Daily Themed Crossword March 18, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the March 18, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
March 18, 2023 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ on the back (encouraging gesture) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Type of dance with clicking sounds | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Trash disposal place | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Actress ___ Mendes of 2 Fast 2 Furious | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Have loans to settle say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Eye part that may be blue or green | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Voice ___ sound taping device that was widely used before smartphones | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | ___ Samberg Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Stay-at-home-___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Four-term US president: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Library item that can now be accessed digitally with a smartphone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Chop ___ (American-Chinese dish) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | ___-Dame de Paris (landmark) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Stop telling me all this! in texts: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Dot on a die say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Doctor who treats tonsillitis say: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ is me! (Alas!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | So-called loneliest number | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Nat ___ Wild (TV channel) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Mai ___ (sweet cocktail) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Less than 90 degrees as an angle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Electronic device used for mathematical operations that's mostly been replaced by smartphones | Show answer | 10 | |
| #23 | ___ Weasley Harry Potter's friend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | ___ Beesly The Office character | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | A ___ formality (insignificant) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | ___ and downs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Prefix with while to mean formerly in olden times | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Katherine author ___ Seton | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ ring (foot jewelry) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Big cat's comment? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Walt Whitman's creation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Filming location | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ boy! (Well done!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Pay-___-view | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | ___ Maria (popular hymn) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Tic ___ (mint) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Sweeney ___ demonic Johnny Depp character | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Reaction on seeing the Niagara Falls perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Fragrant spray-on scent say | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Personal journal that can now be maintained on a smartphone | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Caterer's large coffee vessel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Prefix with night to mean 12 AM | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Gangnam Style singer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Pungent smell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Leaf-gathering garden tool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Opus ___ (The Da Vinci Code sect) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Paleontologist's finding perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | ___ Mann The Simpsons bus driver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Like a person that shows no emotion (anagram of coits) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Opposite of positive for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Sulky selfie face perhaps (rhymes with bout) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | What's gotten ___ you? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ pressure (group influence) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Squirrel's treats or waldorf salad ingredients | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Lao-tzu's philosophy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Pie ___ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Photography device that now comes equipped on all smartphones | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | ___ of the crop (the best) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Improbable sports win say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Navigational sheet that can now be accessed using a smartphone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Brian ___ ambient music pioneer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | The Catcher in the ___ (J.D. Salinger novel) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Author Edgar Allan ___ who created Detective Dupin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Decay as a vegetable | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Grabbed a chair so to say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___-la-la | Show answer | 3 |
How the March 18, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for March 18, 2023, a Saturday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CALCULATOR at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for March 18, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
March 18, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the March 18, 2023 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 66 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 March 18, 2023 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the March 18, 2023 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.