Daily Themed Crossword October 9, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 9, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
October 9, 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 | Venomous Nile snake | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | First three letters of the alphabet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Play hard to ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ in the back (betray) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Nickelodeon's bilingual Explorer who's friends with a talking monkey | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Poem of tribute | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ you heard the news? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Body mind and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Like the numbers 17 19 and 21 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | New York Yankees or New York Mets e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Prepare for a test | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Cry bitterly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Jerry's gray-furred nemesis in the cartoons | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | 1998 song by Puff Daddy that sampled the song Going the Distance from the Rocky soundtrack | Show answer | 7 | |
| #15 | Quentin Tarantino's ___ Fiction | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Marriage-sealing vow: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Who ___ he think he is?! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Shrimp eggs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Ryder Cup sport | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | My ___ Addiction 2019 song by Billie Eilish that sampled quotes from an episode of The Office | Show answer | 7 | |
| #21 | O. Henry's The Last ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Shrill bark? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Country that's home to Havana | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Newspapers collectively? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | ___ Can I Say 2003 song by Jay-Z that sampled a monologue from Gladiator: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #26 | Bun in the ___ (pregnancy-related phrase) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | ___ do you do? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Blinking pair | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Captain in a Jules Verne book | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Tree that sounds like you? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Cul-de-___ (dead end) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___-tickler (funny joke) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Cigarette residue tapped into a tray | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Doctor's Need this right now! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | ___ the way (make progress) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Classifieds or commercials for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Disapproving sound from a crowd | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Pizza part that very few like | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | ___ Grief 2016 song by Bastille that sampled audio from Weird Science | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Nelson ___ with three stars on the Walk of Fame | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Actor ___ Danson of Cheers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Beauty and the ___ 2017 Emma Watson film | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Palo ___ California | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | What an emoji might depict | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Baseball official behind the catcher for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Male sibling slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Bookie's cut for short (rhymes with fig) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Someone to look up to | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Actor ___ Sprouse of Riverdale | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | I'd love to! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Ornamental vase | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Yule ___ (dessert) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Sound of the letter before Q | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Dig that's fit for a pig | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Irrefutable statement | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Perform Eminem's Lose Yourself say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Chef's protective garment | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Be very mad (word hidden in perfume) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Killing ___ 2020 song by Halsey that samples audio from Jennifer's Body | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Side squared for a square | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Did you ___ wonder...? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Game before the final for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Snooty sort | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | ___ did the chicken cross the road? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Garden tool to break up dirt clods | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Such a cute puppy! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Exit full screen key | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 9, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 9, 2023, a Monday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is WHATMORE at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 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 October 9, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 9, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 9, 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 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 October 9, 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 9, 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.