Daily Themed Crossword October 23, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 23, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
October 23, 2024 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Yes with the head | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Peek-a-___ (game played with a baby) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | The ___ code (men's friendship etiquette) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___-Wan Kenobi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Work displayed at the Louvre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Furniture wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Baby's home for nine months perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Butterfly catcher's need | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Admirers of celebrities | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Ctrl + Z | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | ___ Matter sci-fi TV series starring Joel Edgerton who travels between alternate realities | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Like old bread | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Chilly sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Altered ___ cyberpunk sci-fi TV series starring Chris Conner that is set in 2384 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | Thanksgiving tubers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Tree-cutter's tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ Good Men legal drama film starring Tom Cruise: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | That's gross! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Soccer star Hamm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Be Cool actress Thurman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ vera (gooey plant) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | School of doctors for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Overly inquisitive | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Like a knife's edge or a brilliant mind say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Night in poetry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Prefix with gram or phone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | The ___ sci-fi TV series starring Steven Strait that is set in a future where humans colonize the Solar System | Show answer | 7 | |
| #28 | Asia's ___ Sea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Game roller? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Vast time period | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | 3 ___ Problem sci-fi TV series starring Eiza Gonzalez that follows scientists who encounter an extraterrestrial civilization | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Sport-___ (all-purpose vehicle) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Dog's tail response to Good boy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | It's ___ or never! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Price negotiable letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Like mood lighting | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | The Rolling Stones or Green Day for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Creamy cookie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Too exaggerated in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Wild pig | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Position in the military | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Gives the go-ahead informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Tiny light source | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Old MacDonald's land | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | The Matrix protagonist | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Sketch something say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Ponzi scheme e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Airport car | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Zone or region | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Opposite of Hi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | What's your ___? (first-meet question) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Sci-fi TV series starring Rashida Jones that is set in a dystopian future where people exist only in a grain-storing tower | SILO | 4 | |
| #53 | Passing trend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Sin and Tan's partner in trigonometry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | ___ lime pie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Baseball appointee for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Actress Faris of Mom | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | ___ in the back (betrayal) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Spider-Man or Flash for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | When I was ___ ... (Gilbert and Sullivan lyrics): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Depend with on | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Sign that shows the way out | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Olympian sword | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | School's URL ending | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Just unwrapped say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___ man walks into ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | London language for short | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 23, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 23, 2024, a Wednesday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is EXPANSE at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 23, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 23, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 23, 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 67 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 October 23, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 23, 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.