How difficult is today's Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword?

Today's puzzle (Thursday) has Medium-Hard difficulty with 27 clues. Estimated solve time is 20-30 minutes.

What time does the Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword update?

The Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword typically updates at 10 PM ET the night before (or 6 PM ET for the Sunday puzzle).

How many clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge crossword has 27 total clues: 14 Across and 13 Down.

Irish Daily Mail General Knowledge Crossword - Thursday, September 4, 2025

Across 14 clues

1A.

A very intense wind system in areas near the equator (8,5) Crossword Clue View →

TROPICAL STORM

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8A.

To share a boundary with (4) Crossword Clue View →

ABUT

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9A.

___ dolphin, stout-bodied one with a short beak (10) Crossword Clue View →

BOTTLENOSE

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10A.

Type of beetle revered in ancient Egypt (6) Crossword Clue View →

SCARAB

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11A.

Those with long experience in a particular field (8) Crossword Clue View →

VETERANS

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12A.

Song released by The Walker Brothers in 1975 (2,7) Crossword Clue View →

NO REGRETS

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14A.

___ Lamarr, Austrian-born film star and inventor (4) Crossword Clue View →

HEDY

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15A.

Joan ___, U.S. singer-songwriter and activist born in 1941 (4) Crossword Clue View →

BAEZ

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16A.

Scientific field in which Nobel Prize winners have included Marie Curie and Dorothy Hodgkin (9) Crossword Clue View →

CHEMISTRY

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20A.

___ collar, stiff white one worn by priests (8) Crossword Clue View →

CLERICAL

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21A.

Mu's predecessor in the Greek alphabet (6) Crossword Clue View →

LAMBDA

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23A.

Area in Birmingham once noted for car production (10) Crossword Clue View →

LONGBRIDGE

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24A.

Ancient European land once led by Vercingetorix (4) Crossword Clue View →

GAUL

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25A.

Expression meaning 'to do whatever is necessary' (2,2,3,6) Crossword Clue View →

GO TO ANY LENGTH

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Down 13 clues

1D.

___ plant, another name for nicotiana (7) Crossword Clue View →

TOBACCO

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2D.

An animal whose den is a holt (5) Crossword Clue View →

OTTER

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3D.

One who drinks alcoholic beverages especially (7) Crossword Clue View →

IMBIBER

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4D.

Type of vacation in which one takes part in sport or other outdoor pursuits (8,7) Crossword Clue View →

ACTIVITY HOLIDAY

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5D.

Acrobatic feat of going down to the floor with legs spread laterally (6) Crossword Clue View →

SPLITS

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6D.

___ property, housing that has been abandoned (9) Crossword Clue View →

OWNERLESS

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7D.

Building work in stone (7) Crossword Clue View →

MASONRY

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13D.

A white-flowered plant once used to remedy problems with vision (9) Crossword Clue View →

EYEBRIGHT

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15D.

In South Africa, strips of meat dried and cured in the sun (7) Crossword Clue View →

BILTONG

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17D.

___ Klass, TV presenter who was in Hear'Say (7) Crossword Clue View →

MYLEENE

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18D.

Town once known as the 'mining capital of Cornwall' (7) Crossword Clue View →

REDRUTH

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19D.

Greek island in the Aegean sea southwest of Samos (6) Crossword Clue View →

ICARIA

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22D.

Gog and ___, in British folklore two giants, the only survivors of a race of giants destroyed by Brutus (5) Crossword Clue View →

MAGOG

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