Daily Themed Crossword October 12, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 12, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
October 12, 2023 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | What more ___ I say? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Relaxing resort that may serve cucumber water | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Pick up the tab at a bar say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Prefix with pressure to mean a form of alternative medicine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Olive ___ (cooking ingredient) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Monday follower for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Young fellow in Scotland | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | ___ Craven who directed Scream | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Like a cheetah say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___ of Dreams 1989 film starring Kevin Costner as a farmer who builds his own baseball field | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Tex-Mex staple ___ cream | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Scandinavia's continent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Migratory birds often seen in a V-formation | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | In an ___ scenario (perfect) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Places in the ___ 1984 Oscar-winning film about a group trying to save a cotton farm | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Karachi's nation for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Eh what's up ___? (Bugs Bunny's inquiry) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Punk rocker ___ Vicious | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___-3 fatty acids (fish oil nutrients) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | I am so ___ for your loss... | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Kick off as a project | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | ___-dried tomatoes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | All fired up? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | 1995 film narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne about a farm pig's desires to become a sheepdog | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Sob noisily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | One-tenth of a dollar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Out of fashion? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Or ___! (end of a threatening sentence maybe) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Sound of verbal hesitation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Durban's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ and pieces... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Machine that asks for a PIN to give cash: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Bug constantly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Baby cow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Purple smoothie berry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Lipstick shade similar to beige | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Female pig | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Crusty desserts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Not only that but ___... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | School group that organizes bake sales: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Country with the Outback for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | The best is ___ to come | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Costing zero bucks say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | ___ Zeppelin Black Dog band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ date (deadline) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Disgusting! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Cool in the '90s | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | ___ peasy lemon squeezy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ___ Lanka (spice-growing island country) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Plane takeoff guesstimate say: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Sweden's DIY furniture brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | ___ Angeles Clippers NBA team | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Opposite of negative for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Invoice total for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Sin/___= tan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | The ___ of Wrath 1940 film starring Henry Fonda as a sharecropper based on the eponymous John Steinbeck novel | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Off-roading transport: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___ Goldberg machine (elaborate contraption) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Protein-building genetic molecule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | That's a great ___! (Sounds like a plan!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Detergent target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | A Star Is ___ (2018 film) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Frozen queen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Charlotte's ___ 2006 film about a farm pig and spider based on the eponymous children's novel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Cotton gin inventor ___ Whitney | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Superlative suffix with cool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Tastyyy! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Nobelist ___ Hammarskjold | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 12, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 12, 2023, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is GRAPES at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 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 12, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 12, 2023 — Questions
What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for October 12, 2023?
How many clues are in this puzzle?
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Where can I find other dates?
Other Crossword Boards
3 Tips for the October 12, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 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 12, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 12, 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.