Daily Themed Crossword February 9, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the February 9, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
February 9, 2024 — All 58 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lobster eater's neckwear | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Lose skin as a snake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | ___ & Tina Turner (R&B duo) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Fire ___ (emergency exit during a fire) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #5 | Basketball legend Shaquille O'___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Essential growth nutrient whose A C and E variety are present in 42a | Show answer | 7 | |
| #7 | Great ___ (dog breed) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Ore-digging worker say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Tootsie actress Teri | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Fuzzy fruit with a pit and the closest relative of 42a | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Yerevan's landlocked country that neighbors Azerbaijan and whose national fruit is 42A | Show answer | 7 | |
| #12 | Blu-___ (disc format) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | What's your ___? (What are you trying to say?) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Baton Rouge school: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Austrian peak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Orange peel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | ___ 11 first moon-landing spaceflight that served bars made from 42a for breakfast | Show answer | 6 | |
| #18 | Puzzle solver's stationery | Show answer | 6 | |
| #19 | Walks through water as a heron | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Chef's creation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Cobbler and jam fruit with a sunset hue...and the theme connecting 13a 18a 22a 32a and 39d | Show answer | 7 | |
| #22 | ___ Canal New York | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | The Y in BYOB | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Traveled by horse say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Beat by a whisker? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | 0 on a soccer scoreboard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Put together as a book | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Swedish DIY furniture giant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Jelly ___ (colorful candy) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Prefix with crow for a crop-protecting field mannequin | Show answer | 5 | |
| #31 | Green Eggs and ___ TV series inspired by a Dr. Seuss book | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Lead-in to dermis or Pen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Lion's lair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Letter sequence repeated twice in Einstein | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Staircase unit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | All of Me singer John | Show answer | 6 | |
| #37 | Like social media videos that spread like wildfire | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | CT scan alternative: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Sugar-loving insect who can become a zombie (:O) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Shrinking Asian sea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Use a telephone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Prefix with glycemic to mean less than normal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Month with Earth Day for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Monarch in Marseille | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Part of an hour for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Anatomical pouches | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Reuters competitor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | ___ and wiser | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | ___-Man arcade game that sold over 40 million units | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Former Tokyo name or poetic tribute when read backwards | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Meshed fishing material | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Electric current-carrying cable | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Fe to a chemist and the element found in dried 42a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ Ifni Moroccan port city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Shoe part that adds height | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | How a pirate says okay | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Pea's place? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Carpet alternative hidden in shrug | Show answer | 3 |
How the February 9, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for February 9, 2024, a Friday. It contains 58 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is VITAMIN 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for February 9, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
February 9, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the February 9, 2024 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 58 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 February 9, 2024 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 58 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the February 9, 2024 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.