Daily Themed Crossword October 23, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 23, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
October 23, 2025 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Dog's furry hand | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Young bear | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Juicy purple-colored fruit (anagram of lump) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Broody music genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Clumsy chap | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Salary increase | Show answer | 5 | |
| #7 | Suffer from a bad cold | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Super Bowl official for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | ___ at your own risk (sign outside a restricted area) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Ceiling fixture with blades | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Band-___ (adhesive strip) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | No longer working for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ on a Plane 2006 film starring Samuel L. Jackson with slithering reptiles in its title | Show answer | 6 | |
| #14 | Crowns fit for princesses or pageant winners | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | Wood chopper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Miracle-___ (gardening brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Rise of the Planet of the ___ 2011 film starring Tom Felton with chest-beating primates in its title | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Tic-toe connector | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Order between ready and fire | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Gold medalist's place | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Ambulance crew member: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Sewing machine spool | Show answer | 6 | |
| #23 | One of sixty in a minute for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Ice Bucket Challenge letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | The Silence of the ___ 1991 film starring Anthony Hopkins with bleating woolly babies in its title | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Wrestling's ___ the Giant | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Place for an art exhibition | Show answer | 7 | |
| #28 | The ___ King 1994 Disney film featuring James Earl Jones' voice with a roaring big cat in its title | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Surfin' ___ (Beach Boys hit) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Bombay Sapphire product | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Actor Mahershala from Green Book | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Scratch or scuff as a surface | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Breaking Bad network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Little legume in a pod | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Who ___ to judge?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | The ___ of Wall Street 2013 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio with a howling canine in its title | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Part of the eye that covers the pupil | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Closest buddy: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Kung Fu ___ 2008 animated film featuring Jack Black's voice with a black-and-white bamboo-munching bear in its title | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | On fire like a candle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | I could ___ a hand here (Could you please help?) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Prefix with maid or man to mean a mythical sea creature | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Jockey's strap | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Actress Grande of Victorious to fans | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Evaluate or size up | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | Vehicles that go choo-choo | Show answer | 6 | |
| #48 | Actress Winslet or Hudson | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Midterm e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Religious offshoot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Lara Croft: ___ Raider | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Month between March and May for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Gift of the ___ (ability to talk well) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ de Janeiro (Brazil's carnival city) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Outstanding and top-notch | Show answer | 7 | |
| #56 | Submit as taxes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Building near a silo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Silicon Valley's state for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | M in MHz | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Filled to the ___ (maximum capacity) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Out of ___ (not harmonizing) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Brownie ___ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Zero in soccer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Where ___ sign up?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Where a canine sits? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Actor ___ Butterfield of Sex Education | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 23, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 23, 2025, a Thursday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is GALLERY at 7 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 3 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 23, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 23, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 23, 2025 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 66 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 October 23, 2025 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 23, 2025 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.