Daily Themed Crossword September 9, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 9, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
September 9, 2023 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | What's up ___? (Bugs Bunny's catchphrase) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Vehicle with a meter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Mediterranean ___ (vast water body) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ in favor say aye | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Shade of color say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Has the sniffles say (anagram of sail) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | China's famed Chairman ___ Zedong | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Adorable as a baby | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Pigmented ring around the eye's pupil | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Ancient Greek mathematician who is known for his theorem about right-angled triangles | Show answer | 10 | |
| #11 | Shallow ___ (Jack Black movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Alpaca's Peruvian cousin | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Apple desktop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Ancient Greek storyteller who is known for popular fables such as The Boy Who Cried Wolf | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Practice boxing say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | ___ it been that long? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ skip and a jump | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Zig and ___ (sharp turns) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Ancient Greek poet from the island of Lesbos known for her lyric poetry such as The Ode to Aphrodite | Show answer | 6 | |
| #20 | Hello in Hawaii | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Oh ___?! (Wanna bet?!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Great Lake separating Ohio and Ontario | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Enticing smell | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | ___ the Great king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia known for being a supremely successful military commander | Show answer | 9 | |
| #25 | I couldn't care less expression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Movie ticket detail | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Served lunch to say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Dashboard Confessional's music genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ Dameron character from the Star Wars franchise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Add-___ (extras) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ Orbison nicknamed The Caruso of Rock | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Slightly moist as a basement | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Love the skin you're in cosmetic brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Tailor's supply | Show answer | 5 | |
| #35 | Gulp down without a pause as alcohol | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Prefix with biography for the story of one's life | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Oktoberfest serving | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Knight's honorific | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | ___ Manning who's a New York Giants legend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | The ___ in the Lion's Skin another popular fable by 27a | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Supermarket walkway | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | ___ and composed (undisturbed) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Conditioner target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | In the style of on a menu: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Volcanic residue | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Jersey sound? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Fruit Ninja or Subway Surfers e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | I get it now! expression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | A feather in one's ___ (achievement to be proud of) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Kill Bill rapper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Pen follower to mean a distant friend you send letters to | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Before now? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Intelligence-gathering agent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ...nobody doesn't like ___ Lee (ad campaign slogan) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | ___ me out! (Listen!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Boating stick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Witch's spell | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Ancient Greek poet known for his epic poems such as the Iliad and the Odyssey | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Data and facts for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | James Dean movie East of ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Brief office reminder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Chips ___! (cookie brand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Jean ___ the founder of Dadaism | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Englishman's lavatory | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Meadow mama? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Magazine chiefs for short | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 9, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 9, 2023, a Saturday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PYTHAGORAS at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue carries 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for September 9, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 9, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 9, 2023 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 10 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for September 9, 2023 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the September 9, 2023 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.