Daily Themed Crossword October 14, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 14, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
October 14, 2022 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Miss Universe's band | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | You reap what you ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ the door (close) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Palindromic magazine title | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Do you know ___ I am? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | The Leaning Tower of ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Cherish and love | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | We ___ to please | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Grace ender | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Term originating through card games that means in a straightforward manner | Show answer | 10 | |
| #11 | Moment for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Sibling's little girl | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | And so on for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | ___ up (deck up) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Biblical verse | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Term originating through card games that means a decisive confrontation or contest | Show answer | 8 | |
| #17 | We ___ long way back: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ bean (chocolate source) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Mother Teresa for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Carnival structure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Rugged river transports | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Place for a hearing aid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Term originating through card games that means to copy the actions of the one before you: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #24 | The Giving Tree author Silverstein | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Have the flu say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Color of honey | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Ace in the ___ term originating through card games that means an effective or decisive argument held in reserve | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Small amount | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Heap of clothes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Sure thing! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Bard's before | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___ Plaines Illinois | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Vast salty expanse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Actor Alan of Tower Heist | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Lazy or messy person | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Big deli sandwiches | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Cotton ___ (Q-Tip) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Cincinnati's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Wonder ___ (2017 Gal Gadot film) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | In ___ term originating through card games that means to have in a great amount | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | That guy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | For outdoor ___ only | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Beach effect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Day before a big occasion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Prefix with plasm to mean a layer of a cell's cytoplasm | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Textile tear | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Actor Nicolas or composer John | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | SpaceX founder Musk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Exit full screen PC key | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Great Indian desert | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___-Cola (fizzy drink) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | ___ up (confess) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Bearded antelope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Post-vault landing spot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Breakfast item made in an iron | Show answer | 6 | |
| #56 | What did I ever ___ you?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | The N in NYC | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___ card term originating through card games that means a decisive overriding factor or resource | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Clean ___ (situation in which you can start again) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Actor ___ Butterfield of Sex Education | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Pants on fire fellow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Ye ___ Shoppe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | ___ you adieu...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Prefix with phone or graph | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Like a wallflower | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Weed-uprooting tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Golfing legend Ernie ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Hi-___ image | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 14, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 14, 2022, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ABOVEBOARD at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 14, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 14, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 14, 2022 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 68 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 14, 2022 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 14, 2022 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.