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Remember the first time you were allowed to use a ___ (ink-filled writing tool) instead of a pencil at school? Best. Day. Ever! — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the September 13 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
PEN
3 letters
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Where this clue appears
September 13 2025
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword September 13 2025
PEN
___ testing, cyber security process of using hacking methods to assess how secure the data is, for short
PEN
3
Kind of pal?
PEN
3
Montblanc product
PEN
3
Letter-writing tool
PEN
3
Writer's tool
PEN
3
Writer's tool
PEN
3
What may be filled with ink or oink?
PEN
3
Contract-signing need
PEN
3
Purchase from Parker?
PEN
3
Word after "pig" or "bull"
PEN
3
You find a ___ (writing tool)! You test it on the back of the menu. It does not work. You put it back in the drawer.
PEN
3
Grader's tool
PEN
3
Big ___ Wolf, fairy tale villain
BAD
3
X-___ (December celebration, informally)
MAS
3
Helicopter landing sites
PADS
4
"I ___ you one"
OWE
3
Prepare food
COOK
4
Throw off, as radiation
EMIT
4
Little green sphere on your dinner plate
PEA
3
"My one and ___"
ONLY
4
Nickelodeon's little explorer
DORA
4
River that flows through Egypt
NILE
4
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