Missing Letter Crossword September 25, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Missing Letter crossword puzzle from September 25, 2025.

Missing Letter Crossword September 25, 2025 Answers

This Missing Letter puzzle from September 25, 2025 contains 38 total clues—20 across and 18 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Missing Letter crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	NOUN: "a member of a Persian-speaking ethnic group living in...areas of central Asia"	TAJIK
6A	"That's so disappointing to hear about"	UGH
9A	Rice-___	ARONI
10A	NOUN: "the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet"	RHO
11A	Company with a lizard in its ads	GEICO
12A	VERB: "to ask earnestly for"	BEG
13A	ABBREVIATION: "[a major sports organization]"	NASCAR
15A	Gymnastics cover	MAT
17A	"Come Dancing" band, with "The"	KINKS
19A	Feeling it after work, maybe	ACHY
21A	Largest continent with the shortest name	ASIA
22A	Actions before surgery	PREOP
24A	___ Park (where the Pittsburgh Pirates play)	PNC
25A	ADJECTIVE: "of or relating to the eye"	OCULAR
27A	ABBREVIATION: "[made bigger, as a photograph]"	ENL
28A	Golden Globe, e.g.	AWARD
31A	Big Apple sch.	NYU
32A	INTERJECTION: "used to express astonishment or admiration especially in response to something sudden or speedy"	ZOWIE
33A	Executive Branch org.	OMB
34A	___ a sudden (without warning)	ALLOF

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Game where you may be "it"	TAG
2D	"How ___ we feeling today?"	ARE
3D	IDIOM: "said to indicate that the problems or feelings someone is having are problems or feelings that the speaker has had"	JOINTHECLUB
4D	NOUN: "a member of the Quechuan peoples of Peru maintaining an empire until the Spanish conquest"	INCA
5D	NOUN: "a small structure with one or more open sides that is used to vend merchandise"	KIOSK
6D	NOUN: "the spreading of...developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city"	URBANSPRAWL
7D	NOUN: "the immature fruit of the cucumber especially when used for pickling"	GHERKIN
8D	VERB: "to take in excess of one's due"	HOG
14D	NOUN: "independent government [organization] in the executive branch charged with carrying out...operations in support of national security"	CIA
15D	NOUN: "a representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or a part of an area"	MAP
16D	NOUN: "a word...formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term"	ACRONYM
18D	NOUN: "a pouch within an animal or plant often containing a fluid"	SAC
20D	PRONOUN: "the one or ones being addressed"	YOU
23D	NOUN: "an open area usually located near urban buildings and often featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places to sit, and sometimes shops"	PLAZA
26D	Unaccounted-for	AWOL
27D	Record producer Brian	ENO
29D	"___ 2" (2014 animated sequel)	RIO
30D	ABBREVIATION: "a statement of the meaning of a word"	DEF