Daily Themed Crossword September 23, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 23, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
September 23, 2025 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | URL ender for MIT or UCLA | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Do you want an ice cream cone ___ brownie?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Titles for Grey's Anatomy characters say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | How ___ can you go? (limbo chant) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ yang (Chinese symbol) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Massive amount of time | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Extremely eager | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Children's building block brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Communication system that uses hands: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Big primate in a zoo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | People adored by their fans | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | ___ Brodeur former NHL goaltender with great puck-handling skills because of whom the goaltender trap zone was introduced | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | Lion's hideout | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Singer Yoko of Double Fantasy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Ed ___ n Eddy cartoon show | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Clean Air Act organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ Chamberlain basketball player who dunked his free throws because of whom the NBA changed their free throw rules | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Brother or sister for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Satisfy as hunger | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Prefix with lithic or classical | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Anatomical pouch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Graham Bell's patent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Neon or xenon e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | ___ Ohtani baseball player who excels as a pitcher and a hitter because of whom the MLB introduced the Ohtani rule | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Anticipate as news | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Actor Somerhalder of The Vampire Diaries | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Ginger ___ (popular beverage) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | ___ Avery ice hockey player who distracted Brodeur (21a) with rowdy behaviour and caused the NHL to issue The Avery Rule | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Choose | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | The best is ___ to come! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Tupperware component that often loses its pair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Country that Ratatouille is set in for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | George Strait's All My ___ Live in Texas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Doctor who may use an otoscope: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Washington D.C. agent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Deer on Michigan's flag | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Female deer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___ Hohn athlete with a record-breaking javelin throw that sped up the introduction of a new javelin design that wouldn't allow for long throws | UWE | 3 | |
| #39 | Spanish hey! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Inflexible like a muscle or a rule | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Not a cathode (rhymes with abode) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Distribute as a deck of cards | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Chastain racing driver who rode his car against the wall to finish a race because of whom NASCAR has banned wall-riding | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | NBC skit show: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ Geo Wild channel for nature-lovers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Opposite of borrows | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | As American as apple ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Washington bills? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Trim the lawn say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Have ___ with (know somebody): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Part in a play or a movie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Prefix with honest or respectful | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Off the beaten ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Fits to ___ (perfectly): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Ancient Roman garment | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Hand-washing spot | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Quarterback Manning formerly of the New York Giants | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___-ching! (cash register sound) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Clean up on ___ 4 (supermarket announcement perhaps) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Large earthenware mug used for beer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Switch positions: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Jeopardy! host ___ Trebek | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Dampens or soaks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Yes from a seaman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Home security group letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Prefix's prefix? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Just a wee bit | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 23, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 23, 2025, a Tuesday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MARTIN 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 4 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 23, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 23, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 23, 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 67 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 23, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the September 23, 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.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.