Daily Themed Crossword September 22, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 22, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
September 22, 2018 — All 62 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | After bath powder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | ___ secret (highly confidential) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | "Wonderfilled" cookies | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Banana covering | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Long heroic tales | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Common massage venue | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Small pieces of lands | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | "Dip ___ in the water": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Co-founder of "Alcoholics Anonymous": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Opposite of good | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | "Much ___ about nothing." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Mark above certain lower-case letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | "___ you sure?" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Ctrl-___-Delete (computer command) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | "What did ___ to deserve this?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | "Life of Pi" director Ang ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Sticky slimy substance | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Parking ___ (car park) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Michael Mann's 2004 neo-crime thriller starring Tom Cruise as a contract killer and Jamie Foxx as a hostage | Show answer | 10 | |
| #20 | Whip or thrash | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | "Hostel" director Eli ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Eyebrows' shape | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Animal that brays | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | "Animal Farm" author George ___ | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Actress ___ Sommer from "A Shot in the Dark" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Look at someone lustfully | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | "The ___ of the Rings" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | "___ and smell the roses." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Cries noisily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | "The Buckeye State" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | "For Whom the ___ Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Halloween month: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Medicines bought without a prescription: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | DiCaprio to friends | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Ida Lupino's 1953 film noir starring Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy who meet a mysterious companion during their fishing trip: 2 wds. | THEHITCHHIKER | 13 | |
| #36 | Extremely small amount | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Popular "Jurassic Park" creature: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Crucifix inscription: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Frying liquid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Leftover morsel of food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Geek | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Antonym for rude | Show answer | 6 | |
| #43 | "___ kind of her to come all the way.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Makes changes to an essay | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Organ with a lobe and a drum | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Knight's protective gear | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Martin Scorsese's 1976 neo-noir thriller starring Robert DeNiro as a veteran who plots the assassination of a presidential candidate: 2 wds. | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | |
| #48 | Pupil surrounder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Null and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | ___ Mode (costume designer from "The Incredibles") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Tear into pieces | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Record lines in a different language for a movie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Morning drops on the grass | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Large Australian bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Edge of a glass | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | "__ to a Nightingale" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "Kill Bill" actress ___ Thurman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | "Who am ___ judge?" ("Don't ask me!"): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Bed-and-breakfast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Tour vehicle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Old map initials: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "Dear Mom and ___" (letter to your parents perhaps) | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 22, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 22, 2018, a Saturday. It contains 62 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THEHITCHHIKER at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 7 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 22, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 22, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 62 clues with answers from 3 to 13 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 62 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the September 22, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.