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Our Daily Themed Crossword Hints for October 18, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Daily Themed Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.

Daily Themed Crossword Hints, October 18, 2023

You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the Daily Themed Crossword on 10/18/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.


  • Cattle feed

  • Lincoln who is next to President Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore, fondly

  • Vessel used for boiling water, maybe

  • Devoured a meal, say

  • “Shallow ___,” 2001 Jack Black film

  • “Sorry, what?”

  • Tricycle rider, usually

  • Cashier’s drawer

  • Tiny plant pest

  • Will ___ who won an Oscar for “King Richard”

  • “In ___ land” (daydreaming): 2 wds.

  • Canola extraction

  • Miley ___, actress who portrayed Miley Stewart in “Hannah Montana”

  • Amanda ___, actress who played herself in Nickelodeon’s eponymous sketch comedy show

  • Breadmaker’s raw material

  • “___ Loves You,” 1963 Beatles hit

  • ___ year (sabbatical)

  • “Know ___ enemy”

  • “Becoming” author Michelle

  • Fetus home

  • Element with atomic number five

  • Calvin, to Hobbes

  • Hotel offering

  • 50 Cent’s genre

  • Suffocating urban haze

  • Kel ___, actor who portrayed Kel Kimble in “Kenan & Kel”

  • State with Cedar Rapids and Sioux City

  • ___-nine (dangerous fictional substance in “Cat’s Cradle”)

  • Company head: Abbr.

  • “___ there, done that!”

  • Government’s share from your paycheck

  • Powder ___ (explosive situation)

  • “___ off to you!” (“Well done!”)

  • Proton’s locale

  • Bigfoot’s Himalayan cousin

  • Tuna in a Hawaiian dish

  • Lucille ___, actress who portrayed Lucy Ricardo in “I Love Lucy”

  • Jazz great ___ Fitzgerald

  • ___ Beta Kappa (oldest academic honor society)

  • Sound asleep, say

  • “What’s ___ matter?”

  • Slender or skinny, say

  • Creamy spread used in coleslaw, for short

  • Toddler’s birthday gift, maybe

  • Type of “sleek” PC monitor: Abbr.

  • Ankle’s place

  • Dull, repetitive grind, say

  • “Yecch!”

  • Like a wallflower, say

  • Word after “sloth” or “teddy”

  • Suffix with “chain” for a power tool

  • Break down in tears

  • “True Detective” network: Abbr.

  • Burst, as a bubble

  • Tracy ___, comedian-turned-actor who portrayed Tracy Jordan in “30 Rock”

  • “It’s ___ from me, sorry” (Simon Cowell’s rejection): 2 wds.

  • Singer Anthony of “You Sang to Me”

  • “This is so booooring!”

  • Neglect to include

  • Flaky, glittery mineral

  • Tap with the beak, lightly

  • Sis or bro, for short

  • Homer Simpson’s bartender

  • The “O” in IOU

  • Country singer ___ Ritter who sang “You Will Have to Pay”

  • Director Spike of “Chi-Raq”

  • Fireplace fuel

Daily Themed Crossword is a popular online crossword puzzle game that is updated daily with new puzzles for players to solve. The game is developed by PlaySimple Games and is available on both iOS and Android devices.


Daily Themed Crossword
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The puzzles in Daily Themed Crossword are organized around a different theme each day, with clues and answers related to that theme. For example, the theme for a particular day might be movies, and all the clues and answers would be related to movies in some way.


Daily Themed Crossword
Daily Themed Crossword

The game is designed to be accessible to players of all skill levels, with puzzles ranging from easy to difficult. The game also includes helpful features such as hints and the ability to reveal individual letters or words to help players progress through more challenging puzzles.


Daily Themed Crosswords
Daily Themed Crosswords

If you enjoy the Daily Themed Crossword, we think you’d also enjoy the LA Times Crossword and the NYT Crossword. If you’re still struggling to solve your crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first.