Daily Express Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword September 16 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 54 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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MedleyMISCELLANY10Across1 Leave European to share billGODUTCH7Across1 Deal in carsTRAFFIC7Across5 Aquatic animalOTTER5Across7 ContraryADVERSE7Across8 Crank is off-centreECCENTRIC9Across9 Loans arranged at the hairdresser'sSALON5Across10 PredictFORETELL8Across10 Way to get impolite student a dessertSTRUDEL7Across11 FairJUST4Across11 Discharge sectarian's leaders on islandSECRETE7Across12 PlacidSERENE6Across13 Humilate sailor - dean's arranged with fatherTARANDFEATHER13Across13 RushCAREER6Across15 Mountain rangeALPS4Across17 PerplexBEWILDER8Across18 Bag one wasted following swine messengerCARRIERPIGEON13Across18 Aware, look after flu treatmentMINDFUL7Across20 Conceited personEGOTIST7Across21 EstimateGUESS5Across22 LaterAFTERWARDS10Across23 A French poet starts as a big shot in baseballHOMERUN7Across23 Watch merit being erodedTIMER5Across25 Respect and honour Enid's other churchOBEDIENCE9Across26 Correct about item of clothingREDRESS7Across27 They look like an Aussie bandSEEKERS7Across28

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Metamorphic rock has a pleasant soundGNEISS6Down1 A measurerMETER5Down1 Close inquirySCRUTINY8Down2 Painter has month to add speakerDECORATOR9Down2 EmpowerENABLE6Down3 Time single daughter got fitTONED5Down3 ExistLIVE4Down4 Extremist gets difficult on shipHARDLINER9Down4 FosterNURTURE7Down5 Approaches duty, by the sound of itTACKS5Down5 Connect fool with old spies at the bordersASSOCIATE9Down6 AppropriateCONFISCATE10Down6 Jumping fleas? Not trueFALSE5Down7 Organised race ban about run in capitalCANBERRA8Down8 UndertakingENTERPRISE10Down9 Feign illnessMALINGER8Down12 RebukeREPROOF7Down14 Check police are getting supportREINFORCE9Down14 Woman not quite so disloyalFAITHLESS9Down15 ConferBESTOW6Down16 Deer encounters crane forming an impedimentHINDRANCE9Down16 Mark has one - Tim returned weaponSCIMITAR8Down17 AttireDRESS5Down19 Except if defence group gets fewerUNLESS6Down19 MatureRIPE4Down20 Hardly a crazy vagrantNOMAD5Down21 Searches for an appearanceLOOKS5Down22 Confusing place, say, to find a cropMAIZE5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.