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SUNDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 69 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 35 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword May 28 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the May 28, 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.

69 of 69 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Obey a red traffic light STOP 4 5A Dog ___ (military identification) TAG 3 8A "The ___ in the Hat" (Dr. Seuss book) CAT 3 11A Vaulter's need POLE 4 12A On ___ ice (doing something risky) THIN 4 13A "John Lennon/Plastic ___ Band" (1970 album) ONO 3 14A Prayer or hymn-ending word AMEN 4 15A "My ___!" (words of a rescued damsel, maybe) HERO 4 16A Traveler's stopover INN 3 17A Societal standard NORM 4 19A Medium of exchange, and the connection between 25a, 37a, 44a, 49a, 4d, 32d and 42d MONEY 5 21A Bruce ___, Batman's real identity WAYNE 5 23A Dolphin's home SEA 3 24A Flop's opposite HIT 3 25A 50 ___, rapper known for songs like "In Da Club" and "Candy Shop" CENT 4 27A Unlikely to bite, as an animal TAME 4 31A Photoshop creator ADOBE 5 33A Senator's "I approve this" vote YEA 3 35A Fairytale crone HAG 3 36A Quarter follower, in a tournament SEMI 4 37A ___ Morrison, guitarist best known as one of the founding members of The Velvet Underground STERLING 8 39A Trip around the track, say LAP 3 41A Grassy field LEA 3 42A Violin's big cousin CELLO 5 44A ___ Owens, country singer known for songs like "Your Tender Loving Care" and "Open Up Your Heart" BUCK 4 48A ___-Man (arcade game) PAC 3 49A Ty ___ Sign, rapper known for songs like "Paranoid" and "Or Nah" DOLLA 5 53A ___ Beta Kappa PHI 3 54A Silvery shade of blonde ASH 3 55A Visitor from another planet ALIEN 5 56A Pipeline liquid, maybe OIL 3 57A Density symbol that sounds like "roe" RHO 3 58A TV room, for some DEN 3 59A ___ Geo (TV network) NAT 3
Down
1D Massage locale SPA 3 2D ___ Brady, New England Patriots legend TOM 3 3D Spanish soccer fan's cheer OLE 3 4D ___ Marshall, actress known for playing Laverne DeFazio on the TV sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" PENNY 5 5D "It's us against ___" THEM 4 6D Bouncy castle filler AIR 3 7D Folklore creature in a garden GNOME 5 8D Metallic form of currency COIN 4 9D "The Diary of a Young Girl" author ___ Frank ANNE 4 10D Professional skateboarder ___ Hawk TONY 4 12D Number of strikes for a strikeout THREE 5 18D "Fool me ___, shame on you..." ONCE 4 20D Cap'n Crunch cereal grain OAT 3 21D Second "W" in WWW WIDE 4 22D Molecule constituent ATOM 4 23D "Stainless" alloy STEEL 5 24D "Elvis ___ left the building" HAS 3 26D Manhattan-based "Modern Love" newspaper: Abbr. NYT 3 28D Yellowfin tuna, on Hawaiian menus AHI 3 29D "Rain ___," 1988 film with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman MAN 3 30D Food item dyed at Easter EGG 3 32D ___ Gates, business magnate known for being the co-founder of Microsoft BILL 4 34D "___ you going to finish that?" ARE 3 37D Sewing thread holder SPOOL 5 38D Dexter's workplace on Cartoon Network, for short LAB 3 40D Actor Alan from "The Blacklist" ALDA 4 42D Johnny ___, country singer known for songs like "I Walk the Line" and "Man in Black" CASH 4 43D Smart speaker from Amazon ECHO 4 45D "Wish ___ a shooting star..." UPON 4 46D Mint family plant with a nutritious seed CHIA 4 47D Bagpiper's garb KILT 4 48D Under ___ (below average) PAR 3 50D Saucepan's cover LID 3 51D Van Halen singer, David ___ Roth LEE 3 52D "Viva Las Vegas" actress ___-Margret Olsson ANN 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 129 letters
1S
2T
3O
4P
5T
6A
7G
8C
9A
10T
11P
O
L
E
12T
H
I
N
13O
N
O
14A
M
E
N
15H
E
R
O
16I
N
N
17N
18O
R
M
19M
20O
N
E
Y
21W
22A
Y
N
E
23S
E
A
24H
I
T
25C
E
26N
T
27T
28A
29M
30E
31A
D
O
32B
E
33Y
E
34A
35H
A
G
36S
E
M
I
37S
T
E
R
38L
I
N
G
39L
40A
P
41L
E
A
42C
43E
L
L
O
44B
45U
46C
47K
48P
A
C
49D
O
50L
51L
52A
53P
H
I
54A
S
H
55A
L
I
E
N
56O
I
L
57R
H
O
58D
E
N
59N
A
T

The completed 13 x 13 grid for May 28, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

About the May 28, 2023 puzzle

The May 28, 2023 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 69 clues — 34 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Sunday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the May 28 2023 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.