Daily Themed Crossword October 13, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 13, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
October 13, 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 | Creepy critter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | No ___ ands or buts! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ humbug! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | It's ___-brainer!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___-picking (petty criticism) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Unit of resistance that sounds like a meditative chant | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Extinct flightless bird that was endemic to Mauritius | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Creole veggie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | FaceTime platform | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Fitting as a reply | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ Sally adventurous literary character who walks backward and wears mismatched socks | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Little Miss ___ literary character who eats curd and whey and is scared of spiders | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | X-___ large | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | What a GPS suggests for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Lock opener | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___ rat (science experiment participant) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Suffix with Egypt or Jordan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Cupid's Greek counterpart (anagram of sore) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Love in Spain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Good cholesterol initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ and downs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Constricting hisser | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Fall back as the tide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Little Red ___ Hood literary character in a red cloak who encounters a sly wolf in the woods | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | ___ Pan mischievous literary character who can fly and never grows up | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Knuckle-dragging tailless primate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Most admired informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Chubby cheeks dimple chin ___ lips... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Piper mysterious flute player who lures away rats and children with his music | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Zamboni's milieu? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ___ King Cole who sang The Christmas Song | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Tessellation unit? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Perfect score in gymnastics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Ed ___ n Eddy buddies who live in the fictional Peach Creek | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Jack and Jill went up the ___... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | The Big ___ Wolf cunning literary character who huffs and puffs down houses in The Three Little Pigs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Spanish number after cero and before dos | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | The G in OMG | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Tattoo fluid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | ___ and foremost... | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Prefix with case to mean a series of steps | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Prepare in water as an egg | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Seafarer's salutation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | ___ Pinafore famous comic opera | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Bumbling clumsy sort | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Weasel's playful aquatic cousin | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Chinese lion dog informally (anagram of peek) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Emma Stone's ___ Land: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Diagnostic scan that's an alternative to an X-ray: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | State with Bryce Canyon National Park | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ for oneself (provide for oneself) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Are ___ busy? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Prefix with valent and vert | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Gift from heaven say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | ___ paint graffiti artist's need | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Cloth used to wipe off dust | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ bygones be bygones | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Sample some sangria say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Switzerland's de facto capital to the Swiss | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | The robbery took place in ___ daylight! | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Swimming pool measurement | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Pick up the ___ (gather speed) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | All square | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Well-toned and in shape say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | S in EST for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Roman numeral three | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Repeating letter in Llama phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Singer Lana ___ Rey | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 13, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 13, 2023, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MUFFET at 6 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 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 13, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 13, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 13, 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 13, 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 13, 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.