Missing Letter Crossword September 8, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Missing Letter crossword puzzle from September 8, 2025.

Missing Letter Crossword September 8, 2025 Answers

This Missing Letter puzzle from September 8, 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 large bowl-shaped cooking utensil used especially in stir-frying"	WOK
4A	NOUN: "a light brown to strong yellowish brown"	HAZEL
9A	"See See See See" singer DiFranco	ANI
10A	Concert venue, often	ARENA
11A	Band whose name is three letters that sound like a 7-letter word	XTC
12A	NOUN: "a game in which [small missiles] are thrown at a target"	DARTS
13A	ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB: "having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward"	AKIMBO
15A	In for ___ awakening	ARUDE
16A	___-fi novels	SCI
19A	NOUN: "a long tube or hollow body for conducting a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid"	PIPE
20A	GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "river 146 miles (235 kilometers) long in western Germany flowing northwest and west to the Rhine River"	RUHR
21A	NOUN: "a long fluffy scarf"	BOA
22A	Taylor for whom Taylor Swift was named	JAMES
23A	NOUN: "a rib or rim for strength, for guiding, or for attachment to another object"	FLANGE
25A	NOUN: "a fledgling pigeon about four weeks old"	SQUAB
27A	Museum pieces	ART
29A	NOUN: "vitality marked by an abundance of vigor and enthusiasm"	GUSTO
30A	ADJECTIVE: "silent"	MUM
31A	"I want ___ the record straight"	TOSET
32A	Prefix with center	EPI

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Candle drippings	WAX
2D	GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "province of eastern Canada between the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay"	ONTARIO
3D	IDIOM: "to complain"	KICKUPAFUSS
4D	"You ___ at hello" ("Jerry Maguire" line)	HADME
5D	Part of UAE	ARAB
6D	NOUN: "a situation in which one person or group can win something only by causing another person or group to lose it"	ZEROSUMGAME
7D	NOUN: "a physician specializing in otolaryngology"	ENT
8D	___ Vegas Aces (2022 and 2023 WNBA champs)	LAS
14D	Chemistry suffix	IDE
15D	Important call from the chief, briefly	APB
17D	PHRASAL VERB: "to make (someone) happier"	CHEERUP
18D	ABBREVIATION: "[tax-collecting arm of the U.S. government]"	IRS
20D	Completed, as a marathon	RAN
22D	NOUN: "a fall of lace or cloth attached to the front of a neckband and worn especially by men in the 18th century"	JABOT
24D	ADJECTIVE: "coming or remaining after the due, usual, or proper time"	LATE
25D	Army rank (abbr.)	SGT
26D	NOUN: "something received or given for something else"	QUO
28D	ABBREVIATION: "used especially to suggest that someone has revealed personal [facts] that would better be kept private"	TMI