Daily Themed Crossword October 20, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 20, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
October 20, 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 | Sydney's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Secret email option: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Chicken ___ king: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Use scissors say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Not contaminated | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | CD-___: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Make better as a skill | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Taylor Swift's ___ Something Bad: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Prefix with tourism | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Had a meal at Wendy's say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ Shahi The L Word actress who plays the role of Adrianna Tomaz in the 2022 film Black Adam | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Blue-___ worker (working class person) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | ___ forma (as a matter of form) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | What a laptop battery will do in the long run? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Motel room machine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Swiss peak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Czech or Croat e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Right-angled turn say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Orator's platform | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | One way to traverse snow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Yoga class accessory | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | On the ___ (right on time) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | No slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | ___ Johnson The Scorpion King actor who plays the role of Black Adam in the 2022 film Black Adam | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Connor of Gossip Girl | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Boxer or chow chow e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Ready or ___ here I come! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | An ___ mind is the devil's workshop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Twice of tetra? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Greeting in a horror movie? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Seaweed gel used in laboratories | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | ___ Centineo The Perfect Date actor who plays the role of Al Rothstein in the 2022 film Black Adam | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Pitcher's asset | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | 9 on the calendar for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Modern acronym for seize the day | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Shade of grey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Game where one may draw four | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Gluttony or greed e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Future flower | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Like good potato chips | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Tall evergreen tree | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Length times breadth say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Ness Monster | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Spanish for I love | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Loud ringing of a bell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | ___ Brosnan Mamma Mia! actor who plays the role of Doctor Fate in the 2022 film Black Adam | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | James Clavell's novel ___-Pan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Let's get this show on the ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | DJ's collection: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Some portrait mediums | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Plumbing failure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Common street-lining tree | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | ___-in-waiting (queen's attendant) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Unstable nuclear particle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | In ___ veritas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Fire truck attachment | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Sault ___ Marie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | What it takes to tango | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Like Heisenberg for Walter White | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Aldis ___ Hidden Figures actor who plays the role of Hawkman in the 2022 film Black Adam | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Extreme suffering | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Unsatisfactory as quality | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Smallest unit of matter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Organization with Jazz team?: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Running unit say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Pigeon's sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Legend Mikhail of chess | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Palindromic expression of surprise | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 20, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 20, 2022, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is COLLAR at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 20, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 20, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 20, 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 6 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 20, 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 20, 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.