CodyCross October 18, 2023 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 27 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 27 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A small, possibly unimportant untruth. | WHITE LIE | 9 | |
| #2 | A special magnetic charm or appeal. | CHARISMA | 8 | |
| #3 | Abbreviation for mortgage association Fannie Mae. | FNMA | 4 | |
| #4 | According to; for each one; individually. | PER | 3 | |
| #5 | Acronym for hall of fame. | HOF | 3 | |
| #6 | Basic monetary unit of Lesotho. | LOTI | 4 | |
| #7 | Coastal state in western India, famous beaches. | GOA | 3 | |
| #8 | Crying's watery secretion. | TEAR | 4 | |
| #9 | Curved section under a bridge. | ARCH | 4 | |
| #10 | Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz. | TOTO | 4 | |
| #11 | Dried gum powder used in Indian food, like onions. | ASAFETIDA | 9 | |
| #12 | Finish something with great haste. | ASAP | 4 | |
| #13 | Freud's personality theory defined this concept. | EGO | 3 | |
| #14 | Groups of performers, especially musical in nature. | ENSEMBLES | 9 | |
| #15 | Long-running sitcom about the Conner family. | ROSEANNE | 8 | |
| #16 | Manhattan area that is "South of Houston Street". | SOHO | 4 | |
| #17 | Many deaf people use this language in the UK. | BSL | 3 | |
| #18 | Political assistant. | AIDE | 4 | |
| #19 | Poor and needy, penniless. | INDIGENT | 8 | |
| #20 | Pride, greed and wrath, Biblically. | SINS | 4 | |
| #21 | Short for elementary. | ELEM | 4 | |
| #22 | The terrestrial phase of an aquatic newt. | EFT | 3 | |
| #23 | Thirty Seconds to Mars singer Jared. | LETO | 4 | |
| #24 | Tiny stick. | TWIG | 4 | |
| #25 | Two words to express regret at something. | OH NO | 5 | |
| #26 | Word that often starts a letter. | DEAR | 4 | |
| #27 | __ bucco, Italian dish made with veal. | OSSO | 4 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Acronym for the Order of St. Augustine. | OSA | 3 | |
| #2 | Actress Elisabeth who sounds like footwear. | SHUE | 4 | |
| #3 | Baby seals. | PUPS | 4 | |
| #4 | Geronimo tribe. | APACHE | 6 | |
| #5 | Lhasa __, Tibetan dog breed. | APSO | 4 | |
| #6 | Listen and remember advice. | HEED | 4 | |
| #7 | Opera singer Callas. | MARIA | 5 | |
| #8 | Rock band with electric current name. | ACDC | 4 | |
| #9 | SPAM, popularly short for __ ham. | SPICED | 6 | |
| #10 | Squash and mix potatoes. | MASH | 4 | |
| #11 | __ Boilermakers play football at Ross-Ade Stadium. | PURDUE | 6 |
October 18, 2023 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for October 18, 2023, a Wednesday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 38 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is WHITE LIE at 9 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.
Dailies Around Oct 18
October 18, 2023 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for October 18, 2023?
What is the difference between the small and midsize grids?
Does the daily crossword reset?
Where can I find another date?
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