Daily Themed Crossword July 9, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 9, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
July 9, 2023 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Omelet ingredient and the theme of this puzzle as seen in 28a 45a 7d 11d and 31d! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Uncle ___ figure on recruitment posters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Catch a fever say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Lavatory to a Brit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Sport with horses and mallets | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Fairy tale brute | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Haha you're hilarious! online: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Norse capital with the Viking Ship Museum | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___-to-know basis | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Puff __ (venomous viper hidden in badder) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Action figure or teddy bear e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | ___ Thompson from Back to the Future | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ strip (funny newspaper feature) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | This ___ what I signed up for! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Did you know a hen tosses and ___ 1a fifty times a day to stop the embryo from sticking to the shell? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Morse T | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Thumbs-up vote | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Slide through snowy slopes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Sleep interrupter in the morning | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Diana Ross' hairdo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Have ___! (Have a heart!) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Opposite of bottom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Hoarse sound (rhymes with gasp) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Did you know we can ___ 1a to tell if it's raw or boiled? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Sasuke rapper Lil ___ Vert | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Bald ___ United States' national bird | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | ___ joke (type of joke that may make you groan) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Edgar Allan ___ who wrote The Cask of Amontillado | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Entice into a trap | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Sugary suffix with sucr- or fruct- | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Happy hour regular maybe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Go with the ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Field for Neil Gorsuch or Sonia Sotomayor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ Enchanted 2004 film starring Anne Hathaway | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | ___ Samaritan (helpful person) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Top Olympic prize | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Send a rescue ship! letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___ Things Bright and Beautiful (hymn) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | ___ point (not worth discussing) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Did you know as hens ___ 1a increases in size? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Dublin's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Paved the way say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Did you know there are nearly 17000 ___ on the shells of 1a? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | I've got my eyes ___ (I'm watching): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | NFL legend ___ Manning | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Month that ends with a spooky day for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Pick a card...___ card (Magician's words) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Title received at the altar? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Fountain pen liquid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | ___: Miami (procedural TV show): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Coffee alternative to many | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | River barrier | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Drink in a barrel maybe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Did you know that the world's largest 1a was believed to have been lain by the British hen ___ in 2010? | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Towards the rear on a ship | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Color TV pioneer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | I me ___ (narcissist's mantra maybe) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | Jack's love interest in Titanic | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | What East is to West for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | ___ McCartney one of the Beatles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | American ___ (reality show) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Apollo 11 organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | ___ and downs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | City wildlife enclosure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Miracle-___ (plant food brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Fictional detective ___ Archer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Natural morning moisturizer? | Show answer | 3 |
How the July 9, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 9, 2023, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HARRIET at 7 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, 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 July 9, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 9, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 9, 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 67 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 July 9, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the July 9, 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.