Daily Themed Crossword May 24, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 24, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
May 24, 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 | President who gave the Gettysburg Address fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Devoured a pizza say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Mexican snack with a shell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Kennel sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Spotted cube at a casino | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Love the skin you're in brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | ___ Holmes fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle who you may associate with 20a 33a 42a 9d and 36d | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | Prescribed amount say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Suffix with chariot or mountain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Inevitable destiny (rhymes with great) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | TV series starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu based on the fictional detective at 15a | Show answer | 10 | |
| #12 | Ocean ___ (passenger ship type) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | ...___ woodchuck could chuck wood (tongue twister end): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | What cows chew | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Annoyed with up | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Mathematician ___ Turing in The Imitation Game | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Abbreviation before an alias | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | K.C. ___ TV series starring Zendaya as a high school student who is secretly a spy | Show answer | 10 | |
| #19 | Lump of clay or dirt (anagram of cold) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Better than better? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Run away and escape | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Colorful backyard pond fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Like Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Scooby-Doo! ___ Incorporated animated TV series that is part of the Scooby-Doo franchise | Show answer | 7 | |
| #25 | Tee-___! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Winner-take-___ highly-competitive game mode | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Lavatory in Manchester | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | What bouncers check: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Prefix with metric or graphic | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | TV's The ___ Erwin Show | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Six-pack muscles for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___ humbug! (cry from Scrooge) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Palindromic word meaning before | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Embellish or decorate | Show answer | 5 | |
| #35 | ___-tac-toe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Cartoon shriek that can be found within reek | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Day before tomorrow | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | I've already got ___ on my plate: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Cold ___ procedural drama series starring Kathryn Morris about a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Listen up! to a Spaniard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Krispy ___ (doughnut chain) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Lascivious look | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Geneva currency that sounds like Frank | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Hobbit's pointy-eared ally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Make up an alibi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | To what ___? (For what purpose?) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Bathroom floor piece | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Come from ___ (miles away) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Bat's dwelling | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Luau instruments for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Feathered bull's-eye hitter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Put in as ingredients | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | ___ Jackson 1997 Peter Fonda title role | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Oasis frontman ___ Gallagher | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | In memoriam piece for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Blue's ___ children's series hosted by Steve Burns and Donovan Patton | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Wilma Flintstone's husband | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Toronto Raptors great ___ Lowry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Nobel Peace Prize city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Ho ___ Minh City Vietnam | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Vogue or Harper's Bazaar for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Letters with a right angle shape phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Go black as a banana | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Here's looking at ___ kid (famous Casablanca line) | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 24, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 24, 2023, a Wednesday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ELEMENTARY at 10 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 2 clues carry 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 May 24, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 24, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 24, 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 10 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 24, 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 May 24, 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.
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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.