Daily Themed Crossword May 16, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 16, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
May 16, 2024 — 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 | Light source in lamps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Uncooked as meat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Royal flush card | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | F on a test | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Bloated self-image | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Sister in a convent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Crumbly cheese in a Greek salad | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | ___ loser (bad sport) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Give it a shot! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___: Miami (police procedural TV series): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Main female protagonist of Disney/Pixar's Brave who has red hair and is a skilled archer | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Lose tire traction on road | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Clever like a fox | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Pub offering | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Gloomy ___ (grumpy person) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Right side of a map | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Actor Hanks from A Man Called Otto | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ Parr female superhero from Pixar's The Incredibles who has superhuman elasticity | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Sheep's cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Princess ___ Organa main female character of the Star Wars series who sports cinnamon buns and helps destroy the Death Star | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Yes in Paris | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Mobile download for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Letters that follow lambdas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Attorney's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Female warrior from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy who is green and possesses superhuman strength | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Suffix of racket or puppet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Pilot's announcement: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Band behind Girls & Boys | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Long talk with finger-pointing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | ___-com (genre for Four Weddings and a Funeral) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Ketchum who's gotta catch 'em all | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___ and the Last Dragon Disney movie whose titular female warrior saves her father and the land of Kumandra | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Ronda Rousey's combat sport: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | No slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Sister ___ movie starring Whoopi Goldberg | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Pals for life: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Burj Khalifa's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | When a party is fire say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | ___ Widow female superhero from Marvel Comics who is a master spy and a great marksman | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Trace remains | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | A while back | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Wriggly soil dwellers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Voting against | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Clotted milk used for cheese-making | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Singer of Only Time | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Electric fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Breath of relief say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Grain used in bread and whiskey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Half prefix with final or circle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Home of NFL's Falcons for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | English actress Judy ___ of Yesterday's Dreams | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___-mo (video speed for some pranks perhaps) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Lawyers' organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Maple tree fluid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Pub faucet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Leonhard ___ Swiss mathematician and author of Elements of Algebra | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Longest river in Africa | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Te ___ (Latin love confession) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Opposite of rural | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Spicy dance or a zesty dip | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Long shivery exclamation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Purell target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Tiny particle that makes up matter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Ozzy Osbourne's ___ I'm Coming Home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Hmm... Let me think... sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Battery size | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | The City That Never Sleeps: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Permanent ink art for short | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 16, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 16, 2024, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is RESIDUE at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 8 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 16, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 16, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 16, 2024 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 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 May 16, 2024 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 16, 2024 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.