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SATURDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 66 CLUES · 32 ACROSS · 34 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword October 21 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the October 21, 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.

66 of 66 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A ___-per-view event PAY 3 4A Small recipe measure, for short TSP 3 7A "My ___!" ("Oops!") BAD 3 10A Rage or fury IRE 3 11A Female sheep EWE 3 12A Totally destroy (word found hidden in "bruin") RUIN 4 14A 7D's furry companion in "Back to the Future" who shares a name with the physicist who deduced E = mc^2 EINSTEIN 8 17A "Killer" black-and-white predator ORCA 4 18A Shade of color, say TINT 4 19A Unit of power that sounds like "what"? WATT 4 20A Ring-shaped bread roll BAGEL 5 23A ___ flakes (breakfast cereal) CORN 4 26A ___ of Wight, county in the English Channel ISLE 4 27A ___ and cry (public outcry) HUE 3 28A Noisy dispute ROW 3 31A Places where crops are grown FIELDS 6 34A ___ Zemeckis, acclaimed Oscar-winning filmmaker who directed the "Back to the Future" film trilogy ROBERT 6 36A Cooling device with blades? FAN 3 37A Last three vowels IOU 3 39A Actress Jessica ___ of "Dark Angel" ALBA 4 40A Statistician's average? MEAN 4 41A Blue expanse SKY 3 42A Lingerie item with cups? BRA 3 44A Auditioner's hope ROLE 4 46A Type of pressure? PEER 4 47A DMC ___, car model that was modified into a time machine in "Back to the Future" DELOREAN 8 51A Tropical topic? HEAT 4 52A Battery size for a TV remote, maybe AAA 3 53A Prefix with "sphere" or "friendly" ECO 3 54A The Grand Ole ___, Tennessee OPRY 4 55A "The Haunting of ___ Manor" BLY 3 56A ___ light bulb (energy-efficient bulb): Abbr. LED 3
Down
1D Mincemeat ___ (Christmas staple) PIE 3 2D "7 Rings" singer Grande, to her fans ARI 3 3D Currency in Tokyo YEN 3 4D Typical high schooler, age-wise TEEN 4 5D On/off ___ (light-controlling button) SWITCH 6 6D "The ___ is mightier than the sword" PEN 3 7D Dr. Emmett "Doc" ___, eccentric scientist experimenting with time travel in "Back to the Future" BROWN 5 8D Saintly glow surrounding a person, say AURA 4 9D Merriam-Webster or Oxford, e.g., for short DICT 4 13D ___ Geo Wild (wildlife-focused channel) NAT 3 15D Iron alloy used to make knives STEEL 5 16D "Shop ___ You Drop" TIL 3 20D ___ Tannen, businessman who is the antagonist in "Back to the Future" BIFF 4 21D China's continent ASIA 4 22D Country singer ___ Campbell who sang "Universal Soldier" GLEN 4 24D "___ Planet" (nature documentary series) OUR 3 25D "Take It on the Run" band ___ Speedwagon REO 3 28D ___ on (have faith in) RELY 4 29D Celestial sphere ORB 3 30D Sports organization founded by Billie Jean King: Abbr. WTA 3 32D "This pizza is to ___ for!" ("So yum!") DIE 3 33D "And ___ new chapter begins...": 2 wds. SOA 3 35D Cookie creator? BAKER 5 38D "This is beyond incredible!" UNREAL 6 40D ___ McFly, time-traveling teenager who is the protagonist in "Back to the Future" MARTY 5 41D ___-mo replay SLO 3 42D Warning sound from a smoke detector BEEP 4 43D Alfred Hitchcock's "___ Window" REAR 4 45D Skin care brand that rivals Neutrogena OLAY 4 46D Vietnamese soup PHO 3 47D Apply with care, as ointment DAB 3 48D Conger or Moray, e.g. EEL 3 49D Pass easily? ACE 3 50D Wordless approval NOD 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 126 letters
1P
2A
3Y
4T
5S
6P
7B
8A
9D
10I
R
E
11E
W
E
12R
U
I
13N
14E
I
N
15S
16T
E
I
N
17O
R
C
A
18T
I
N
T
19W
A
T
T
20B
21A
22G
E
L
23C
24O
25R
N
26I
S
L
E
27H
U
E
28R
29O
30W
31F
I
E
L
32D
33S
34R
O
35B
E
R
T
36F
A
N
37I
O
38U
39A
L
B
A
40M
E
A
N
41S
K
Y
42B
43R
A
44R
45O
L
E
46P
E
E
R
47D
E
L
O
R
48E
49A
50N
51H
E
A
T
52A
A
A
53E
C
O
54O
P
R
Y
55B
L
Y
56L
E
D

The completed 13 x 13 grid for October 21, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the October 21, 2023 puzzle

The October 21, 2023 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 66 clues — 32 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Saturday 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 October 21 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.