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WEDNESDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 64 CLUES · 30 ACROSS · 34 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword May 24 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the May 24, 2023 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

64 of 64 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A President who gave the Gettysburg Address, fondly ABE 3 4A Devoured a pizza, say ATE 3 7A Mexican snack with a shell TACO 4 11A Kennel sound BARK 4 13A Spotted cube at a casino DIE 3 14A "Love the skin you're in" brand OLAY 4 15A ___ Holmes, fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, who you may associate with 20a, 33a, 42a, 9d, and 36d SHERLOCK 8 17A Prescribed amount, say DOSE 4 18A Suffix with "chariot" or "mountain" EER 3 19A Inevitable destiny (rhymes with "great") FATE 4 20A TV series starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu based on the fictional detective at 15a ELEMENTARY 10 25A Ocean ___ (passenger ship type) LINER 5 26A "...___ woodchuck could chuck wood" (tongue twister end): 2 wds. IFA 3 27A What cows chew CUD 3 30A Annoyed, with "up" FED 3 31A Mathematician ___ Turing in "The Imitation Game" ALAN 4 32A Abbreviation before an alias AKA 3 33A "K.C. ___," TV series starring Zendaya as a high school student who is secretly a spy UNDERCOVER 10 36A Lump of clay or dirt (anagram of "cold") CLOD 4 37A Better than better? BEST 4 38A Run away and escape FLEE 4 39A Colorful backyard pond fish KOI 3 41A Like Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters CRUEL 5 42A "Scooby-Doo! ___ Incorporated," animated TV series that is part of the Scooby-Doo franchise MYSTERY 7 46A "Tee-___!" HEE 3 47A Winner-take-___, highly-competitive game mode ALL 3 48A Lavatory, in Manchester LOO 3 49A What bouncers check: Abbr. IDS 3 50A Prefix with "metric" or "graphic" GEO 3 51A TV's "The ___ Erwin Show" STU 3
Down
1D "Six-pack" muscles, for short ABS 3 2D "___, humbug!" (cry from Scrooge) BAH 3 3D Palindromic word meaning "before" ERE 3 4D Embellish or decorate ADORN 5 5D ___-tac-toe TIC 3 6D Cartoon shriek that can be found within "reek" EEK 3 7D Day before tomorrow TODAY 5 8D "I've already got ___ on my plate": 2 wds. ALOT 4 9D "Cold ___," procedural drama series starring Kathryn Morris about a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division CASE 4 10D "Listen up!" to a Spaniard OYE 3 12D Krispy ___ (doughnut chain) KREME 5 16D Lascivious look LEER 4 19D Geneva currency that sounds like "Frank" FRANC 5 20D Hobbit's pointy-eared ally ELF 3 21D Make up an alibi LIE 3 22D "To what ___?" ("For what purpose?") END 3 23D Bathroom floor piece TILE 4 24D Come from ___ (miles away) AFAR 4 27D Bat's dwelling CAVE 4 28D Luau instruments, for short UKES 4 29D Feathered bull's-eye hitter DART 4 31D Put in, as ingredients ADD 3 33D ___ Jackson, 1997 Peter Fonda title role ULEE 4 34D Oasis frontman ___ Gallagher NOEL 4 35D "In memoriam" piece, for short OBIT 4 36D "Blue's ___," children's series hosted by Steve Burns and Donovan Patton CLUES 5 38D Wilma Flintstone's husband FRED 4 39D Toronto Raptors great ___ Lowry KYLE 4 40D Nobel Peace Prize city OSLO 4 41D Ho ___ Minh City, Vietnam CHI 3 42D Vogue or Harper's Bazaar, for short MAG 3 43D Letters with a right angle shape, phonetically ELS 3 44D Go black, as a banana ROT 3 45D "Here's looking at ___, kid" (famous "Casablanca" line) YOU 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 126 letters
1A
2B
3E
4A
5T
6E
7T
8A
9C
10O
11B
A
R
12K
13D
I
E
14O
L
A
Y
15S
H
E
R
16L
O
C
K
17D
O
S
E
18E
E
R
19F
A
T
E
20E
21L
22E
M
E
N
23T
24A
R
Y
25L
I
N
E
R
26I
F
A
27C
28U
29D
30F
E
D
31A
L
A
N
32A
K
A
33U
34N
D
E
R
C
35O
V
E
R
36C
L
O
D
37B
E
S
T
38F
L
E
E
39K
40O
I
41C
R
U
E
L
42M
Y
S
T
43E
44R
45Y
46H
E
E
47A
L
L
48L
O
O
49I
D
S
50G
E
O
51S
T
U

The completed 13 x 13 grid for May 24, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the May 24, 2023 puzzle

The May 24, 2023 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 64 clues — 30 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Wednesday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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