Daily Themed Crossword September 23, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 23, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
September 23, 2018 — All 59 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Drake's music genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Steal from | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Salem's State for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Young ones of a grizzly: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #5 | Perform a role on stage | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Breakfast item with a white shell | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Actor Richard ___ from "Pretty Woman" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Criticized someone persistently: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #9 | "I ___ rather go hungry than eat raw food." | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Clean with water and soap | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Girl in "The Diary of a Young Girl" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Mix with a spoon | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Not cold | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | "___ we all on the same page?" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Opposite of "paleo-" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | "They climbed ___ the roof" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Round green veggie inside a green pod | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Gallery display | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Military group | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Female protagonist of NBC's successful TV series about a gay lawyer and a straight interior designer: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #21 | Violinist Leopold | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | February has the fewest of them | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | What a director yells to end the scene? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Short-lived craze | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Cassette successors: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | It helps solve a puzzle (what you are reading!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Astrological sign that follows Cancer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | "The attendees were a ___ of students who I had fun interacting with." (clever bunch): 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #29 | Home to a pig | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | One who breaks the law e.g. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #31 | "Merchants would often travel to Europe ___ Turkey." (through) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Calligrapher's need | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Bronze ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #35 | Cain's brother | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Exercise in a pool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Call for help at sea: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Happy hour spot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Stirred from sleep | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | What dinner is generally served on | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | "We did the job as ___ the requirements" (according to) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | "The prisoner was ___ parole when the unfortunate incident took place.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Liquid that does not mix with water | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Stage name of "Dig Dug (Shake It)" recording artist | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Male protagonist of NBC's successful TV series mentioned in 17a: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #46 | Frankenstein's assistant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Uncontrolled emotion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | "Egypt is the gift of the ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Cutting tool with teeth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Long heroic tale | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Took a chair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Form a knot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | "Saturday Night Live" announcer ___ Hall | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Too much or in plenty: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Bloated sense of self | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Worn out | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "Where ___ you when we needed you the most?" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | "The ___ Commandments" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Color that indicates danger | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 23, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 23, 2018, a Sunday. It contains 59 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DEBRAMESSING at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 8 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 23, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 23, 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 59 clues with answers from 3 to 12 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 59 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the September 23, 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.