Daily Themed Crossword May 14, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the May 14, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
May 14, 2024 — 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 | I ___ your pardon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Tattered cloth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Talks (encouraging speeches) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Have debts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ tear (common sports injury): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Yes! at sea | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Wise nocturnal birds | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Nudge with a stick (anagram of drop) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Dancing With the Stars judge ___ Goodman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Foldable camp sack | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Chicago ___ NBA team known for players like Michael Jordan named for adult male cattle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Egypt's capital city | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Angsty music genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | ___ Leppard rock band of Hysteria | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Needing moisture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Milwaukee ___ NBA team known for players like Giannis Antetokounmpo named for male deer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #17 | A in French | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Untrustworthy as a person playing Among Us | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Instagram about description for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Atlanta ___ NBA team known for players like Dominique Wilkins named for eagle-like birds | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Large cup for coffee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Motor oil brand: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | List-ending abbreviation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Fizzy drink Mountain ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | American Horror Story actress ___ Paulson | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Jacket style named for an Indian Prime Minister | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Recipient of this clue? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Memphis ___ NBA team known for players like Marc Gasol named for brown bears | Show answer | 9 | |
| #29 | ___-J (Breezeblocks band) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Ireland to the Irish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | ___-Ball (arcade game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Cow's word | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Unhappy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Grasped firmly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Audience's reaction to a bad performance | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | That's nasty! expression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | What sets hair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Toronto ___ NBA team known for players like Kyle Lowry named for small dinosaurs | Show answer | 7 | |
| #39 | Crossword direction that is not down for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | 3-D model of the Earth | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Giraffe-like in height | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | James Bond movie For Your ___ Only | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Cozy hideout for bears | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | ___-fi (movie genre for Gravity) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ charades (party game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | California's Fort ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Baseball's ___ Gehrig | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | John ___ wrestler who says You can't see me | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Tom Cruise's hit movie ___ Good Men: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Obviously! in slang | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Delicious! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | How I Met Your Mother channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | ___ Harington portrayer of Jon Snow in Game of Thrones | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Drench bread in gravy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Soap bubble? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Lead-in to plop or plunk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Performer's spot | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Millennials' successors: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | ___ Evans actor of Captain America | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | People from Wales | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | One-person performance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Opposite of manual briefly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Long mountain walk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Short Instagram video | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Like second-hand cars | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Sweet potato cousin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | NPR's Glass or Flatow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Last letter phonetically in Britain | Show answer | 3 |
How the May 14, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for May 14, 2024, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is GRIZZLIES at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for May 14, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
May 14, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the May 14, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 9 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 May 14, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the May 14, 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.