Daily Themed Crossword October 18, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 18, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
October 18, 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 | Cattle feed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Lincoln who is next to President Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Vessel used for boiling water maybe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Devoured a meal say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Shallow ___ 2001 Jack Black film | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Sorry what? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Tricycle rider usually | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Cashier's drawer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Tiny plant pest | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Will ___ who won an Oscar for King Richard | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | In ___ land (daydreaming): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Canola extraction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Miley ___ actress who portrayed Miley Stewart in Hannah Montana | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Amanda ___ actress who played herself in Nickelodeon's eponymous sketch comedy show | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Breadmaker's raw material | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | ___ Loves You 1963 Beatles hit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ year (sabbatical) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Know ___ enemy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Becoming author Michelle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Fetus home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Element with atomic number five | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Calvin to Hobbes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Hotel offering | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | 50 Cent's genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Suffocating urban haze | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Kel ___ actor who portrayed Kel Kimble in Kenan & Kel | Show answer | 8 | |
| #27 | State with Cedar Rapids and Sioux City | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___-nine (dangerous fictional substance in Cat's Cradle) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Company head: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | ___ there done that! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Government's share from your paycheck | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Powder ___ (explosive situation) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ off to you! (Well done!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Proton's locale | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Bigfoot's Himalayan cousin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Tuna in a Hawaiian dish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Lucille ___ actress who portrayed Lucy Ricardo in I Love Lucy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Jazz great ___ Fitzgerald | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ Beta Kappa (oldest academic honor society) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Sound asleep say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | What's ___ matter? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Slender or skinny say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Creamy spread used in coleslaw for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Toddler's birthday gift maybe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Type of sleek PC monitor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Ankle's place | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Dull repetitive grind say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Yecch! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Like a wallflower say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Word after sloth or teddy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Suffix with chain for a power tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Break down in tears | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | True Detective network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Burst as a bubble | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Tracy ___ comedian-turned-actor who portrayed Tracy Jordan in 30 Rock | Show answer | 6 | |
| #56 | It's ___ from me sorry (Simon Cowell's rejection): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Singer Anthony of You Sang to Me | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | This is so booooring! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Neglect to include | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Flaky glittery mineral | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Tap with the beak lightly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Sis or bro for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Homer Simpson's bartender | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | The O in IOU | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Country singer ___ Ritter who sang You Will Have to Pay | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Director Spike of Chi-Raq | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Fireplace fuel | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 18, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 18, 2023, a Wednesday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MITCHELL at 8 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, 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 18, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 18, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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.