Times-Echo Crossword Puzzle, Sept. 3, 2026

September Things

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Across

1. Exhibitionist like the class clown

8. Early, in old verse

13. Frog habitats, in Latin classification (She sang after she ran)

14. Airport monorail brand name

16. Take advance orders for

17. Not paying attention

18. Bubbling hot tub

19. Trust in (also a 1998 Cher song)

20. Maori cloak garment

21. French possessive pronoun, plural

22. Gymnast’s perfect score

23. *September birth flower

25. Eager and enthusiastic

27. Original Soundtrack abbr.

28. Having three faces, as a triangle

31. Liq. measures

32. More furious

33. Vietnamese noodle soup

36. Sizable chunk (or a request at a pie shop)

40. A type of tide that can pull you back into the ocean

41. Company chiefs

42. Italian woman’s name (_Lezzi - serves as a judge on X Factor-Italy)

44. Mine find

45. Chicago transit agency, briefly

46. Aromatic balsam from a tree (also a Columbian coastal town - Santiago de _)

47. Inhalation from a water pipe Snoop Doggy-style

49. Fishing net that’s pulled closed

52. City in the Czech Republic

53. Third Tokugawa shogun (anagram of Is it emu?)

54. Docking piers for ships

55. State control of economic policy (from the French word for state)

56. *September zodiac sign

57. Edible taro root (anagram of she dane)

Down

1. Republika _ - one of the two main political entities that make up the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Anagram of Skarps)

2. One pulling strings? (like a cherub)

3. In the world

4. More inclined to sting?

5. Black-and-white cookie

6. Flaky dough

7. *Named for the term used in the 1500’s “_of the leaf” to describe this time of year

8. Old English gold coins

9. Norse name for Attila the Hun

10. “Rock-a-bye Baby” location

11. *September’s full moon

12. Degrees or ranges of something

14. Government financial aid grants

15. Embroiled, as in controversy (or mud)

24. Genuine, not fake

25. Equal in magnitude to (“A man can be ___he wants to be.” - Vince Lombardi)

26. *September zodiac sign

29. Relating to learning through action

30. Slow leak from a faucet

33. NFL all-star game

34. Common Japanese male given name (_ Abe, tall Japanese model starred in Godzilla 2000)

35. A way to pay for drinks at the bar

37. Dine alongside

38. Florida native cycad plant or (a slang term for a piece of clothing with Bullwinkle’s friend Rocky on it)

39. Italian sportswear brand by Leonardo Servadio (a phonetic play on the designer’s initials)

43. *This equinox is September 22

45. Original Hebrew name for Eve (also a protein shake brand - Ka’_)

48. Mad dog’s warning

49. Passed away

50. Nickname for Margareta

51. Part of the Latin trio (I love, you love, it loves)

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