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TODAY WEDNESDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 67 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 34 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the September 16, 2026 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

67 of 67 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A ___ the wrong way (irritate) RUB 3 4A "Haven't we ___ before?" MET 3 7A Curved circle segment ARC 3 10A ___ fail (humorous mistake) EPIC 4 12A "Desperate Housewives" actress Longoria EVA 3 13A Like two peas in a ___ POD 3 14A Jazz singer ___ James who sang "At Last" ETTA 4 15A Cast an evil spell on (rhymes with "vex") HEX 3 16A Smaller panels opened inside a browser window TABS 4 17A (1/6) You wake up alone in a hospital. All you know is: you're Rick Grimes. Pounding echoes at the chained ___ (exits) as panic sets in. DOORS 5 19A Like some slippery roads ICY 3 21A UV-blocker rating: Abbr. SPF 3 22A Letter that follows "jay" KAY 3 25A "The ___ Winfrey Show" OPRAH 5 29A Gardener's leaf-gathering tool RAKE 4 30A (2/6) Outside, infected people, known as walkers, now roam the world. ___ (clamor) draws them out, so you quickly learn to stay quiet. NOISE 5 31A Sticky ___ (Post-it product) NOTE 4 34A Hole-punching tools for cobblers (anagram of "slaw") AWLS 4 36A Organization for a sport played on an ice rink: Abbr. NHL 3 37A Dubai resident, for one ARAB 4 38A Used a listening device BUGGED 6 40A (3/6) In time, you find your family and meet others like Glenn and Daryl. In this new world, surviving means working as a ___ (team). GROUP 5 42A I'm Real singer, familiarly JLO 3 43A Author Fleming who created James Bond IAN 3 45A Trampled, with "on" TROD 4 49A Steak with no pink inside: 2 wds. WELLDONE 8 54A ___ Burial, poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1914 HOME 4 55A "Wow, this ___ like milk!" ("This looks bad in hindsight") AGED 4 56A Deep sleep letters REM 3 57A Character voiced by Kristen Bell in "Frozen" ANNA 4 58A Beagle, for one DOG 3 59A Call to a calf MOO 3 60A ___ of honor (bride's best friend, often) MAID 4
Down
1D Oboe accessories (rhymes with "seeds") REEDS 5 2D High-five call before "down low": 2 wds. UPTOP 5 3D "It's a ___ a problem" ("It's causing some trouble"): 2 wds. BITOF 5 4D "Unimpressed" expression (anagram of "hem") MEH 3 5D Adam's partner EVE 3 6D Metered vehicle TAXI 4 7D Palindromic therapists' organization: Abbr. APA 3 8D Steal from ROB 3 9D Donut-shaped music holders: Abbr. CDS 3 11D Sedan or SUV, e.g. CAR 3 16D Spell checker's find, informally TYPO 4 18D Jamaican dance music (anagram of "ask") SKA 3 20D Embassy official CONSUL 6 23D Alias-indicating letters AKA 3 24D Tree that sounds like "you" YEW 3 26D Wedding jewelry piece RING 4 27D Wimbledon star Arthur ___ ASHE 4 28D Didn't let out, as one's breath HELD 4 29D (5/6) But no shelter lasts forever in this world. Eventually, the prison falls to a horde of walkers, and you're forced to ___ (start over). REBUILD 7 31D Pester repeatedly NAG 3 32D Hall of Famer Bobby ___ of 36a ORR 3 33D Chinese philosophical concept embodying yin and yang TAO 3 35D JFK's successor: Abbr. LBJ 3 39D Batman's city GOTHAM 6 41D Knee protector while skating PAD 3 44D Expected and accepted social standard, say NORM 4 46D "The Best of Everything" author ___ Jaffe RONA 4 47D "Present" opener? OMNI 4 48D (6/6) "We are the Walking ___," you realize, after everything you and your friends have endured. You're still alive ... but changed forever. DEAD 4 49D Bundle of notes WAD 3 50D Small word for a big head EGO 3 51D Palazzo half LEG 3 52D Opposite of "paleo" NEO 3 53D Rock genre with angsty lyrics EMO 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 127 letters
1R
2U
3B
4M
5E
6T
7A
8R
9C
10E
P
I
11C
12E
V
A
13P
O
D
14E
T
T
A
15H
E
X
16T
A
B
S
17D
O
O
R
18S
19I
20C
Y
21S
P
F
22K
23A
24Y
25O
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26R
27A
28H
29R
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K
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30N
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31N
32O
33T
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34A
W
35L
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36N
H
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37A
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A
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38B
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39G
G
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40G
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41P
42J
L
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43I
A
44N
45T
46R
47O
48D
49W
50E
51L
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52N
53E
54H
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55A
G
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56R
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57A
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58D
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59M
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60M
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for September 16, 2026. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the September 16, 2026 puzzle

The September 16, 2026 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 67 clues — 33 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Wednesday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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