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Daily Themed Crossword May 17 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the Daily Themed Crossword for May 17 2024. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Finished a meal31 AcrossReveal answer → Sun-kissed skin shade34 AcrossReveal answer → (1/6) Metamorphosis of a butterfly begins with a small ___ laid under a leaf or stem of a plant37 AcrossReveal answer → The Great ___ of China410 AcrossReveal answer → New Year's ___312 AcrossReveal answer → Tommy ___ Jones of "Volcano"313 AcrossReveal answer → "Can we go somewhere ___?"414 AcrossReveal answer → Trim the lawn315 AcrossReveal answer → "Bang!," in comics316 AcrossReveal answer → (2/6) In a few days a tiny ___ hatches and will feed on leaves to grow bigger1117 AcrossReveal answer → File a lawsuit321 AcrossReveal answer → Hair coloring agent322 AcrossReveal answer → "The ___," Roald Dahl's novel that features a HUGE man: Abbr.323 AcrossReveal answer → Aries symbol326 AcrossReveal answer → Schools of whales (anagram of "mags")428 AcrossReveal answer → "Hello" in Portugal332 AcrossReveal answer → Metal source333 AcrossReveal answer → Net ___ (total monetary value)534 AcrossReveal answer → (3/6) After a few weeks the 17a finds a comfy spot and forms a ___ or chrysalis435 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Lanka (Colombo's country)337 AcrossReveal answer → Sun Devils' school letters339 AcrossReveal answer → Italian or Chinese, as a culinary style740 AcrossReveal answer → (4/6) The 17a is ready to break the cocoon and become an ___544 AcrossReveal answer → Light on one's feet546 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Rida, rapper of "Right Round"349 AcrossReveal answer → Small kitchen measurement, for short350 AcrossReveal answer → Napper's noise552 AcrossReveal answer → Hawaiian garland354 AcrossReveal answer → Singer Stewart with the hit "All for Love"355 AcrossReveal answer → Gluttony or wrath, e.g.356 AcrossReveal answer → Crave for some Japanese?357 AcrossReveal answer → Nickname separator: Abbr.358 AcrossReveal answer → Lub dub test: Abbr.359 AcrossReveal answer →

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Jaw-dropping reaction31 DownReveal answer → Powdery substance in baby powder42 DownReveal answer → Disney queen who can build ice castles43 DownReveal answer → Not permanent, for short44 DownReveal answer → Stay away from55 DownReveal answer → ___-weds (ones who just got hitched)56 DownReveal answer → Idris ___ from the TV series "Luther"47 DownReveal answer → Shifting car part48 DownReveal answer → Ruby or Sapphire, e.g.39 DownReveal answer → "___ get ready to rumble!"411 DownReveal answer → Cash from a German ATM418 DownReveal answer → Where a car's trunk is419 DownReveal answer → Danish toy company known for plastic "bricks"420 DownReveal answer → Knock on the head323 DownReveal answer → Seasonal illness324 DownReveal answer → Space between teeth or age325 DownReveal answer → Untidy state427 DownReveal answer → Palindromic star pattern329 DownReveal answer → Kilimanjaro and Everest, for short330 DownReveal answer → Moo ___ pork (Chinese takeout dish)331 DownReveal answer → (5/6) After the butterfly comes out of the chrysalis, the colorful ___ are soft and wet. So the butterfly waits two hours for them to dry.534 DownReveal answer → Prefix with "puncture" or "pressure"336 DownReveal answer → Narrow coastal inlet338 DownReveal answer → "U" in UV rays541 DownReveal answer → "There, there" (consoling words): 2 wds.542 DownReveal answer → "One" in German343 DownReveal answer → Away from the wind, at sea444 DownReveal answer → "How you ___?" (Joey's pick up line)445 DownReveal answer → Come in last447 DownReveal answer → ___ Dane who played Dr. Mark Sloan in "Grey's Anatomy"448 DownReveal answer → (6/6) The beautiful butterfly is now ready to spread its 34d and ___349 DownReveal answer → "Get a room!" action: Abbr.351 DownReveal answer → David Beckham's country, for short353 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, May 17, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.