Daily Themed Crossword October 23, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 23, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
October 23, 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 | Fourth month for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Attire or costume (anagram of brag) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Cry loudly like a baby | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | ___ pond Japanese garden feature with colorful carp | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___-friendly (an app that's intuitive e.g.) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Dunkable cookie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | PC key neighboring the space bar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Swedish furniture brand that also sells meatballs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Slow-cooked meal in a pot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Sunrise direction | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | First name for a Marvel Comics legend and Spider-Man co-creator | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Elvis ___ left the building | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Stringed orchestral instrument that shares its name with an Academy Award-winning actress | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | ___ Khan antagonist in The Jungle Book | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Stairway to ___ famous Led Zeppelin song | Show answer | 6 | |
| #16 | Corporation head say: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Computer programmer Lovelace | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Brain scan letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Book of maps | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | ___-prone (likely to make mistakes) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Stringed orchestral instrument with black and white keys | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Gush out as lava | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Entrepreneur's magazine? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Stringed orchestral instrument of the violin family that's played by Yo-Yo Ma | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Junk emails say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Push or prod? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Target | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Davenport's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Double ___ largest and lowest-pitched string instrument in an orchestra | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Mike and ___ fruit-flavored candy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Big name in computers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Breaking Bad baddie Fring | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Where a bear might rest? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Letters before an alternate name | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | North ___ northernmost point on Earth | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Actress ___ Hayworth of Gilda | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Stringed and fretted orchestral instrument with Electric and Acoustic variants | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Don't ___ don't tell | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | British actor Roger ___ of Cheers and The West Wing (anagram of seer) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Spoiled child say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | ___ and Herzegovina European country with Sarajevo | Show answer | 6 | |
| #42 | Class with easels and paint | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Tiny bit to a Scot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Not high | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___-Hulk: Attorney at Law 2022 superhero miniseries | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | New York City's Fifth or Madison for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Large salty water body | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Heads ___ heels in love | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Bruce ___ martial artist and actor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Namibia's neighbor for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Organization looking for aliens: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Spanish Hello | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Stringed orchestral instrument that's often pictured in paintings of angels | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Baseball player's headgear | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | The ___ Moines Register daily newspaper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Zebra or rhinoceros e.g. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | The prodigal ___ returns! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | School time meant for running around and having fun | Show answer | 6 | |
| #59 | Have loans to repay say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Baby lion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | ___-back attitude | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | ___ share subscribe! (YouTuber's sign-off maybe) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Sign of impending doom? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Clumsy sloth from Ice Age | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Edgar Allan ___ The Tell-Tale Heart author | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Leather-punching tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Cleaning cloth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Institution of higher education in Atlanta: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 23, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 23, 2023, a Monday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HEAVEN 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 October 23, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 23, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 23, 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 October 23, 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 October 23, 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.