Daily Themed Crossword May 10, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 10, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
May 10, 2023 — 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 | Barnyard bundle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ Mahal Indian mausoleum | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | What :( means in texts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Freezer stuff | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Slice of history | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | I ___ you one! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Gmail's dispatch button | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Things are not as bad as they ___... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | The O in B.Y.O.B. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Shrink's organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ and tidy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | ___ Domingo Euphoria actor who portrays Victor Strand on Fear the Walking Dead | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | Seek as permission | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Smelter's unprocessed rock | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | For you? Of course! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Tom Hanks' Cast ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Observes or witnesses | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Actor's representative for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Pie ___ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | ___ Burch of fashion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Golfer's standard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | ___ Dickens Gone Girl actress who portrays Madison Clark on Fear the Walking Dead | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Pester continuously | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Hard to find say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | ___ Debnam-Carey The 100 actress who portrays Madison Clark's daughter on Fear the Walking Dead | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Brain of the computer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Fabricated story | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | ___ Cooper (small car) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ camp (starting point for mountaineers) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Portuguese hello | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | May It Be Irish singer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | ___ Musk who founded The Boring Company | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Auditory organ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Superlative suffix with dull or bright | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Bird's cozy pad | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | A man of ___ word | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Top card in a deck | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Japanese currency | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Casual collarless shirt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Gladiator's venue | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Lennie ___ Save Me actor who portrays Morgan Jones on Fear the Walking Dead | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Chimney grime | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Soooo cute! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Pride's hideout | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | River flow-blocking structure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Of sound mind say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | ___ attention (listen closely) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Alias initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Purchase price | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Twist Lick and Dunk cookie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Stare wolfishly (anagram of reel) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Sticky tree secretion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Stop dreaming with up | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Starchy tuber that's candied | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | 'N ___ (Justin Timberlake's boy band) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Danay ___ Prison Break actress who portrays Luciana Galvez on Fear the Walking Dead | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | Mouse catcher | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | ___ Lou Wood Sex Education actress | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Opposite of losses in a portfolio | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | ___ Blades Gideon's Crossing actor who portrays Daniel Salazar on Fear the Walking Dead | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | ___ vera (sunburn healer) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Down Came a Blackbird singer McCann | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Typical calendar span | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Manhattan-based newspaper: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Bitter ___ (brew) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Palindromic plea at sea | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Suffix with persist or differ | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 10, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 10, 2023, a Wednesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is COLMAN at 6 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 May 10, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 10, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 10, 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 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 May 10, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 10, 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.
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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.