Daily Themed Crossword May 19, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 19, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
May 19, 2023 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | University URL ender | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Bearded African antelope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Touch gently as a phone screen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Palindromic address similar to Fella! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Older than 12 but younger than 20 say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | The Coca-___ Company multinational beverage corporation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Stinging pollinating insect with a World Day on May 20th... and a clue to solve 22a 26a 37a 55a and 43d | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Group of elephants say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ to that! (You're right!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Sounds too good to be ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | House entry point | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Soul in French | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Milk and ___ poetry collection by Rupi Kaur whose title is connected to 13a | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | ___ of Hearts Alice in Wonderland character whose name is connected to 13a | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Green-ish martini garnish | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | What fruit do twins love? A pear e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Dunk as cookies in milk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ Dawson former Kansas City Chief | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Rhyming word that follows itsy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Norman ___ British comic book writer whose name is connected to 13a | Show answer | 6 | |
| #21 | I ___ too soon (said something too soon) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Spaghetti aglio e ___ (garlic and oil pasta) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Police radio alert: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | ___ Putty liquidy toy that bounces and breaks | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Narrow opening | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Strong desire | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Will pay eventually letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | British young adult novel series by Mark Walden whose name is connected to 13a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Alphabet-ending letter phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Prefix with adaptive or nutrition | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Listen up! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Animal enclosure site with a keeper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Uno! shouter's card count | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Flow back as the tide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Song for two | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Ridesharing app | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Golly ___ whiz! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Studious sort perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | PC's Ctrl+Z command | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Mark Twain's The Adventures of ___ Sawyer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Beverage that's born in a brewery? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Frying utensil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | ___ park (place with fun rides) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Christmas song | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Dubai's land: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Quite cheeky aren't ya? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | ___-of-season sale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | The ___ river flowing through 11 African countries | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ... and they all lived happily ___ after | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Currency from an ATM in Tokyo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Witty remark or one-liner (rhymes with chip) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Do ___ others... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | The Joy of Painting network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Jima Japanese volcano island | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Country with Warsaw and Krakow for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Glide on a ice rink say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Slangy agreement | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___ and shine! (Wake up!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Fancy pond fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | ___ Bissinger Friday Night Lights author whose name is related to 13a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Luxurious chauffeur-driven car informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Car buyer's financial aid perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Christmas season | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Silence in the library! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Let sleeping dogs ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Wall-clinging vine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Rockers ___ Speedwagon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Earth in prefix form | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 19, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 19, 2023, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is WORKER at 6 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. 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 May 19, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 19, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 19, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 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 May 19, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 19, 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.