Daily Themed Crossword May 21, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 21, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
May 21, 2023 — All 69 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Victory ___ race winner's celebratory round | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Young lion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | The S in STEM for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Of ___ proportions (extremely large) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | New England's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Number of horsemen or Ninja Turtles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Bambi e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | *Brewed beverage to start your day with... that's also the start of 19a 20a 39a 50a 26d 37d and 40d | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Charlotte Bronte's Jane ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Head ___ heels (madly in love) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | *Dark greenish-blue color | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | *Educate as school children | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Have a migraine say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Firewood-chopping tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | ___ fright (public performance fear) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Pig's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ for the course (typical) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Nature-friendly prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Yoo-___! I'm here! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Music genre that's brimming with angst? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Ray-___ (sunglasses brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Turn the wheel while driving say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | ___ to terms with (accept) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | *Playfully annoy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Defrost as frozen peas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Don't ___ stranger (Keep in touch!): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Eureka! elicitor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Have debts or bets to settle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Pop that's ordered with popcorn? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | *Rip apart as a piece of cloth | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Caviar e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Auction website with a Watchlist | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Shame on you! sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Barbie's male counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Green citrus fruit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Managed and guided as a crew | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Hairy fruit-hungry primate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Dessert with a crust | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | ___ as a button (adorable) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | ___-friendly app (easy to operate) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Sheep's Get here now lamb! sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___ bean (tofu source) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Ringlet of hair say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Seething state | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Gator's cousin for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | I ___ fine (ironically words by someone who isn't fine) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | VCR format: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Score that's even-steven say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Tailor's measuring tool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Student's end-of-semester test | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Prefix with nautics to give Neil Armstrong's domain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Give it ___! (Just try!): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | *Coordinated group effort say | Show answer | 8 | |
| #54 | Face problem that teens may face | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | ___ butter (moisturizer) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Head shoulders knees and ___ (children's rhyme) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Days of ___ (back in time) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Squeezing serpent with scales | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Sault ___ Marie Michigan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | *Plant with prickly leaves | Show answer | 6 | |
| #61 | Slightly blacken while BBQing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | *Popular furniture wood | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Have you ___ keeping busy? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Cousin on The Addams Family | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | ___ Moines Iowa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Deep grief | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Kimono sash | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | River water stopper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #69 | Passing vote? | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 21, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 21, 2023, a Sunday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is TEAMWORK at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 21, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 21, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 21, 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 69 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 21, 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 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 21, 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 8, 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.