Daily Themed Crossword October 14, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 14, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
October 14, 2020 — 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 | Captain's superior for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Lunch or dinner say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Broody rock genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Japan's Shinzo ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | "___ & Stitch" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Kind of cheese or country home | Show answer | 7 | |
| #7 | Subway alternative | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Arctic bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Yvette Nicole ___ actress who played Shirley Bennett in the Emmy-winning series "Community" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Thick piece of marble say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | "S" in STEM for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Coca-___ (carbonated soft drink) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Android alternative | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Prefix with "valent" and "vert" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | "___ Father who art in heaven..." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Brit's bathroom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ McHale actor who played Jeff Winger in the Emmy-winning series "Community" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Bout ending letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Cause behind the Ice Bucket Challenge: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Frequently in old times | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | American agency that approves medicines: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Indiana Fever and Seattle Storm's organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | "Big Apple": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Alison ___ actress who played Annie Edison in the Emmy-winning series "Community" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Sandwich initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Angelina Jolie starrer "___ Croft: Tomb Raider" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Rip or pull apart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ Pudi actor who played Abed Nadir in the Emmy-winning series "Community" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | ___ Scotia province in Canada | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Singer Carly ___ Jepsen with the hit "I Really Like You" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "Four score and seven years ___" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Deal with something difficult | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | ___ vez (Spanish for "again") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Haiku or sonnet e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Ice cream maker Joseph | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | "Dies ___" (Latin hymn) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | "The Time Machine" people | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | "Dumbo" actress Green | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Enveloping glow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Fox in "The Fox and the Hound" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | "Me and ___ and the Dying Girl" (2015 film) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Hepburn of "My Fair Lady" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #43 | ___ Glover actor who played Troy Barnes in the Emmy-winning series "Community" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #44 | Right ___ the bat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Macy's Thanksgiving Parade attraction | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Burst of light from a camera | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Wander around | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Inhale deeply in shock | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ___ Jacobs actress who played Britta Perry in the Emmy-winning series "Community" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #50 | Bitsy's partner | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Vienna's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | 2010 health law: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | TV forensic series set in Sin City: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Quaker morsel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Fit for the job | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | ___ constrictor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "...They paved paradise and put up a parking ___..." (Joni Mitchell's lines) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Squeeze out | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Battleship letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Braying beast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "___ What You Made Me Do" song by Taylor Swift | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Sample a drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | "Love ___ neighbor" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Prom partner | Show answer | 4 |
How the October 14, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 14, 2020, a Wednesday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is COTTAGE at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out. 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 14, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 14, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 14, 2020 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 7 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 14, 2020 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 14, 2020 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.