Daily Themed Crossword April 1, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the April 1, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
April 1, 2023 — 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 | Male sheep that runs after ewe? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Noah's boat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Fruity sticky bread spread | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Underground rock that's refined | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Work laboriously (rhymes with soil) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Environmentalist's prefix with conscious | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | It's ___! (greedy person's cry) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Fit for the job at hand say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Put in stitches | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ Newman Oscar-winning actor who plays Sully in the 1994 film Nobody's Fool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | ___ Presley Stuck on You singer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Cracked open as a door | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Leprechaun's nationality | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | ___ out of (choose not to participate) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Purple smoothie berry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Tool that hits the nail on the head? | Show answer | 6 | |
| #17 | Mops the floor or scrubs the toilet say | Show answer | 6 | |
| #18 | Length times width for a rectangle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | When doubled a ballroom dance | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Dylan ___ actor who plays Peter Sullivan in the 1994 film Nobody's Fool | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Rope-making fiber (rhymes with temp) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | All jokes ___... (Let's get serious) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | ___ Willis Emmy-winning actor who plays Carl Roebuck in the 1994 film Nobody's Fool | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | ___ Man Wizard of Oz character | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Leak out slowly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Precious play-of-color stone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Race down a snowy mountain say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Gene ___ Tony-winning actor who plays Wirf in the 1994 film Nobody's Fool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Kate ___ British supermodel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | First letter in Portugal phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Top-secret government organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Actress Blake Lively ___ Brown | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Frolic and skip around (rhymes with pomp) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Solo at the opera | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | List of dishes at a restaurant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | I'm ___ loss for words...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ Benton Oscar-winning director who directed the 1994 film Nobody's Fool | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | I've got time to ___ (free time) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ Tandy Oscar-winning actress who plays Beryl Peoples in the 1994 film Nobody's Fool | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Applause-worthy tennis serve | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Cut as a lawn | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___ Strauss & Co. (jeans brand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | She in Portuguese | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Dies ___ (Latin hymn sung on the Day of Judgment) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Sloppy ___ (messy burger) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Month between March and May for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Word before Francisco for a Californian city | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | ___ Holiness (Pope's title of respect) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Hem and ___ (hesitate) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Scorpius's palindromic neighbor in the sky | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | ___ Griffith Golden Globe-winning actress who plays Toby Roebuck in the 1994 film Nobody's Fool | Show answer | 7 | |
| #52 | The M in BMI | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Beret-sporting revolutionary ___ Guevara | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Innocent baby animal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Rosy or dimpled face parts | Show answer | 6 | |
| #56 | Snake's Back off! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | High school event with a DJ perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | College campus bigwig | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Once ___ a midnight dreary... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Attorney's assignment | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Somewhere ___ (anywhere but here) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Mini recipe measure for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Mike and ___ (rhyming candy) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Unpaid TV ad that lectures you: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the April 1, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for April 1, 2023, a Saturday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JESSICA 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 April 1, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
April 1, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the April 1, 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 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 April 1, 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 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the April 1, 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 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.