Daily Themed Crossword September 2, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 2, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
September 2, 2025 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ a Wonderful Life (1946 film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Crust formed on a wound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Tuna container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ Cruise of Mission: Impossible | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | You snooze you ___! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | White House's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ chi (martial art) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Sound blasters at a concert for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Exterminator's target (rhymes with rest) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Staircase part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Eyelid swelling | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Beauty and ___ Beast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Terrell ___ NFL wide receiver who delivered a great Super Bowl performance despite an injured leg | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | City for the Chiefs | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | Narcos agency: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Viva ___ Vegas! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | It follows February | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | Physician for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Top spot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | ___ Rivers NFL quarterback who played the AFC Championship despite a knee injury | Show answer | 6 | |
| #21 | Take without permission | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Winery wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ McEntire singer of Can't Even Get the Blues | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Narrow opening in a vending machine to put coins | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | ___ Youngblood NFL defensive end who played the 1979 playoffs with a fractured leg | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Fantastic Four actress Jessica ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Patience ___ virtue: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Expression for I finally get it now | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Famous Egyptian queen for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Lifetime ___ (permanent suspension) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ Keane The Family Circus cartoonist | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Sledding spot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Provoke or irritate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Cousin ___ (fictional character from The Addams Family) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Golden-brown buttered breakfast bread | Show answer | 5 | |
| #36 | Emmitt ___ NFL running back who delivered a legendary performance against the Giants despite a shoulder injury | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Open-handed smack | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Word after the dot in an internet address | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Venomous Egyptian cobras | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Save the ___ for last | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Actor's prompt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Donkey's cousin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | ___ King Cole of jazz | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Church bench | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Cry of horror | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Dino that debuted in Super Mario World | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Ed ___ n Eddy of old cartoons | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Keanu's role in The Matrix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Anatomical pouch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | More than enough | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Yeah opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___ Lanka (island country in South Asia) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Athlete's injury site often: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Alamitos California | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | A Bug's Life insect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | What you do as soon as you wake up? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Not negative for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Biblical boat built by Noah | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Suspect's defense | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Bernie ___ NFL quarterback who played against the Dolphins despite a fractured ankle in 1992 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | German composer Johann Sebastian ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | ___ want for Christmas ... : 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Diver's air container | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Quick punch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Tuna from Hawaii | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Low-___ (diet choice) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | ___ Air California | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Pioneering internet company: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 2, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 2, 2025, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is KANSAS at 6 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 2 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for September 2, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 2, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 2, 2025 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 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 2, 2025 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the September 2, 2025 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.