Daily Themed Crossword July 14, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 14, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
July 14, 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 | Quite a distance away | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | First day of the weekend for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Young Scottish bloke | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Soft French cheese hidden in brief | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Make a knot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Microbrewery drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | One Hundred Years of ___ 1967 Gabriel Garcia Marquez magnum opus featuring themes of magical realism | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | ___ angel (winter design maybe) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Actor ___ Wilder of Blazing Saddles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___-high socks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Crime ___ (incident site) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Payment promise letters hidden in anxious | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | For ___ intents and purposes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | ___ Children 1981 Booker Prize-winning Salman Rushdie novel featuring themes of magical realism | Show answer | 9 | |
| #15 | Rihanna's ___ Girl Gone Bad | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | UV ray source in the sky | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Gotcha! expression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | 2020 Susanna Clarke novel featuring themes of magical realism that won the Women's Prize for Fiction | Show answer | 8 | |
| #19 | Touch-me-___ (shy garden find) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Sharp as a student | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ One: A Star Wars Story | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Object in the Pixar logo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Small slip of paper with a to-be-paid record maybe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Actress Kunis of Luckiest Girl Alive | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Kafka on ___ 2002 World Fantasy Award-winning Haruki Murakami novel featuring themes of magical realism: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #26 | What-___ (things that might have happened) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Neither rhyme ___ reason | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | OpenAI co-founder Musk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Company's top dog: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Number of players needed for tic-tac-toe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Tear into pieces | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Ripped core muscles for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | To and ___ (back and forth) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Have the sniffles | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | King's tenure | Show answer | 5 | |
| #36 | ___ gun (shocking police device) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | White House staff member | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Casual short-sleeved shirt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | The Ocean at the End of the ___ 2013 Neil Gaiman novel featuring themes of magical realism that was nominated for a Nebula Award | LANE | 4 | |
| #40 | Soothing succulent with fleshy leaves | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Mountain ___ (soft drink) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Overflow with (anagram of meet) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Cozy and comfortable in a blanket say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Colorful carp in Japan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Droop in the middle as a couch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Clip-___ (hoof sound) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Morlocks' victims in The Time Machine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Unassuming roadside lodgings | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | This ___ what I signed up for! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Give credit where it's ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Put up as a picture | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | ...wherefore art ___ Romeo? (Juliet's line) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Appease fully as hunger | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | TV genre for Succession and Boardwalk Empire | Show answer | 5 | |
| #55 | ___ Store (iPhone icon) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Colored eye part with two i's | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Significant ___ (partner) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | ___ of Pi 2001 Yann Martel novel featuring themes of magical realism that has an eponymous film adaptation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | In addition to | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Chicken ___ mein (Chinese noodle dish) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Villain's nemesis | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Lapel attachment in an interview for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Dynamite letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Grand ___ Opry weekly live country music broadcast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Potter's pal? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | At the receiving ___ | Show answer | 3 |
How the July 14, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 14, 2023, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MIDNIGHTS at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 July 14, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 14, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 14, 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 July 14, 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 July 14, 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.