CodyCross July 18, 2023 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 18 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 18 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Abbreviation for Nitroglycerin, a vasodilator. | NTG | 3 | |
| #2 | Actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Farrow. | MIA | 3 | |
| #3 | Boat built by Noah. | ARK | 3 | |
| #4 | Close fit cap worn by Catholic nuns. | COIF | 4 | |
| #5 | Colored screens put over the lens to change image. | FILTERS | 7 | |
| #6 | Commences, begins. | STARTS | 6 | |
| #7 | Compositions to be sung. | CANTATAS | 8 | |
| #8 | Fred __, dancing partner of Ginger Rogers. | ASTAIRE | 7 | |
| #9 | Nelson, president of South Africa from 1994-1999. | MANDELA | 7 | |
| #10 | Not even. | ODD | 3 | |
| #11 | Paintings, sculptures, and more. | ART | 3 | |
| #12 | Partners of the Papas in the vocal group name. | MAMAS | 5 | |
| #13 | Someone trained to make coffee drinks. | BARISTA | 7 | |
| #14 | Stereotypical villain in a comic book or cartoon. | BADDIE | 6 | |
| #15 | Two under par in golf. | EAGLE | 5 | |
| #16 | Word before Aviv for Israeli city. | TEL | 3 | |
| #17 | __ Full of Stars, 2014 hit single for Coldplay. | A SKY | 5 | |
| #18 | __ theft, stealing someone's information; a crime. | IDENTITY | 8 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A word for skillful that rhymes with fifty. | NIFTY | 5 | |
| #2 | Blow off steam; holes where steam blows out. | VENT | 4 | |
| #3 | Edgar Allan Poe's The __ of Amontillado. | CASK | 4 | |
| #4 | Expensive fish roe. | CAVIAR | 6 | |
| #5 | Needle-wielding Stark in Game of Thrones. | ARYA | 4 | |
| #6 | On a compass, the opposite of SSW. | NNE | 3 | |
| #7 | Perry who likes to Roar. | KATY | 4 | |
| #8 | Short term for an electronic musical instrument. | SYNTH | 5 | |
| #9 | Sodium hydroxide's chemical formula. | NAOH | 4 | |
| #10 | That's What Friends __; 1986 Dionne Warwick hit. | ARE FOR | 7 | |
| #11 | To __ is human. | ERR | 3 |
July 18, 2023 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for July 18, 2023, a Tuesday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 29 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is CANTATAS at 8 letters.
The daily crosswords sit entirely outside the world-and-group structure of the main game: finishing them does not advance your world progress, and they use their own clue pool. They also lean harder on general knowledge than the themed worlds do, so the letter count shown on each row is often the fastest way in — match the length first, then the meaning.
Neighbouring dates are linked below, and the full daily archive holds 2,014 dates. For the main game, the world index covers 108 worlds and 10,716 puzzles.
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July 18, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for CodyCross
The board is the whole puzzle
Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.
Place the longest answer first
Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.
Neighbouring levels are the best hint
Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.
How to Solve a CodyCross Level
The order that clears a board fastest.
Read what you are given
Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.
Anchor with the answers you are sure of
Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.
Work outwards
Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify these answers
Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games 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 7, 2026