Daily Themed Crossword September 1, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the September 1, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
September 1, 2026 — 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 | Teenage skin trouble | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Apple pie ___ mode (dessert served with ice cream): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Through thick and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Hotel offering | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Relaxed run in the morning | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Give stars to an app say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Home buyer's loan | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | ___-aging cream (beauty product) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Gold to someone from Spain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | American ___ (reality show) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | About the author blurb for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Body part with toes ... or the start to the name of a gridiron sport where touchdowns win the day and the game | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Custard dessert often topped with caramel sauce | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Lead-in to fetched or sighted | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Beach ___ (summertime physique perhaps) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Container for picnic supplies ... or the start to the name of a sport where you shoot hoops and set up alley-oops | Show answer | 6 | |
| #17 | Fix as a TV | Show answer | 6 | |
| #18 | How Can ___ Sure? (1967 hit by the Rascals): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Identify in a Facebook photo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Ready willing and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Tax advisor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Talking ___ brick wall (futile conversation): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Fish name that rhymes with harp | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Ring of flowers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Like an unaccounted-for GI: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | A whole new ___ idiom for a completely different situation ... or an apt description of all the sports hidden in this puzzle: 2 wds. | BALLGAME | 8 | |
| #27 | ___-hoo! (cry of delight) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Partner of ohs in a paper-and-pencil game | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ me when you get here (Drop me a message) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Plush and gentle like a puppy's fur ... or the start to the name of a diamond sport with an underhand pitch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Caustic cleaning chemical | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Work like ___ (idiom for working extremely hard): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Cost an ___ and a leg (be expensive) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Dove's call | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Neither here ___ there | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Ambulance crew member: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Slightly open like a door | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | I need to ___ from work now to reach the station on time (I need to sign out now): 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #39 | Ice ___: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009 animated film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Genetic attribute | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Body part with fingers and a thumb ... or the start to the name of a sport that is usually played in a walled court | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Leave ___ me (I'll handle that): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Armstrong who walked on the moon | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Icky sticky stuff | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Acid counterpart in chemistry ... or the start to the name of a diamond sport popularly known as America's Pastime | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Tattoo artist's paint | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Rowing stick used rhythmically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Inedible source of iron | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Law enforcement organization with a Most Wanted list: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Science experiment site for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Ali ___ and the Forty Thieves | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Liquid used to fry onion rings | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Dr. ___ rapper of Let Me Ride | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | The list goes on for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Clickety-clack dance style | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Bread in Portuguese | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | The Milky Way for one | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | Just discovered this in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Imitates a crow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | What Horton heard in a Dr. Seuss title: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Top of the mouth | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | What a book review might spoil | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | What ___ is on your mind? (Tell me more!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | ___ Paese (type of cheese) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Valedictorian's statistic: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Red Cross effort | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Letters near a 6 on an old phone keypad | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | It may be dropped in soup | Show answer | 3 |
How the September 1, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for September 1, 2026, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MORTGAGE 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 8 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
September 1, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the September 1, 2026 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.
Keep the streak going
The 2026 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the September 1, 2026 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.