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MONDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 35 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword October 23 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the October 23, 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.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Fourth month, for short APR 3 4A Attire or costume (anagram of "brag") GARB 4 8A Cry loudly, like a baby BAWL 4 12A ___ pond, Japanese garden feature with colorful carp KOI 3 13A ___-friendly (an app that's intuitive, e.g.) USER 4 14A Dunkable cookie OREO 4 15A PC key neighboring the space bar ALT 3 16A Swedish furniture brand that also sells meatballs IKEA 4 17A Slow-cooked meal in a pot STEW 4 18A Sunrise direction EAST 4 20A First name for a Marvel Comics legend and "Spider-Man" co-creator STAN 4 22A "Elvis ___ left the building" HAS 3 24A Stringed orchestral instrument that shares its name with an Academy Award-winning actress VIOLA 5 28A ___ Khan, antagonist in "The Jungle Book" SHERE 5 30A "Stairway to ___," famous Led Zeppelin song HEAVEN 6 31A Corporation head, say: Abbr. CEO 3 32A Computer programmer Lovelace ADA 3 34A Brain scan letters EEG 3 35A Book of maps ATLAS 5 38A ___-prone (likely to make mistakes) ERROR 5 41A Stringed orchestral instrument with black and white keys PIANO 5 42A Gush out, as lava SPEW 4 43A Entrepreneur's magazine? INC 3 45A Stringed orchestral instrument of the violin family that's played by Yo-Yo Ma CELLO 5 49A Junk emails, say SPAM 4 52A Push or prod? URGE 4 55A Target AIM 3 56A Davenport's state IOWA 4 57A Double ___, largest and lowest-pitched string instrument in an orchestra BASS 4 58A Mike and ___, fruit-flavored candy IKE 3 59A Big name in computers DELL 4 60A "Breaking Bad" baddie Fring GUS 3 61A Where a bear might rest? DEN 3
Down
1D Letters before an alternate name AKA 3 2D North ___, northernmost point on Earth POLE 4 3D Actress ___ Hayworth of "Gilda" RITA 4 4D Stringed and fretted orchestral instrument with "Electric" and "Acoustic" variants GUITAR 6 5D "Don't ___, don't tell" ASK 3 6D British actor Roger ___ of "Cheers" and "The West Wing" (anagram of "seer") REES 4 7D Spoiled child, say BRAT 4 8D ___ and Herzegovina, European country with Sarajevo BOSNIA 6 9D Class with easels and paint ART 3 10D Tiny bit, to a Scot WEE 3 11D Not high LOW 3 19D "___-Hulk: Attorney at Law," 2022 superhero miniseries SHE 3 21D New York City's Fifth or Madison, for short AVE 3 23D Large, salty water body SEA 3 25D Heads ___ heels in love OVER 4 26D Bruce ___, martial artist and actor LEE 3 27D Namibia's neighbor, for short ANG 3 28D Organization looking for aliens: Abbr. SETI 4 29D Spanish "Hello" HOLA 4 30D Stringed orchestral instrument that's often pictured in paintings of angels HARP 4 31D Baseball player's headgear CAP 3 33D The ___ Moines Register, daily newspaper DES 3 36D Zebra or rhinoceros, e.g. ANIMAL 6 37D "The prodigal ___ returns!" SON 3 39D School time meant for running around and having fun RECESS 6 40D Have loans to repay, say OWE 3 44D Baby lion CUB 3 46D ___-back attitude LAID 4 47D "___, share, subscribe!" (YouTuber's sign-off, maybe) LIKE 4 48D Sign of impending doom? OMEN 4 49D Clumsy sloth from "Ice Age" SID 3 50D Edgar Allan ___, "The Tell-Tale Heart" author POE 3 51D Leather-punching tool AWL 3 53D Cleaning cloth RAG 3 54D Institution of higher education in Atlanta: Abbr. GSU 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 128 letters
1A
2P
3R
4G
5A
6R
7B
8B
9A
10W
11L
12K
O
I
13U
S
E
R
14O
R
E
O
15A
L
T
16I
K
E
A
17S
T
E
W
18E
A
19S
T
20S
T
21A
N
22H
A
23S
24V
I
25O
26L
27A
28S
29H
E
R
E
30H
E
A
V
E
N
31C
E
O
32A
33D
A
34E
E
G
35A
T
L
36A
37S
38E
R
39R
40O
R
41P
I
A
N
O
42S
P
E
W
43I
N
44C
45C
E
46L
47L
48O
49S
50P
51A
M
52U
53R
54G
E
55A
I
M
56I
O
W
A
57B
A
S
S
58I
K
E
59D
E
L
L
60G
U
S
61D
E
N

The completed 13 x 13 grid for October 23, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the October 23, 2023 puzzle

The October 23, 2023 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 33 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Monday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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