Daily Themed Crossword October 24, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 24, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
October 24, 2023 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Flower stalk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Mr. and ___ (addresses for a married couple) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Shaving ___ (grooming products set say) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Fictional ___ Croft who's a Tomb Raider | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Star closest to Earth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Old-age financial planning option: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ fail (spectacular embarrassment) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Sport where two teams engage in a test of strength with a rope last played in the Summer Olympics in 1920: 3 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #9 | Ten years say | Show answer | 6 | |
| #10 | Body's processing center | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Filmmaker Anderson who directed The Grand Budapest Hotel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Archery bow wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ your lip (Shut up!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Dobby or Legolas e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Heading opposite to naughty on Santa's gifting list | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | One day ___ time: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Hotel staffer that keeps rooms clean | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Made a web as a spider | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Ball game played on horseback last played in the Olympics in 1934 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Some kitchen appliances: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Ruckus or commotion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Narrow coastal inlet (anagram of air) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Harsh on the eardrums | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | ___ vaulting gymnastic sport on the horseback last played in the Summer Olympics in 1920 | Show answer | 10 | |
| #25 | Woven floor decor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Salty sauce in a wok | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | American variant of Croquet that's aptly hidden in Croquet last played in the Summer Olympics in 1904 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #28 | Cooking ingredient from coconuts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | De ___ Vez Selena Gomez hit single | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Slo-___ fuse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | This room is such a ___! (exasperated mom's cry maybe) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Night in a poem | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Grand Central e.g. briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Snow vehicle pulled by dogs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Scotch ___ (sticky strip) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Guitarist Clapton who was a member of the Yardbirds | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Large colorful parrot | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | East Lansing school home to the Spartans: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Sport closely related to American Football last played in Summer Olympics in 1924 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Sound from someone sound asleep | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Fuzzy fruit or flightless New Zealand bird | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Tehran's country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Road crew's black goo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Famed inventor Nikola ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Deer babies say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | ___ worthy (consider deserving) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Shock sound in a comic book | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Who am ___ judge?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Best buddy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Often-dried fruit found in a Newton cookie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Apple tablet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | A cow chews this | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Discreet Music musician Brian | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Sandwich and meat-selling shop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Mineral ready to be smelted? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Fly high | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Magazine edition say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Make amends for as sins | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Card game with a Spanish name | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Greek god of love | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Give notice at your job | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Things might get ___... (words before a fight maybe) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Gosling or Reynolds | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | NFL play-callers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Final or last for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Long long time | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 24, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 24, 2023, a Tuesday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is EQUESTRIAN at 10 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 3 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 October 24, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 24, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 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 66 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 October 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 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.