Daily Themed Crossword October 2, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 2, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
October 2, 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 | Have breakfast say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Field trip transport choice | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Dog's growling sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | By way of in a traveler's itinerary | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Santa ___ California | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Hotel offering | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | ___ Development satirical sitcom that recycles the same storyline every season | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | Disney's icy protagonist | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Morse code bits | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | One in a decade | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Extinct Mauritian bird that was flightless | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Moo-ing animals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Desperate Housewives actress Hatcher | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Well well look who's here! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Team leader for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Tags on clothes | Show answer | 6 | |
| #17 | It might hang over a crib | Show answer | 6 | |
| #18 | DJ's assortment: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | And so on: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Coral ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Pageant winner's accessory | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Great ___ (dog breed) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Trailer ___ Boys Canadian mockumentary sitcom that recycles the same storyline every season | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Farming prefix | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Follow orders | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Brooklyn ___ police procedural sitcom that recycles the same storyline every season: Hyph. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #27 | The Big Easy golfer Ernie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Noteworthy period | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Mafia boss title | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Palindromic Vietnamese festival | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Superlative suffix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Plane's takeoff status: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Actress Longoria or Gabor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | What you may fill in a basketball | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Driveway goo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Bubble ___ (relaxing soak) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Acronym for the World Heritage Site selector | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Feeling :( | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | ___ Anatomy medical drama TV series that recycles the same storyline every season | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Romeo or Juliet in a play e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Civil rights activist Parks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Scar the surface of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Dr. Dolittle star ___ Murphy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | ___ Paulo Brazil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | The Walking ___ post-apocalyptic TV series that recycles the same storyline every season | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Spherical space objects | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Physicist Georg ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Court someone romantically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Breaking Amish channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Personal appearance (anagram of mine) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Sheer delight | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | NBA official for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Grazing locale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Public roads for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Intellectual organ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Dining room needs | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Where clouds float | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___ Parker Jaden Smith's character in The Karate Kid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | William Wordsworth for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Up to the task | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ one's case (conclude) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Irritating pest | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Maiden name preceder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Suffix with flour or brom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Do ___ disturb | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Put a full stop to | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 2, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 2, 2024, a Wednesday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ARRESTED at 8 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. 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 October 2, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 2, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 2, 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 8 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 2, 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 October 2, 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.