Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 2 September 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 2 September 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A small gouge DIG
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The habitation of wild animals LAIR
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The act of using USE
9
Any of various church officers ELDER
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In an illegal manner ILLEGALLY
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The boundary of a surface EDGE
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Good discernment EYE
15
A single person or thing ONE
17
The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
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1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams DRAM
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Ludicrously odd FANTASTIC
26
Thin in thickness or diameter FINER
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The left eye ORA
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A woman of refinement LADY
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Slang for a paunch POT

Down

1
Two items of the same kind DUI
2
A small island ISLE
3
Cut off the testicles GELD
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Celebrated in fable or legend LEGENDARY
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A wing of an insect ALA
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Silly or trivial IDLE
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Have confidence or faith in RELY
10
The seed of the cereal grass RYE
12
The conscious mind EGO
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
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Have sexual intercourse with EFF
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The rear part of a ship TAIL
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A former copper coin of Pakistan and India ANNA
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On, to, or at the top ATOP
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Spanish surrealist painter MIRO
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A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED
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A spiteful woman gossip CAT