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Every clue and answer from the Looking Back 2023 bonus pack, in game order.

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Looking Back 2023 — Complete Answer List

This page covers the Looking Back 2023 bonus pack from Daily Themed Crossword — 285 clues with every answer listed. Packs sit outside the daily calendar: they stay in the app permanently and are built around a single subject rather than a single date, so you can work through one at your own pace instead of racing a midnight reset.

At 285 clues this pack is smaller than the average pack, which runs to about 290. The longest answer is OPPENHEIMER at 11 letters. Note the clue flags as you read: 6 clues here end in "Abbr.", so those answers are shortened forms, and 4 carry a "wds." marker, meaning the answer is several words run together without spaces.

Clues appear below in the order the game gives them, so you can scroll to roughly where you are stuck rather than hunting the whole list. The pack index holds all 202 sets, and if your puzzle is dated rather than themed it will be in the daily archive or the mini archive instead.

Answers 1–120

Looking Back 2023 — Clues 1 to 120

#	Clue	Answer	Letters
#1	Crafty as a fox	Show answer	3
#2	Met ___ 2023 event that went viral with memes about a cockroach on the carpet	Show answer	4
#3	Actress Doris ___ of Pillow Talk	Show answer	3
#4	Dry and parched	Show answer	4
#5	Its cracked to make an omelet	Show answer	3
#6	The ___ Tour Taylor Swift world tour that was trending in 2023	Show answer	4
#7	___ Majesty The Queen	Show answer	3
#8	Old crone	Show answer	3
#9	Blue being in Aladdin	Show answer	5
#10	Cook as a cheese sandwich maybe	Show answer	5
#11	Pirates fake limb maybe	Show answer	3
#12	Super ___ 2023 event with a performance by Rihanna that made headlines	Show answer	4
#13	Bird nest component	Show answer	4
#14	Orange traffic guide	Show answer	4
#15	What a Broadway star does	Show answer	3
#16	Homers dad on The Simpsons lovingly	Show answer	3
#17	Misters and hombres	Show answer	3
#18	___ Barker former host of The Price is Right who we pay tribute to in 2023	Show answer	3
#19	Pirates positive response	Show answer	3
#20	German physicist Georg Simon ___	Show answer	3
#21	Kawasaki cash	Show answer	3
#22	Deli bread	Show answer	3
#23	Matthew ___ actor known for his role as Chandler Bing in Friends who we pay tribute to in 2023	Show answer	5
#24	Sound of surprise	Show answer	3
#25	Sticky or slimy substance	Show answer	3
#26	Lead-in to smacked to mean shocked	Show answer	3
#27	Rail on a road	Show answer	4
#28	Dimpled chin feature	Show answer	5
#29	Hair-parting tool	Show answer	4
#30	Snake-like fish	Show answer	3
#31	Microwaves your food is ready sound	Show answer	4
#32	Michael ___ actor known for his role as Dumbledore in Harry Potter who we pay tribute to in 2023	Show answer	6
#33	What Women ___ (Helen Hunt movie)	Show answer	4
#34	___ City Hunt County Texas	Show answer	5
#35	Actress ___ Headey of 300	Show answer	4
#36	___ tip (expert advice)	Show answer	3
#37	Desert safari beast	Show answer	5
#38	Singer Clapton of Tears in Heaven	Show answer	4
#39	Sure why ___?	Show answer	3
#40	Caterers coffee container	Show answer	3
#41	Daylight source	Show answer	3
#42	Stretch across	Show answer	4
#43	___ Turner singer known as the Queen of Rock n Roll who we pay tribute to in 2023	Show answer	4
#44	Herb commonly used on pizza for short	Show answer	4
#45	Americas ___ Talent (reality show)	Show answer	3
#46	Toothpaste or ink type	Show answer	3
#47	___ a penny two a penny...	Show answer	3
#48	Upside-___ puff pastry squares dessert food that was trending in 2023	Show answer	4
#49	Famous one in cookie business	Show answer	4
#50	Major commotion	Show answer	3
#51	AOL rival Abbr.	Show answer	3
#52	Rob ___ Parks and Recreation actor	Show answer	4
#53	Slippery deciduous tree	Show answer	3
#54	Giggle syllable	Show answer	3
#55	___ popcorn citrus-flavored snack that was trending in 2023	Show answer	5
#56	Reese Witherspoons ___ Intentions	Show answer	5
#57	Fruit ___-up ice cream dessert food that was trending in 2023	Show answer	4
#58	Ginger ___ (soft drink)	Show answer	3
#59	Skys signature shade	Show answer	4
#60	Uninteresting sort	Show answer	4
#61	Swedish band behind Dancing Queen	Show answer	4
#62	The Gateway ___ Missouri	Show answer	4
#63	For ___ a jolly good fellow...	Show answer	3
#64	Pepper in a Beatles album title	Show answer	3
#65	Corporate haute couture	Show answer	4
#66	___ Kardashian celebrity who made a fashion statement with her Pearl Dress at the 2023 Met Gala	Show answer	3
#67	Palo ___ California	Show answer	4
#68	911 responder Abbr.	Show answer	3
#69	___ Red Boots footwear sold by MSCHF that was trending in 2023	Show answer	3
#70	Heed a command	Show answer	4
#71	Signs off on for short	Show answer	3
#72	Young playschool attendee	Show answer	3
#73	Elevator pioneer	Show answer	4
#74	Envelope sealant	Show answer	4
#75	Calamine lotion target	Show answer	4
#76	___ Robbie Barbie star who made a fashion statement with her various Barbie-inspired outfits in 2023	Show answer	6
#77	Shriek of horror	Show answer	3
#78	Jamaican music genre	Show answer	3
#79	Step following lather	Show answer	5
#80	___ Cat rapper who made a fashion statement in all red at the Paris Fashion Week in 2023	Show answer	4
#81	Not a friend but a foe	Show answer	5
#82	Shoppers discount delight	Show answer	4
#83	At a great distance	Show answer	4
#84	Fisher-Price or Hasbro product	Show answer	3
#85	Lacy lingerie item	Show answer	3
#86	Captains superior for short	Show answer	3
#87	Out-of-the-world vehicle Abbr.	Show answer	3
#88	___ and Dumber 1994 Jim Carrey film	Show answer	4
#89	Floridas Miami-___ County	Show answer	4
#90	___ Jenner celebrity who made a fashion statement with her lion-head dress in 2023	Show answer	5
#91	Tigers thunderous cry	Show answer	4
#92	Annoy or bother greatly	Show answer	3
#93	___ a small world...	Show answer	3
#94	If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) rapper	Show answer	3
#95	Beholders organ	Show answer	3
#96	Sunshine snippet	Show answer	3
#97	Narcissists soft spot	Show answer	3
#98	Tree that sounds like you	Show answer	3
#99	Tear as paper	Show answer	3
#100	Flock mama	Show answer	3
#101	___ There Delilah (Plain White Ts song)	Show answer	3
#102	Bill who teaches science	Show answer	3
#103	Film starring Cillian Murphy as the father of the atomic bomb that you probably watched in theaters in 2023	Show answer	11
#104	Yossarians roommate in Catch-22	Show answer	3
#105	The Super Mario ___. Movie film about a popular video game that you probably watched in theaters in 2023	Show answer	4
#106	The M of MHz	Show answer	4
#107	Churchgoers affirmation	Show answer	4
#108	It followed Mary everywhere	Show answer	4
#109	Whats at one end of a stethoscope	Show answer	3
#110	Devoured eagerly	Show answer	3
#111	Before to a bard	Show answer	3
#112	___ birthday!	Show answer	5
#113	Ship pronoun often	Show answer	3
#114	Vintage photo tint	Show answer	5
#115	Pickles and pastrami place	Show answer	4
#116	___-Man webbed superhero and protagonist of an animated franchise who you probably watched in theaters in 2023	Show answer	6
#117	Goldfinger author Fleming	Show answer	3
#118	Minor thing to pick	Show answer	3
#119	Hoppy beer letters	Show answer	3
#120	Similar to	Show answer	4

Answers 121–240

Looking Back 2023 — Clues 121 to 240

#	Clue	Answer	Letters
#121	___ Arthur of The Golden Girls	Show answer	3
#122	Horse riders strap	Show answer	4
#123	World of Warcraft genre Abbr.	Show answer	3
#124	Soccer legend ___ Hamm	Show answer	3
#125	The Little ___ live-action adaptation of a Disney animated film that you probably watched in theaters in 2023	Show answer	7
#126	Tree-top traveler maybe	Show answer	3
#127	Stayed out of sight say	Show answer	3
#128	___ League member (Yale or Harvard e.g.)	Show answer	3
#129	Actress Fox of Expend4bles	Show answer	5
#130	Objects in mirror are closer than they ___	Show answer	6
#131	Collision sound in comics	Show answer	3
#132	Film starring Margot Robbie as a childrens doll that you probably watched in theaters in 2023	Show answer	6
#133	Peculiar or strange	Show answer	3
#134	Nintendo game system	Show answer	3
#135	First even number	Show answer	3
#136	I appreciate it!	Show answer	6
#137	Charlotte Brontes Jane ___	Show answer	4
#138	Head ___ heels (madly in love)	Show answer	4
#139	Socks tip filler	Show answer	3
#140	___ Burton director of Corpse Bride	Show answer	3
#141	Hugh Jackman starrer ___ Miserables	Show answer	3
#142	Oink-worthy abode	Show answer	3
#143	The ___ Disney Company popular mass media company that was founded in 1923	Show answer	4
#144	The Fault in ___ Stars	Show answer	3
#145	Senators support	Show answer	4
#146	Sob and sniffle	Show answer	3
#147	Not in the house say	Show answer	3
#148	Keys partner	Show answer	4
#149	___ Angeles Californian city where the Hollywood sign was originally erected in 1923	Show answer	3
#150	Butterfly traps	Show answer	4
#151	Running in neutral as a car engine	Show answer	4
#152	Small medicine container	Show answer	4
#153	Rules in the Constitution	Show answer	3
#154	___ Coolidge 30th US president who succeeded Warren G. Harding in 1923	Show answer	6
#155	Live musical performance	Show answer	3
#156	Play soccer say	Show answer	4
#157	Lets turn the clock back a century! ___ Stadium former baseball arena in the Bronx New York City that hosted its first game in 1923	YANKEE	6
#158	Clever or intelligent	Show answer	5
#159	Sonic the Hedgehog maker	Show answer	4
#160	August baby maybe	Show answer	3
#161	Innovators inkling	Show answer	4
#162	Drop the ball say	Show answer	3
#163	Nom on some noodles	Show answer	3
#164	The P in RPM	Show answer	3
#165	___ Lovelace computing pioneer	Show answer	3
#166	Adhesive or duct e.g.	Show answer	4
#167	News magazine that runs a Person of the Year feature that released its first issue in 1923	Show answer	4
#168	Like 1 + 1 = 3	Show answer	5
#169	San Francisco Bay ___	Show answer	4
#170	Like most veggies in a salad	Show answer	3
#171	Depend with on	Show answer	4
#172	Opposite of WSW Abbr.	Show answer	3
#173	That makes sense! 2 wds.	Show answer	4
#174	Martial arts legend Bruce ___	Show answer	3
#175	Austin ___ actor who won the Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Golden Globe award in 2023	Show answer	6
#176	Norma ___ (Sally Field role)	Show answer	3
#177	Midriff punch reaction	Show answer	3
#178	___-Wan Kenobi	Show answer	3
#179	Regularly or frequently	Show answer	5
#180	Higher in temperature say	Show answer	6
#181	Harrys ___ album by Harry Styles that won the Grammy Album of the Year in 2023	Show answer	5
#182	___-sci (college major informally)	Show answer	4
#183	Dublins land poetically	Show answer	4
#184	Like a summer sky maybe	Show answer	5
#185	___-Dame cathedral in Paris	Show answer	5
#186	Everything Everywhere All At ___ film that won seven awards at the 2023 Oscars	Show answer	4
#187	Choose or select with for	Show answer	3
#188	Like a vintage piece of clothing	Show answer	3
#189	Fire on Fire singer Smith	Show answer	3
#190	The Handmaids ___ dystopian TV series	Show answer	4
#191	Predators food say	Show answer	4
#192	___ Lasso comedy series starring Jason Sudeikis that you saw for the last time on your TV screen in 2023	Show answer	3
#193	Under the weather	Show answer	3
#194	Chinese figure Zedong	Show answer	3
#195	Leave out of the lineup say	Show answer	4
#196	Prefix with pilot or correct	Show answer	4
#197	___ sauce (Chinese food condiment)	Show answer	3
#198	Gossip column couple	Show answer	4
#199	Surrounding glow	Show answer	4
#200	The Marvelous Mrs. ___ comedy-drama series that you saw for the last time on your TV screen in 2023	Show answer	6
#201	Cartographers canvases	Show answer	4
#202	You have ___ to learn! 2 wds.	Show answer	4
#203	Container for soup	Show answer	3
#204	Like rain-soaked clothes	Show answer	3
#205	Pro players ideal serve	Show answer	3
#206	Only Time Irish singer	Show answer	4
#207	Organ that might be runny	Show answer	4
#208	Dr. ___ talk show featuring a psychologist that you saw for the last time on your TV screen in 2023	Show answer	4
#209	___ the games begin	Show answer	3
#210	Kind of tradition or report	Show answer	4
#211	Two-___ tissue	Show answer	3
#212	Dont delay in textspeak Abbr.	Show answer	4
#213	Stand at ___! (military order)	Show answer	4
#214	The ___ drama about English royalty that you saw for the last time on your TV screen in 2023	Show answer	5
#215	Top layer on a frozen lake	Show answer	3
#216	Electrified particle	Show answer	3
#217	Most filling course on a menu	Show answer	4
#218	Tennis legend Arthur ___	Show answer	4
#219	Veggie that rhymes with ham	Show answer	3
#220	Puppys bark	Show answer	3
#221	Paint the Town ___ song by Doja Cat that you probably heard on the radio in 2023	Show answer	3
#222	Eden maiden	Show answer	3
#223	___ Zeppelin Dazed and Confused band	Show answer	3
#224	What Satan represents	Show answer	4
#225	Squeaky scavenger	Show answer	3
#226	Argan or almond extract	Show answer	3
#227	Martini garnish	Show answer	5
#228	Bile-producing organ	Show answer	5
#229	Grammy-nominated song by Miley Cyrus that you probably heard on the radio in 2023	Show answer	7
#230	Not an ally	Show answer	3
#231	Continent containing Tibet	Show answer	4
#232	___ Night song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 that you probably heard on the radio in 2023	Show answer	4
#233	Bills in Istanbul	Show answer	4
#234	___-friendly (easy to operate)	Show answer	4
#235	Tug-of-war action	Show answer	4
#236	Dogs handshake offering	Show answer	3
#237	___ King Cole legendary jazz musician	Show answer	3
#238	You in days of yore	Show answer	4
#239	___-jerk reaction	Show answer	4
#240	Like six in the morning to a night owl	Show answer	5

Answers 241–285

Looking Back 2023 — Clues 241 to 285

#	Clue	Answer	Letters
#241	Are we there ___?	Show answer	3
#242	Herbal brewed beverage	Show answer	3
#243	Tourists welcome spot	Show answer	3
#244	Kansas ___ Chiefs Missouri-based NFL team that won the 2023 Super Bowl	Show answer	4
#245	Intense fury	Show answer	3
#246	Encouraging cry	Show answer	3
#247	___ May Queen guitarist	Show answer	5
#248	Blackjack table action	Show answer	3
#249	___ which way (however you want)	Show answer	3
#250	Boy Scouts merit marker	Show answer	5
#251	Gareth ___ Welsh soccer player who retired in 2023	Show answer	4
#252	Giraffes long feature	Show answer	4
#253	___ Nuggets Colorado-based NBA team that won the 2023 title	Show answer	6
#254	Exactly suitable	Show answer	3
#255	Give it ___ (attempt) 2 wds.	Show answer	3
#256	I ___ to differ!	Show answer	3
#257	Calculators + command	Show answer	3
#258	Site for some chemical chaos	Show answer	3
#259	Clumsy person	Show answer	3
#260	Neithers tag-along	Show answer	3
#261	They say its just a number	Show answer	3
#262	Starstruck supporter	Show answer	3
#263	Most beloved for short	Show answer	3
#264	Rear at sea	Show answer	3
#265	Drakes genre	Show answer	3
#266	Tom ___ American football quarterback who retired in 2023	Show answer	5
#267	Fashionable feathered scarf	Show answer	3
#268	Popeyes love Olive ___	Show answer	3
#269	Like the numbers X or V	Show answer	5
#270	UFO operators	Show answer	6
#271	Use a keyboard say	Show answer	4
#272	___ Tin Tin (canine superstar)	Show answer	3
#273	In the style of on a menu 2 wds.	Show answer	3
#274	___ Alcaraz Spanish tennis player who won the 2023 Wimbledon Championship	Show answer	6
#275	Shutterbugs tool for short	Show answer	3
#276	Geeky sort	Show answer	4
#277	Name place animal or thing?	Show answer	4
#278	Long-eared grazer	Show answer	3
#279	___ Weasley of Harry Potter	Show answer	3
#280	Debut studio album by singer Rita of Anywhere	Show answer	3
#281	Cheer at a FIFA match maybe	Show answer	3
#282	FIFA Womens World ___ soccer tournament won by Spain in 2023	Show answer	3
#283	Young lad	Show answer	3
#284	Start to the English language?	Show answer	3
#285	Antenna-topped kitchen intruder	Show answer	3

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FAQ

Looking Back 2023 — Questions

What are the answers to the Looking Back 2023 pack?

The Looking Back 2023 pack holds 285 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed above in the order the game presents them.

How big is this pack?

285 clues, against an average of 290 across the game's 202 packs. The longest answer is OPPENHEIMER at 11 letters.

Why do some answers run words together?

Because 4 clues in this pack are flagged "wds.", meaning the answer is more than one word entered without spaces — for example a two-word phrase typed as a single string.

Where are the other packs?

All 202 packs are listed alphabetically in the pack index, with Little Legends Pack before this one and Lost Found Pack after.

More packs

Other Themed Packs

Pro tips

3 Tips for the Looking Back 2023 Pack

Everything here shares one subject

A themed pack narrows the field far more than a daily board does: all 285 clues in Looking Back 2023 pull from the same subject. Read the pack name as a hint before you read the clue — it rules out most of the answers a general crossword would allow.

Answer length is the tiebreaker

Answers here run from 3 to 11 letters, the longest being OPPENHEIMER. Themed clues often have two plausible solutions, so match the length to the slot before you commit.

Packs never change

Unlike the dated boards, a pack is fixed — the same clues in the same order for every player, which is what makes a written answer list reliable. Browse the full pack index for the rest, or the dated archive if you are chasing today's board instead.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify the Looking Back 2023 pack

All 285 clues in this pack are read from the pack data itself, with answers length-checked and clue text kept verbatim. Packs are fixed content, so this page is checked once against the game and then stays correct rather than drifting.

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 6, 2026

Numbers

Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

285clues in this pack

11longest answer

202themed packs

6,030dated boards

How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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