Daily Themed Crossword February 21, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the February 21, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
February 21, 2023 — 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 | Casual top worn during a workout | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___-a-cake (children's rhyme) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Mud wrap spot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Irritate or annoy (rhymes with flex) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Words before carte on a menu: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Feathered pub missile | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Bosnian or Serbian for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Compost holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Memorial column for short (anagram of tibo) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Dog's keen sense | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | ___ Williams American professional tennis player with 4 gold medals at the Olympics | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Common lunch hour | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Fruit-filled pastry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Facebook ___ (community) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Joan of ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Feels sick say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Reginald ___ British former tennis player with 3 gold and 1 bronze medal at the Olympics | Show answer | 7 | |
| #18 | Group of whales say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Minor squabble | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Toothpaste container | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Amigo or friend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Country Again singer Thomas ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Andy ___ British professional tennis player with 2 gold and 1 silver medal at the Olympics | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Nintendo's movement-sensing game console | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Author ___ de Botton who wrote Essays in Love (anagram of nalai) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | ___ van Gogh famous Dutch painter of The Starry Night | Show answer | 7 | |
| #27 | Horse rider's strap | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Expensive Super Bowl commercials for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Not a moment ___ soon! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Kyoto cash | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Christopher ___ actor who played Count Dooku and Saruman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Justin Timberlake's song ___ Me a River | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Entertainment boxes controlled by remotes: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Wriggly electric fishes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Midterm or final for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | ___ Picasso renowned artist | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Soaks up some sun on the beach say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___-toothed tiger (extinct animal) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Floral-___ dress (floral design) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | ___ girl! (encouraging expression) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Nickelodeon's little explorer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Williams American professional tennis player with 4 gold and 1 silver medal at the Olympics | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Swiftly cut as a branch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Carve into stone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Rafael ___ Spanish professional tennis player with 2 gold medals at the Olympics | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | ___ year (academic break) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | ___ Grande Texas border river | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Something ___ something new... (traditional wedding rhyme) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Go bad as food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Work ___ belief that work is good (anagram of theic) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Feel remorse about | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Palindromic hashtag for a nostalgia-inducing trend: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | So near ___ so far | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Attention ___ (period of focus) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Settle a bill say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Mouthwash instruction | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Little lamb owner in a nursery rhyme | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Peter Fonda's beekeeper role | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Reason to open an umbrella | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ Tin Tin (movie dog) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | The second W in WWW | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Actor Kilmer of Top Gun: Maverick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | There's so many more things to list for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Neither's partner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Mattel creation | Show answer | 3 |
How the February 21, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for February 21, 2023, a Tuesday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DOHERTY at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for February 21, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
February 21, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the February 21, 2023 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 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 February 21, 2023 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 February 21, 2023 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 8, 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.