Daily Themed Crossword June 3, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the June 3, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
June 3, 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 | Cambridge engineering school: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Character voiced by Steve Carell in Despicable Me | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Planet between Earth and Jupiter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Craft brewery product | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ pal (distant friend) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Cookie with a creme filling | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Military rank for KFC's Sanders for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | ___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jackson 5 hit: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Message sent from a cell phone say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Actress Longoria of The Young and the Restless | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Puerto ___ (Caribbean island) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Steam ___ industrial revolution invention that was used to power factories ships and locomotives | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | Hooded winter jacket | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Early part of the day for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Instagram's short video feature | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Had some food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Silicon Valley's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ Vicious of the Sex Pistols | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___ al Ghul (Bruce Wayne's trainer in Batman Begins) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Industrial revolution invention that's the output of a camera for short | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Palindromic constellation near Pavo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | What she doesn't know wont hurt ___... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Abominable snow creature | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Palindromic Obamacare initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Ruby or emerald e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Tel ___ Israel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Alfred Nobel's explosive invention during the industrial revolution | Show answer | 8 | |
| #28 | Water ___ (pond plant with a pad) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Narcotics watchdog: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Dear ___ Hansen popular Broadway musical | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Long-haired bovine in the Tibetan Plateau | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___ in stone (unchangeable) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Write with a keyboard | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | ___ and cheese (pasta dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | U.N. workers' agency: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Electrical ___ industrial revolution invention that modernized communication in the 19th century | Show answer | 9 | |
| #37 | Lyft driver's navigation aid: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___-view mirror | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Not cleaned as a table surface | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Electrical ___ industrial revolution invention that is used in tools household appliances vehicles and more | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | ___ you sure? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | T-___ (Jurassic Park dino) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Habitual drunk say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | ___ Fleming James Bond creator | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Actor ___ Diesel from the Fast & Furious franchise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Low-___ (diet choice) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Flightless Aussie bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Dissenting votes say (anagram of son) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Prefix with while to mean former | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Measure of gold's purity | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Game company that created Pong | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Last letters in Old MacDonald Had a Farm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | That in Mexico | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ metal (music genre for Black Sabbath) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #55 | The Lord of the Rings monster | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Synonym and anagram of aye | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ Brickowski of The Lego Movie | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Puts two and two together say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Small buzzing pest (anagram of tang) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | ___ Raisman Olympic gymnast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | By way of in a tourist's itinerary | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Of that ___ (cut from the same cloth) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | ___-haw! (cowboy's shout) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Poison ___ (plant that makes you itch) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Knock gently | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Chemical suffix with acetyl or methyl | Show answer | 3 |
How the June 3, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for June 3, 2023, a Saturday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is TELEGRAPH 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 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 June 3, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
June 3, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the June 3, 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 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 June 3, 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 June 3, 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.