Daily Themed Crossword October 19, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 19, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
October 19, 2019 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Balloon filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Division in a play | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Cawing bird | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | ___ support (help with electronic gadgets) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Prefix meaning "one hundredth" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Surveillance tool briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Top tier invitees: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Business school major for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Nokia or Samsung offering | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | X-Men character who can control fire | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Yin's counterpart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Puerto ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain" author Robert ___ Butler who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Spitting rage and anger | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Yellowstone's antlered beast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Ice pellets from above? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Mythical bird in "Arabian Nights" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Minor criticism | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | "___ upon a time..." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | 1971 song of protest by Marvin Gaye that later became an anthem of change: 3 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #21 | Partner who co-signs a treaty | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Anise-flavored drink | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | "___ pronounce you man and wife...": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Illuminated or burning say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | "A" in French | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Good baseball hit: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | One-on-one fight | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | One-eighty turn slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Nog ingredient | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Another term for final and extreme for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Actress ___ Aduba of "Orange Is the New Black" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Incessant talk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Thumbs-up response | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Telephone number add on for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Female sibling lovingly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | 1970 song by Joni Mitchell that became an anthem of environmental conservation: 3 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #37 | Blissful place in the Bible | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Opposite of "short" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Protein source for vegans | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Common feature of a chair and table | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Pointillism part | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Chooses with "for" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Sun-bleached | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Swampy and marshy ground | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Another word for time and again | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Clumsy sort | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Wide display or assortment | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Killed as a dragon | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Poem of protest written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie in 1939 that later became an anthem of change: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #50 | Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Puddle former | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Snow queen in "Frozen" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Unoccupied or doing nothing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Warner Brothers creation informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Pb to chemists | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Printer paper size: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Scooby-___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | "Over and ___!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | City in Pennsylvania which shares its name with a lake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Salty blue expanse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Baseball great Gehrig | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "Blowin' in the ___" 1962 song by Bob Dylan which later became an anthem of change | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Whichever | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Doctor who might treat the sinus: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 19, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 19, 2019, a Saturday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BIGYELLOWTAXI at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 4 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 2019 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 19, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 19, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 19, 2019 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 64 clues with answers from 3 to 13 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for October 19, 2019 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 19, 2019 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.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.