RecoverRETRIEVE8Across8 Iran's ready to defend against opponentsRIVALS6Across9 Indian dressSARI4Across9 Short railway lineSIDING6Across10 Hide from Jersey Boy's brothers?CALFSKIN8Across10 Remix of Elaine Paige’s number one cover of pop bangerPINEAPPLE9Across11 Adapt to a new settingACCLIMATISE11Across12 Nick Knowles’s ultimate essential?SCORE5Across12 First Lady's revolting shag with TV explorerPANDORA7Across14 PartialBIASED6Across14 Something always goes wrong with this damn salad!SODSLAW7Across15 Board gameLUDO4Across16 Resentful unknown shuns enthusiastic Jilly’s tip for startersJEALOUS7Across17 ApronPINAFORE8Across18 Intrinsically American heroPERSEUS7Across19 JumpLEAP4Across20 BitternessGALL4Across21 Mike Brown's absorbed in women's TestSMEAR5Across22 Surgical pincersFORCEPS7Across22 Grown-up films featuring adult Mormons from yesteryear?BIGAMISTS9Across24 President George Washington's money gameBUSHBUCK8Across26 Las Vegas club refusing entry to angry bikers?RIDERS6Across27 Heartless equestrian Kit's whipSTIRUP6Across28 Rich, elderly ladies typically take risksDOWAGERS8Across29

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
InformedTOLD4Down1 Ben & Jerry's ice cream opened by birdELIMINATE9Down2 AntiquatedARCHAIC7Down2 Run into revolutionary nurses near BarkingREAREND7Down3 Very scaredTERRIFIED9Down3 Playing Top Trumps inspires focus in females after childbirthPOSTPARTUM10Down4 RodentRAT3Down4 Gear made of spun silk bound by yarnTACKLE6Down5 ConstructBUILD5Down5 Motor sport?POLO4Down6 Aromatic shrubLAVENDER8Down6 Home schools little blighters?INSECTS7Down7 Row about Rutshire's foremost judge?TRIER5Down8 An unimportant thing (Informal)SMALLBEER9Down10 Type of churchBASILICA8Down11 GratifyINDULGE7Down13 Load of fat old blokes hoisted into graveBONEMARROW10Down13 MolluscSNAIL5Down15 Romeo breaking date rule, possibly The Man Who Made Husbands 17?ADULTERER9Down16 PlatformDAIS4Down17 Tizzy over Spain getting beatLEATHER7Down18 Not at workOFF3Down19 In love with second husband, as a celebration …SHINDIG7Down20 ... mischievous wife chose to go on top!WICKED6Down21 Get up on stageMOUNT5Down23 Jack Black needs to quit blow in springJUMP4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Tuesday, September 9, 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.