Daily Themed Crossword October 5, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 5, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
October 5, 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 | Grow older say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Thank you very ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Grizzly bear's lair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ on (have faith in) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Voluminous hairdo for the Jackson 5 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | ___ of hope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Curly cabbage relative | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Palindromic time of the day | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Highest card in a royal flush | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ Madrid (soccer club) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Put on a scale say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Word with anemone cucumber or urchin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Big Apple newspaper initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | John ___ iconic English teacher played by Robin Williams in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society | Show answer | 7 | |
| #15 | Chunk of marble or concrete say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | That's so yuck! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___-picking (petty criticism) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Snake ___ salesman (fraudster) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Crowdsourced dining review site | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Ms. ___ iconic Math teacher played by Tina Fey in the 2004 film Mean Girls | Show answer | 7 | |
| #21 | Look what you ___! (cry from an angry parent perhaps) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Genre for Drake read backward | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Mr. ___ iconic martial arts teacher played by Pat Morita in the 1984 film The Karate Kid | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Office workforce say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | ___-friendly (like solar panels) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Tramp's lover? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Blue line under your skin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Actor ___ Brooks with an EGOT | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Hockey great Bobby ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Sicily's active volcano | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Oh gosh a mouse! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Look here! in Mallorca | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Do you have ___ questions? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ of the Covenant (legendary artifact) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | First second or reverse in a car | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Palindromic French fashion magazine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | No ___ is an island | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Alien spacecraft in a sci-fi film say: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Prince's coronation headpiece | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Miss ___ iconic teacher played by Embeth Davidtz in the 1996 film Matilda | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Reality TV series RuPaul's ___ Race | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | With ___ passing day... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Ball Drop night at Times Square: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | It makes bread rise up | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Hawaiian floral garland | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___ all such a blur... (words after a party night maybe) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Women's clothing retailer ___ Taylor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Under lock and ___ (locked away) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Mother sheep | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Cobbler's hole-punching tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Gimlet liquor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Skip To My ___ Judy Garland song | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Soccer ball filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | The Haunting of ___ Manor (Netflix miniseries) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | ___-turvy (upside down) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Handheld organizer?: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ someone out (squeal on someone) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ...the land of the free and the home of the ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Domed Arctic home | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | ___ of a Wimpy Kid (book series) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Grumpy Cat or Distracted Boyfriend e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Slurpee alternative | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Sunny bit of an egg | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Crumbly Greek cheese | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Dewey ___ iconic teacher played by Jack Black in the 2003 film School of Rock | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Rapper Dr. ___ who has produced for Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Word of formal refusal | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 5, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 5, 2023, a Thursday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is KEATING at 7 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. 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 October 5, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 5, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 5, 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 7 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 October 5, 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 October 5, 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.