Crossword Answers for Thursday, 3 September 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 3 September 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Bad; unfortunate SAD
- 4
- The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
- 7
- Activity by a military or naval force OPERATION
- 11
- Absolutely essential NECESSARY
- 12
- Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow SKIS
- 13
- Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers LIS
- 14
- Half the width of an em NUT
- 16
- Intense mournfulness WOE
- 19
- Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains MILO
- 22
- The act of abating ABATEMENT
- 25
- A large and imposing house RESIDENCE
- 26
- A yearning for something or to do something YEN
- 27
- Moderately dry SEC
Down
- 1
- A male human offspring SON
- 2
- Person who resembles a nonhuman primate APES
- 3
- Knock down with force DECK
- 4
- 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos ATS
- 5
- The basic unit of money in Oman RIAL
- 6
- Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column TORI
- 8
- Keep in check REIN
- 9
- Occupy or take on ASSUMED
- 10
- A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
- 15
- A suitable moment TIME
- 16
- The waging of armed conflict against an enemy WAR
- 17
- Be obedient to OBEY
- 18
- Make easier EASE
- 20
- A channel through which something can be seen or understood LENS
- 21
- As soon as ONCE
- 23
- Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour TIN
- 24
- A police officer who investigates crimes TEC