Daily Themed Crossword October 3, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 3, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
October 3, 2022 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Animator's frame | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Birthday candle-blower's secret | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Touch as a puppy's head | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Famous ___ (cookie brand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Palo ___ (California city) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Woodcutter's tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | 2005 hit R&B song by Gwen Stefani from her album Love. Angel. Music. Baby | Show answer | 9 | |
| #8 | Half of a dozen eggs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Went out with say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Dollar divisions | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Morrison who wrote the Pulitzer prize-winning novel Beloved | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | School near Topeka: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Top in a Victoria's Secret shopping bag perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Big blast letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Pastry that may be filled with fruit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | ___ Girl 2004 hit song by Gwen Stefani featuring rapper Eve that received a Grammy nomination | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Death on the Nile actress Gadot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Old Brown ___ song by The Beatles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Instrument with three vowels in its name | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Lamb's feed me! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Will that be ___? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | It may be inspired by a muse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ Pop Electric 2004 hit by Gwen Stefani featuring Andre 3000 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Suffix with thermo to mean a temperature-testing device | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Historian's period | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Use a drum throne say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | ___ Girl 2005 hit by Gwen Stefani that won an MTV Video Music Award | Show answer | 9 | |
| #28 | Airbnb listing perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Actor Mahershala of Hidden Figures | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Zoom call annoyance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Kissing at the beach e.g.: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Sandwich named after its layers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Chi preceder to mean a low impact exercise form | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Food energy measure briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Fast Aussie bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Smoked salmon on a bagel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | What You ___ For? 2004 song by Gwen Stefani that won an MTV Music Video Award | Show answer | 7 | |
| #38 | UN agency for workers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | This Gwen Stefani song is ___ in my head! (catchy) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Gardener's watering tubes | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | A blast usually comes from here? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Imaginary line connecting Earth's poles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___-Mex (rhyming cuisine) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Heavyweight Japanese sport | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Monthly flat payment | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Pistachios and pecans e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Snack with a soft shell maybe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | The ___ Code (Barney Stinson's book) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | ___ eye steak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | PC key for indenting | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Whale-obsessed captain of fiction | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Spring or jelly snack | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Prefix with phone or pathy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | You may drink a iced drink to beat it | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Barcode locale | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Spiritual glow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Amy Winehouse's autobiographical hit | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Supernatural creature that lives in a cave | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Baseball's ___ Ruth | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Let Me Blow Ya ___ 2001 hit by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani that won a Grammy Award | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Active Italian volcano | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Enjoy a glass of sangria | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | English course with fiction and non-fiction for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Play charades say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | When doubled a Cuban dance | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Japanese fish in a tattoo perhaps | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 3, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 3, 2022, a Monday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is LUXURIOUS at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 3, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 3, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 3, 2022 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 66 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for October 3, 2022 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 3, 2022 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.