Daily Themed Crossword September 20, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 20, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
September 20, 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 | Airport safety group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Lingerie part | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Sing with no words (rhymes with sum) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Filthy ___ (like billionaires) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Column's partner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Card game where people might Draw Four | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Frozen slushy drink company with a polar bear mascot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Actor Epps from Love & Basketball | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ gloss (makeup product) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Wee backward | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | I can ___ to it (empathetic words) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | No decking the ___ tonight! warning you might have gotten if you planned to celebrate Christmas in England during the 1600s ban | HALLS | 5 | |
| #13 | ___ Longoria Desperate Housewives actress | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Charged atomic particle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Congress member for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | On another note ... in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ floors are closed till further notice! sign you might have seen if you hoped to shake a leg in Finland during the 1939 ban | DANCE | 5 | |
| #18 | Cheers spin-off starring Kelsey Grammer as a psychiatrist | Show answer | 7 | |
| #19 | End-of-year test | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | High tennis shot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | To and ___ (back and forth) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Alias equivalent: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Put that ___ cup down! warning you might have heard if you ordered a cup of joe at an Ottoman cafe during the 1600s ban | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Involuntary jerks and muscle movements say | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Colorful pond fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Get hitched | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | This is not ___ (warning to kids): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Marlin's son in a Pixar movie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Glass of radio's This American Life | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Like sushi or some salads | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ I care! (I'm not worried!): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Spit out that chewing ___! order you might have heard if you got caught chewing a sticky treat in Singapore after the 1992 ban | GUM | 3 | |
| #33 | Italian for three | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | What may crunch underfoot in fall | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | New York's ___-state area | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___ 'em! (Attack!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ of spades | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Surf the Web (rhymes with drowse) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #39 | CD-___ (computer storage medium): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Self-___ (knows oneself well say) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Leave the ___ hoop at home! reminder you might have received if you tried to spin this toy in Japan during the 1950s ban | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | U in I.C.U. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Sulk or pout | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Height-enhancing shoe part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Speed up as an engine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Metallica's Nothing ___ Matters | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Workplaces for scientists for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Deliberate false alarm | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Actress ___ Kendrick from Pitch Perfect | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Chemical suffix with sulf and brom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Super Bowl organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Minor misunderstanding | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | What ___ you thinking? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Nashville-based musical event: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | ___ road ice cream | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Peek-___ (hide and seek): Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | European deer species | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Retail giant known for its Blue Light Specials | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Lady Gaga's movie ___ Is Born: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Set in concrete so to speak | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Big gulp | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Country whose capital is Lima | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Marriage Story actor ___ Driver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Be in arrears | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Suffix with Vietnam or Siam | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Actress Farrow of The Great Gatsby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Hands ___ the pinball machine! sign you might have spotted if you wanted to play at a New York arcade during the 1940s ban | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 20, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 20, 2025, a Saturday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is FRASIER at 7 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 3 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 20, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 20, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 20, 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 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 20, 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 20, 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.