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The Independent Crossword September 9 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword September 9 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 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#
Near (Archaic)NIGH4Across1 Drying clothTOWEL5Across4 Just transfixed by grand worker of wondersFAKIR5Across7 In retirement try to accept modification of iron’s compoundsKEROSINES9Across8 LucidCLEAR5Across9 General pardonAMNESTY7Across10 Regrettably, Function follows Melchester’s Race MeetingROYALASCOT10Across10 Young childTOT3Across11 Novice storyteller is holding backTYRO4Across11 VanishDISAPPEAR9Across12 Turn #2, almost #6 on the tableCARBON6Across12 Redeeming featureSAVINGGRACE11Across14 Well-respected Wade meets Evert over drinksESTEEMED8Across14 Sign Murray’s impatient, wanting to tuck into cheese rollBRIOCHE7Across15 Large churchCATHEDRAL9Across17 Quick break after kick-off involves Croatia’s top international – him?KOVACIC7Across18 LargeBIG3Across19 Solitary digger was caught between a couple of spademenSANDWASP8Across20 Razor user lopped recycled pork cutOCKHAM6Across21 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Across21 No two husbands will get involved with usUHUH4Across23 Diagnostic photographsXRAYS5Across23 Flowering plantPANSY5Across24 Ritual dancing about after piercing tonguesURALALTAIC10Across24 Squirrel's nestDREY4Across25 Is prior to religious establishment panicking East End ministers?ANTECEDES9Across26 Sacred mass put all our art out in the open?ULURU5Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Superdrug’s counter accepted turnoverSAMOSA6Down1 Disinclination to moveINERTIA7Down2 Celebration in Acrosses carries today’sNINA4Down2 Computer partHARDDRIVE9Down3 Long suffering, it’s implied, on the Strand?BEACHED7Down3 MetalTIN3Down4 Number of women? Try to elaborateFORTYTWO8Down4 Met with dismissal, went into retirement?HITTHESACK10Down5 SquanderWASTE5Down5 StrataLAYERS6Down6 Earl governing in a state, having received no news about KingGEORGEVI8Down6 CaledonianSCOT4Down7 Baked snack itemSAUSAGEROLL11Down8 Great gameMAIN4Down9 Are bods disgruntled with the Telegraph?BROADSHEET10Down13 BewilderedPERPLEXED9Down13 VegetableCABBAGE7Down15 Getting to arena to welcome a personREACHING8Down16 Be economicalSCRIMP6Down16 Good day doing exercises, breaks in the routine?HIATUSES8Down17 Bird's clawTALON5Down18 Pre-test indicators record unpopular shifts?LPLATES7Down19 PantGASP4Down20 Right to miss start of mock examORAL4Down21 Bonfire night effigyGUY3Down22 Birdcage Walk, say, being overlaid with a trackAVIARY6Down22 Up to work?TILL4Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. 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.