Daily Themed Crossword September 18, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 18, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
September 18, 2020 — 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 | Lend a hand in crime say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Sugar attacker? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Genesis ship builder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Band with the hit song "Africa" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | "Take ___ out of someone's book": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | "Rehab" singer ___ Winehouse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Restaurant read | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Excited exclamation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Louisa May ___ novelist who comes from a transcendentalist family who wrote the novel "Little Women" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #10 | Elbow's site | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Tree's foundation? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Common sushi roll | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Ghost's greeting? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Bob Dylan's "Make You ___ My Love" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | ___ market (thrifty place) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Burden | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | ___ Moines Iowa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Enjoy an apple pie say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | "___ meeny miny moe..." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Pepsi's rival informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Henry David ___ essayist and a transcendentalist who is known for his book "Walden" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #22 | Shower that calls for an umbrella? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Famed Blues musician ___ Redding | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Furry TV alien | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | ___ Beta Kappa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Ryan's rank in a Spielberg war film | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Audio counterpart for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Letters before an alias | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Prefix before "virus" or "biotic" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Nintendo's Super ___: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ chi (martial art) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | "___ so serious?" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Walt ___ poet who was part transcendentalist part realist and who wrote "I Sing the Body Electric" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #34 | Flash ___ (spontaneous performance) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Sun Devils' institution: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Squirrel's treat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Reeves of "John Wick" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | Saucer from space?: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Kept something in a secret location say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Buckeye State school: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | William Faulkner novel "___ Lay Dying": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | "___ Me to the Moon" Frank Sinatra's song | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Legs and shoulders say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Actress ___ Ortiz actress who played Hilda Suarez in "Ugly Betty" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Share a border with | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | ___ Waldo Emerson transcendentalist who is known for his speech titled "The American Scholar" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | "Vive le ___" (long live the king) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Hang down limply | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | Lion's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Land of pharaohs and pyramids | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Bart's sister in "The Simpsons" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | MLB team from Anaheim: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | "What a shame!" for Shakespeare | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ Fuller writer of the Transcendentalism era who is known for her book "Summer on the Lakes" | Show answer | 8 | |
| #55 | Not manual | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Model's runway | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Towards the rising sun | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Military IDs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Short-lived trend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | ___ in the blank | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Bobbing marker in a harbor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Common battery size | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | "Right this minute!": Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | What a red light may signify | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | "M" in SMS for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Dot counterpart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | Pick or select | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Athlete's stats briefly | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 18, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 18, 2020, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MARGARET at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for September 18, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 18, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 18, 2020 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 8 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 18, 2020 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 18, 2020 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.