Daily Themed Crossword October 5, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 5, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
October 5, 2018 — All 62 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Poke with a sharp object | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "___ to the World..." (Christmas carol) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Be indebted | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ or no | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Flowed back from the shore | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Little toymaker in Santa's factory | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Summa cum ___ (degree earned with great honor) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Cook in excess hot oil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Separates in two like a hair strand | Show answer | 6 | |
| #10 | Rising sharply like some mountain paths | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Frog's cousin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | "What ___ is new?" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | __ out a living (manage with great difficulty) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | "She is on ___ with her peers." (as good as) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | A sense of wonder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Place where someone might fix you a drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ dot (fabric pattern with repeating dots) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | American retail giant co-founded by Richard M. Schulze which specializes in consumer electronics: 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #19 | Minor shock felt after an earthquake | Show answer | 6 | |
| #20 | Kind of surgery in which a powerful beam of light is used | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Color that signifies danger | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Bar used while bathing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Dish which is served to complement the main one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Actor ___ Holbrook from "Men of Honor" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | American retail giant co-founded by Bernard Marcus "The ___" which specializes in hardware supplies and construction tools: 2 wds. | HOMEDEPOT | 9 | |
| #26 | "___! Look who's here!" (cry of discovery) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let ___": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Elegant composure of a person | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | Throat-clearing sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Watering hole in a desert | Show answer | 5 | |
| #31 | "Did you ___ the team about the new updates we've received?" (Share details) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #32 | Tony ___ also known as "America's Puppet Master" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Digital image specific to a company | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Sounds of Santa's laughter: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Joint above the knee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Eight-time NBA All-Star Steve ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | "Monkey ___ monkey do" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___ Majesty (royal address) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Cookies often dunked in milk | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Engraved in glass say | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | Something that you didn't have to pay for | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | American retail giant founded by businessman Barney "___ Company" which is one of the largest supermarket chains: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #43 | Bearlike Australian marsupial | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Held power like a King | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | "I ___ as lightly as I could" (moved as specified) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Mexican dish served in a shell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Skin breakout which may leave a spot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | John Green's "The Fault in ___ Stars" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Apple computer for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | It follows February | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Had dinner say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Bundle of dollar bills | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | American retail giant founded by Sam Walton which was ranked as the world's largest company by revenue in 2018 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #54 | Quite fitting | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | ___ de Janeiro Brazil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Big ___ Conference | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ for my sins (make amends) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Bitter ___ (brew) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | "It's easy as ___!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Surrendered a territory say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Father to his kids | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "This weighs a ___." (very heavy) | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 5, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 5, 2018, a Friday. It contains 62 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HOMEDEPOT at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 5, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 5, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 62 clues with answers from 3 to 9 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 62 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 5, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.