CodyCross October 18, 2024 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 27 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 27 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Abbreviation for high-occupancy vehicle | HOV | 3 | |
| #2 | Algebraic expression with three terms | TRINOMIAL | 9 | |
| #3 | Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease | ALS | 3 | |
| #4 | Balinese town with rice paddies and steep ravines | UBUD | 4 | |
| #5 | Body mass index | BMI | 3 | |
| #6 | Build up of this acid around joints can cause gout | URIC | 4 | |
| #7 | Cate__, actress of Lord of the Rings | BLANCHETT | 9 | |
| #8 | Clarence __, modern frozen food industry founder | BIRDSEYE | 8 | |
| #9 | Code for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport | ATL | 3 | |
| #10 | Dedicated strip for cyclists to pedal near cars | BIKE LANE | 9 | |
| #11 | Disease caused by a mosquito bite | ZIKA VIRUS | 10 | |
| #12 | Excel function that finds the smallest value | MIN | 3 | |
| #13 | Feminine form of one in Spanish | UNA | 3 | |
| #14 | Fleur-de-__, French spelling of decorative lily | LIS | 3 | |
| #15 | French fashion designer Saint Laurent | YVES | 4 | |
| #16 | French for island, goes before "de France" | ILE | 3 | |
| #17 | French for water | EAU | 3 | |
| #18 | Huge hill and park in center of Montreal | MONTROYAL | 9 | |
| #19 | Internet domain for an international organization | INT | 3 | |
| #20 | Last phrase in many stories, "The __" | END | 3 | |
| #21 | One can be Red, Dead, or Caspian | SEA | 3 | |
| #22 | Plane landing times | ETAS | 4 | |
| #23 | Tanzania's three-letter country code | TZA | 3 | |
| #24 | Text acronym for laughing out loud | LOL | 3 | |
| #25 | The highest card in most games | ACE | 3 | |
| #26 | This Arthur played Dorothy on The Golden Girls | BEA | 3 | |
| #27 | When __, Prince's song about love and parenting | DOVES CRY | 9 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A short moment where there's quiet or no activity | LULL | 4 | |
| #2 | Californian city and river that starts as Santa | ANA | 3 | |
| #3 | Dictionary abbreviation for verb-refining words | ADV | 3 | |
| #4 | First name of title character in Schindler's List | OSKAR | 5 | |
| #5 | Popular podcast about folk tales | LORE | 4 | |
| #6 | River that flows under Prague's Charles Bridge | VLTAVA | 6 | |
| #7 | Skip school or work without permission | SKIVE | 5 | |
| #8 | The USA purchased this northern state in 1867 | ALASKA | 6 | |
| #9 | The first word in the Dominican Republic's capital | SANTO | 5 | |
| #10 | Three letters to indicate distress | SOS | 3 | |
| #11 | US donut chain bought by French company in 2005 | DUNKIN | 6 |
October 18, 2024 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for October 18, 2024, a Friday. 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 ZIKA VIRUS at 10 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, 2024 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for October 18, 2024?
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