Daily Themed Crossword May 17, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 17, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
May 17, 2024 — 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 | Finished a meal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Sun-kissed skin shade | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | (1/6) Metamorphosis of a butterfly begins with a small ___ laid under a leaf or stem of a plant | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | The Great ___ of China | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | New Year's ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Tommy ___ Jones of Volcano | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Can we go somewhere ___? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Trim the lawn | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Bang! in comics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | (2/6) In a few days a tiny ___ hatches and will feed on leaves to grow bigger | Show answer | 11 | |
| #11 | File a lawsuit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Hair coloring agent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | The ___ Roald Dahl's novel that features a HUGE man: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Aries symbol | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Schools of whales (anagram of mags) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Hello in Portugal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Metal source | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Net ___ (total monetary value) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | (3/6) After a few weeks the 17a finds a comfy spot and forms a ___ or chrysalis | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | ___ Lanka (Colombo's country) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Sun Devils' school letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Italian or Chinese as a culinary style | Show answer | 7 | |
| #23 | (4/6) The 17a is ready to break the cocoon and become an ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Light on one's feet | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | ___ Rida rapper of Right Round | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Small kitchen measurement for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Napper's noise | Show answer | 5 | |
| #28 | Hawaiian garland | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Singer Stewart with the hit All for Love | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Gluttony or wrath e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Crave for some Japanese? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Nickname separator: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Lub dub test: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Jaw-dropping reaction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Powdery substance in baby powder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Disney queen who can build ice castles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Not permanent for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Stay away from | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | ___-weds (ones who just got hitched) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Idris ___ from the TV series Luther | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Shifting car part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Ruby or Sapphire e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | ___ get ready to rumble! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Cash from a German ATM | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Where a car's trunk is | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Danish toy company known for plastic bricks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Knock on the head | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Seasonal illness | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Space between teeth or age | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Untidy state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Palindromic star pattern | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Kilimanjaro and Everest for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Moo ___ pork (Chinese takeout dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | (5/6) After the butterfly comes out of the chrysalis the colorful ___ are soft and wet. So the butterfly waits two hours for them to dry. | WINGS | 5 | |
| #55 | Prefix with puncture or pressure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Narrow coastal inlet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | U in UV rays | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | There there (consoling words): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | One in German | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Away from the wind at sea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | How you ___? (Joey's pick up line) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Come in last | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | ___ Dane who played Dr. Mark Sloan in Grey's Anatomy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | (6/6) The beautiful butterfly is now ready to spread its 34d and ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Get a room! action: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | David Beckham's country for short | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 17, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 17, 2024, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CATERPILLAR at 11 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 17, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 17, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 17, 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 11 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 17, 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 17, 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.