Daily Themed Crossword Answers

Daily Themed Crossword — May 24, 2023 Answers

Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor·

Below you'll find the complete solved grid and every answer for the Daily Themed Crossword puzzle dated May 24, 2023. Click any clue to see more about that specific answer.

Solved Grid

64 clues13×13 grid30 across · 34 down
1A
2B
3E
4A
5T
6E
7T
8A
9C
10O
11B
A
R
12K
13D
I
E
14O
L
A
Y
15S
H
E
R
16L
O
C
K
17D
O
S
E
18E
E
R
19F
A
T
E
20E
21L
22E
M
E
N
23T
24A
R
Y
25L
I
N
E
R
26I
F
A
27C
28U
29D
30F
E
D
31A
L
A
N
32A
K
A
33U
34N
D
E
R
C
35O
V
E
R
36C
L
O
D
37B
E
S
T
38F
L
E
E
39K
40O
I
41C
R
U
E
L
42M
Y
S
T
43E
44R
45Y
46H
E
E
47A
L
L
48L
O
O
49I
D
S
50G
E
O
51S
T
U

Clues & Answers

Across

1APresident who gave the Gettysburg Address, fondlyABE
4ADevoured a pizza, sayATE
7AMexican snack with a shellTACO
11AKennel soundBARK
13ASpotted cube at a casinoDIE
14A"Love the skin you're in" brandOLAY
15A___ Holmes, fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, who you may associate with 20a, 33a, 42a, 9d, and 36dSHERLOCK
17APrescribed amount, sayDOSE
18ASuffix with "chariot" or "mountain"EER
19AInevitable destiny (rhymes with "great")FATE
20ATV series starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu based on the fictional detective at 15aELEMENTARY
25AOcean ___ (passenger ship type)LINER
26A"...___ woodchuck could chuck wood" (tongue twister end): 2 wds.IFA
27AWhat cows chewCUD
30AAnnoyed, with "up"FED
31AMathematician ___ Turing in "The Imitation Game"ALAN
32AAbbreviation before an aliasAKA
33A"K.C. ___," TV series starring Zendaya as a high school student who is secretly a spyUNDERCOVER
36ALump of clay or dirt (anagram of "cold")CLOD
37ABetter than better?BEST
38ARun away and escapeFLEE
39AColorful backyard pond fishKOI
41ALike Cinderella's stepmother and stepsistersCRUEL
42A"Scooby-Doo! ___ Incorporated," animated TV series that is part of the Scooby-Doo franchiseMYSTERY
46A"Tee-___!"HEE
47AWinner-take-___, highly-competitive game modeALL
48ALavatory, in ManchesterLOO
49AWhat bouncers check: Abbr.IDS
50APrefix with "metric" or "graphic"GEO
51ATV's "The ___ Erwin Show"STU

Down

1D"Six-pack" muscles, for shortABS
2D"___, humbug!" (cry from Scrooge)BAH
3DPalindromic word meaning "before"ERE
4DEmbellish or decorateADORN
5D___-tac-toeTIC
6DCartoon shriek that can be found within "reek"EEK
7DDay before tomorrowTODAY
8D"I've already got ___ on my plate": 2 wds.ALOT
9D"Cold ___," procedural drama series starring Kathryn Morris about a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department divisionCASE
10D"Listen up!" to a SpaniardOYE
12DKrispy ___ (doughnut chain)KREME
16DLascivious lookLEER
19DGeneva currency that sounds like "Frank"FRANC
20DHobbit's pointy-eared allyELF
21DMake up an alibiLIE
22D"To what ___?" ("For what purpose?")END
23DBathroom floor pieceTILE
24DCome from ___ (miles away)AFAR
27DBat's dwellingCAVE
28DLuau instruments, for shortUKES
29DFeathered bull's-eye hitterDART
31DPut in, as ingredientsADD
33D___ Jackson, 1997 Peter Fonda title roleULEE
34DOasis frontman ___ GallagherNOEL
35D"In memoriam" piece, for shortOBIT
36D"Blue's ___," children's series hosted by Steve Burns and Donovan PattonCLUES
38DWilma Flintstone's husbandFRED
39DToronto Raptors great ___ LowryKYLE
40DNobel Peace Prize cityOSLO
41DHo ___ Minh City, VietnamCHI
42DVogue or Harper's Bazaar, for shortMAG
43DLetters with a right angle shape, phoneticallyELS
44DGo black, as a bananaROT
45D"Here's looking at ___, kid" (famous "Casablanca" line)YOU
About Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor

Twelve years editing daily puzzle solutions. Themed crosswords, wordplay, and the occasional cryptic.