Daily Themed Crossword May 13, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 13, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
May 13, 2023 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | I see what you did there! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Donut-shaped music holders: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Low as lighting | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Winnie-the-___ crop top-wearing bear | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Inside ___ (wrong way to wear a shirt say) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | What's your ice cream choice cone ___ cup?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Vegan's block of soy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Actress Paquin or Kendrick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Running ___ (repeated joke) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ Gadot of Fast Five | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Wipe away as pencil markings | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | The ___ 1977 British film starring Harvey Keitel as tough guy Gabriel Feraud | Show answer | 9 | |
| #13 | Part of a gym set for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | ___ Barrett Pink Floyd co-founder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Fill with cargo as a ship (anagram of deal) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Month to dress up like a ghost for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Letter that ends many plural nouns phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Hot cross ___ sweet treat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Rhyming partner of gloom | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Had cake say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ Lieutenant 1992 crime film starring Harvey Keitel as tough guy The Lieutenant | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Cul-de-___ (dead end) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Fit for a monarch say (rhymes with legal) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | 1991 crime biopic starring Harvey Keitel as tough guy Mickey Cohen | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | North Carolina river hidden in venom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Bunk bed option that's not bottom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Mail-order company that delivers explosives to Wile E. Coyote | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Hairdo for Diana Ross | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | I'll take that as ___ (denial): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Novel's storyline | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Cop ___ 1997 crime drama film starring Harvey Keitel as tough guy Ray Donlan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | On a scale of one to ___... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Creatures from outer space: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | ___ out of (choose not to participate) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Yoo-___ (chocolate milk's cousin) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Reaction to a gut punch say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | San Diego Comic-___ annual convention | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Sandy hills (rhymes with tunes) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | From ___ to finish | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Reservoir ___ 1992 crime film starring Harvey Keitel as tough guy Mr. White | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Dies ___ (ancient hymn) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Vogue or Elle for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Larger than large say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | ___ McBeal (legal drama TV show) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Capone and Pacino for two | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Gestures-based speech system: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Art ___ ('20s architectural style) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | He's ___ no good (doing something wrong): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Entrepreneur's creative spark | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ and reel (fishing equipment) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Dancing Queen supergroup that reunited in 2016 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ citizen (citizen of two countries say) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Conclude or finish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Mean ___ 1973 crime film starring Harvey Keitel as tough guy Charlie Cappa | Show answer | 7 | |
| #56 | You look like you've ___ a ghost! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Taste-enhancing additive in Chinese food: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Hurry up! letters | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Go biking say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Soccer game highlight | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Rib or femur e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Once ___ a time... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Body art that may be permanent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Bon ___ (witty remark anagram of Tom) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Trend that's temporary | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Single-helix molecule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Like 9 or 5 | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 13, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 13, 2023, a Saturday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DUELLISTS at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 13, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 13, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 13, 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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 9 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 13, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 13, 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.