Acting independently means taking action without relying on others. The crossword solutions for this term are UNLED (5 letters), LONE (4 letters), and ONONESOWN (9 letters). UNLED stands for Unsupervised, meaning to act without guidance or direction from someone else. LONE is an adjective meaning solitary or alone. Finally, ONONESOWN is a phrase that means to do something by oneself, without help from anyone else.