Daily Themed Crossword September 30, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 30, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
September 30, 2021 — All 65 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Modern navigation technology: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Exercise locale for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | The "Y" in TTYL | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Fix up (rhymes with "bend") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | ___ test (skin product test) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Professor's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | "Ready or not ___ come": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Saps as energy | Show answer | 6 | |
| #9 | Loose talk? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | "This ___ has sailed!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Gardener's need | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Part of the eye | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | ___ moss (soil additive) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Poet Edgar Allan ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Prefix with "plane" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | ___ nerve (eye to brain connector) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #17 | Traditional wisdom that's passed down | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Source of rays? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Mouse catcher | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | China's continent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Con man's action | Show answer | 6 | |
| #22 | "Baseball Tonight" airer: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Birdlings' home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | "The ___" 1980 psychological thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick | Show answer | 7 | |
| #25 | Eat like a rat | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Bonfire input | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Walk with difficulty | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Dublin's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Yoga class roller | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Biology or Chemistry for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "Strong ___ ox": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | "Fit ___ fiddle": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ hustle (second job) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | High card | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | "A Clockwork ___" 1971 dystopian crime film directed by Stanley Kubrick | Show answer | 6 | |
| #36 | Frustrated cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | "Old MacDonald" syllables | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Sharon Stone starrer "___ Instinct" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | "Great minds think ___" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | "___ lost!" ("Go away") | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Be laid up | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | 1962 comedy-drama film by Stanley Kubrick | Show answer | 6 | |
| #43 | Ceiling fan component | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | "2001: A ___ Odyssey" 1968 epic science film directed by Stanley Kubrick | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | "Scat!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Actor's delivery | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Father fondly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | ___ talk (half-time speech) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Julia Roberts starrer "___ Brockovich" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Onion relative | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Amazon Handmade rival | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Church bench | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Page section for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Recycling container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Took the bait say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | "___ Wide Shut" 1999 mystery thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Basketball's ___ Ming | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Flightless Aussie bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Alfred Lord Tennyson's title | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Grand saga | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | "___ show time!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "___ the only one...?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Draw to a close | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Aye's opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | "Days of ___ Lives" (TV show) | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 30, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 30, 2021, a Thursday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SHINING at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 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 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for September 30, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 30, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 30, 2021 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 65 clues with answers from 3 to 7 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 30, 2021 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 65 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the September 30, 2021 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.