Daily Themed Crossword October 31, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 31, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
October 31, 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 | Hello! on a Halloween | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Droop like a witch's hat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Spider's trap found in abandoned mansions | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Funerary ash holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Honest president lovingly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Grande singer of Ghostin to fans | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Grasp suddenly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Identical sibling like in The Shining for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Chest bone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Sickness common in winter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Fizzy Lifting ___ beverages from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory that make people float in the air! | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | All's ___ in love and war | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Snake-like fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Reptar ___ Chocolate from The Rugrats Movie that is filled with green gunk which will make the tongue go all green! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | CEO's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | What skeletons walk on | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | It's ___-brainer: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Bertie ___ Every Flavour Beans jelly beans from Harry Potter that come in various flavors including weird ones like vomit and earwax | BOTTS | 5 | |
| #19 | Whisper from a pigeon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Word used with spirits or tide | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Historic period | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Rabbit's move | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | See from someone's vision: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | What's gotten ___ you today? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Everlasting ___ candy from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory that never gets smaller no matter how much you suck on it! | Show answer | 10 | |
| #26 | According to me ... in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Warning from a snake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Star vs the Forces of ___ animated series about a magical girl | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Z (fam sliding in after millennials) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | She in Portuguese | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Frankenstein's assistant perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Are there ___ spirits here? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Rodent running on a haunted attic | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ Me to Church song by Hozier | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Crawling insect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Bobby ___ ice hockey legend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | The wolf howled ___ full moon night ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Horror film series named for a cutting tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Adhere to the rules with by | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Sci-fi or rom-com say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Don't say I didn't ___ you | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | ___ Killmonger Black Panther supervillain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Baby's food time wears | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Graphic designer's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Extra-powerful engine | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Organ like the arm e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Feeling unwell say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Chocolate ___ chocolate in Harry Potter that may run around like the amphibian its shaped after | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ___ humbug! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Darth Vader's childhood nickname | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Finished a pumpkin pie say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Repeated sound in a cave | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Spooky slime found in GOOsebumps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Dip as bread in gravy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Stumbles and falls | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Mentally sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Some PCs and printers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | On the ___ hand ... | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Magician's ta-da! in French | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Goodies mentioned in 19a 23a 32a 45a and 21d which if brought to life will serve both as a trick and a ___ this Halloween! | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | The G in GB | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Black cat or a broken mirror for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Like a skeleton | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | 11th grader's exam: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Passing through? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | It's beyond my understanding!: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Dracula actor Christopher ___ | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 31, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 31, 2024, a Thursday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is GOBSTOPPER at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 7 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 2 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 31, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 31, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 31, 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 10 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 31, 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 31, 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.