Friday · October 4, 2024 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword October 4, 2024 Answers

All 66 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the October 4, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.

66Clues
7Longest
3Shortest
4Abbreviations
Answers

October 4, 2024 — All 66 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 Chemist's workplace for short Show answer 3
#2 Physique slangily Show answer 3
#3 Atlas page Show answer 3
#4 It's c-c-c-cold! Show answer 3
#5 Prefix with corn or verse Show answer 3
#6 Actress Gardner of The Night of the Iguana Show answer 3
#7 Male deer Show answer 4
#8 Instrument used in Geometry class that measures a distance between two points Show answer 7
#9 Tuna from Hawaii Show answer 3
#10 Sun-kissed shade Show answer 3
#11 Instrument used in Geometry class to make a 5 inch straight line Show answer 5
#12 ___ Auto (former Volkswagen slogan) Show answer 3
#13 Low-___ (diet choice) Show answer 3
#14 ___ de Janeiro Brazil Show answer 3
#15 Jar topper Show answer 3
#16 Summer hours in D.C.: Abbr. Show answer 3
#17 Shed tears noisily Show answer 3
#18 Kissing in a crowded place say: Abbr. Show answer 3
#19 ___ es Salaam Tanzania (anagram of rad) Show answer 3
#20 To each ___ own Show answer 3
#21 Border of a skirt Show answer 3
#22 Stationery item used in Geometry class that can omit a 5 inch straight line Show answer 6
#23 Water-related prefix Show answer 4
#24 Angsty rock sub-genre Show answer 3
#25 Solar System's brightest star? Show answer 3
#26 Instrument used in Geometry class to draw circles or arcs Show answer 7
#27 Someone Like You singer Show answer 5
#28 Colony crawler Show answer 3
#29 XXX divided by X result Show answer 3
#30 Extend as a subscription Show answer 5
#31 Accelerate as an engine Show answer 3
#32 ___ Miserables Show answer 3
#33 Wear away as soil Show answer 5
#34 Flour bag weight units: Abbr. Show answer 3
#35 Rembrandt work Show answer 3
#36 Bikini top Show answer 3
#37 Flower-to-be Show answer 3
#38 Step ___! (instruction to drive faster): 2 wds. Show answer 4
#39 Prima donna Show answer 4
#40 Like Hatter from Alice in Wonderland Show answer 3
#41 ___ Maria Show answer 3
#42 Satisfactory score for a golfer Show answer 3
#43 Guy's counterpart Show answer 3
#44 Mumbai's country for short Show answer 3
#45 That lady Show answer 3
#46 Pupil's location Show answer 4
#47 Palindromic storm-tracking system Show answer 5
#48 The U in UV Show answer 5
#49 First Greek letter Show answer 5
#50 ___ with (agree) Show answer 4
#51 Surrender as land (sounds like seed) Show answer 4
#52 Aah's partner Show answer 3
#53 Beaver's project Show answer 3
#54 Favoritism Show answer 4
#55 Set ___ instrument used in Geometry class that is also known as a Triangle Show answer 6
#56 Month after August for short Show answer 3
#57 Text alternative? Show answer 5
#58 Love ___ (film starring Lily Collins) Show answer 5
#59 Opposite of over Show answer 5
#60 Tesla product Show answer 3
#61 Wee hour? Show answer 3
#62 Jersey Shore network: Abbr. Show answer 3
#63 Female sibling informally Show answer 3
#64 Music producer Brian Show answer 3
#65 Called the shots say Show answer 3
#66 Ram's farm mate Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the October 4, 2024 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 4, 2024, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DIVIDER at 7 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 October 4, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

October 4, 2024 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for October 4, 2024?
The October 4, 2024 grid has 66 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 66 clues. The longest answer is DIVIDER at 7 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 4 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for October 4, 2024 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including October 3, 2024 and October 5, 2024.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the October 4, 2024 Crossword

01

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 7 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for October 4, 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 4, 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, 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

66clues on this board
7longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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