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THURSDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 67 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 34 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword October 5 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the October 5, 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.

67 of 67 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Grow older, say AGE 3 4A "Thank you very ___" MUCH 4 8A Grizzly bear's lair DEN 3 11A ___ on (have faith in) RELY 4 13A Voluminous hairdo for the Jackson 5 AFRO 4 14A ___ of hope RAY 3 15A Curly cabbage relative KALE 4 16A Palindromic time of the day NOON 4 17A Highest card in a royal flush ACE 3 18A ___ Madrid (soccer club) REAL 4 20A Put on a scale, say WEIGH 5 22A Word with "anemone," "cucumber," or "urchin" SEA 3 24A Big Apple newspaper initials NYT 3 25A John ___, iconic English teacher played by Robin Williams in the 1989 film "Dead Poets Society" KEATING 7 29A Chunk of marble or concrete, say SLAB 4 33A "That's so yuck!" EWW 3 34A ___-picking (petty criticism) NIT 3 36A Snake ___ salesman (fraudster) OIL 3 37A Crowdsourced dining review site YELP 4 39A Ms. ___, iconic Math teacher played by Tina Fey in the 2004 film "Mean Girls" NORBURY 7 42A "Look what you ___!" (cry from an angry parent, perhaps) DID 3 45A Genre for Drake, read backward PAR 3 46A Mr. ___, iconic martial arts teacher played by Pat Morita in the 1984 film "The Karate Kid" MIYAGI 6 49A Office workforce, say STAFF 5 52A ___-friendly (like solar panels) ECO 3 53A Tramp's lover? LADY 4 55A Blue line under your skin VEIN 4 57A Actor ___ Brooks with an EGOT MEL 3 58A Hockey great Bobby ___ ORR 3 59A Sicily's active volcano ETNA 4 60A "Oh gosh, a mouse!" EEK 3 61A "Look here!" in Mallorca OYE 3 62A "Do you have ___ questions?" ANY 3
Down
1D ___ of the Covenant (legendary artifact) ARK 3 2D First, second, or reverse, in a car GEAR 4 3D Palindromic French fashion magazine ELLE 4 4D "No ___ is an island" MAN 3 5D Alien spacecraft in a sci-fi film, say: Abbr. UFO 3 6D Prince's coronation headpiece CROWN 5 7D Miss ___, iconic teacher played by Embeth Davidtz in the 1996 film "Matilda" HONEY 5 8D Reality TV series "RuPaul's ___ Race" DRAG 4 9D "With ___ passing day..." EACH 4 10D "Ball Drop" night at Times Square: Abbr. NYE 3 12D It makes bread rise up YEAST 5 19D Hawaiian floral garland LEI 3 21D "___ all such a blur..." (words after a party night, maybe) ITS 3 23D Women's clothing retailer ___ Taylor ANN 3 25D Under lock and ___ (locked away) KEY 3 26D Mother sheep EWE 3 27D Cobbler's hole-punching tool AWL 3 28D Gimlet liquor GIN 3 30D "Skip To My ___," Judy Garland song LOU 3 31D Soccer ball filler AIR 3 32D "The Haunting of ___ Manor" (Netflix miniseries) BLY 3 35D ___-turvy (upside down) TOPSY 5 38D Handheld organizer?: Abbr. PDA 3 40D ___ someone out (squeal on someone) RAT 3 41D "...the land of the free and the home of the ___" BRAVE 5 43D Domed Arctic home IGLOO 5 44D "___ of a Wimpy Kid" (book series) DIARY 5 46D "Grumpy Cat" or "Distracted Boyfriend," e.g. MEME 4 47D Slurpee alternative ICEE 4 48D "Sunny" bit of an egg YOLK 4 50D Crumbly Greek cheese FETA 4 51D Dewey ___, iconic teacher played by Jack Black in the 2003 film "School of Rock" FINN 4 54D Rapper Dr. ___ who has produced for Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak DRE 3 56D Word of formal refusal NAY 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 125 letters
1A
2G
3E
4M
5U
6C
7H
8D
9E
10N
11R
E
L
12Y
13A
F
R
O
14R
A
Y
15K
A
L
E
16N
O
O
N
17A
C
E
18R
E
A
19L
20W
E
21I
G
H
22S
E
23A
24N
Y
T
25K
26E
27A
T
I
N
28G
29S
30L
31A
32B
33E
W
W
34N
I
35T
36O
I
L
37Y
E
L
38P
39N
O
40R
41B
U
R
Y
42D
43I
44D
45P
A
R
46M
47I
48Y
A
G
I
49S
T
A
50F
51F
52E
C
O
53L
A
54D
Y
55V
E
I
56N
57M
E
L
58O
R
R
59E
T
N
A
60E
E
K
61O
Y
E
62A
N
Y

The completed 13 x 13 grid for October 5, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the October 5, 2023 puzzle

The October 5, 2023 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 67 clues — 33 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Thursday 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 5 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.