Daily Themed Crossword August 11, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 11, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
August 11, 2018 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Coca-Cola's first diet soda | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Cut off an inch of hair say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Ribosomal ___: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Hotel alternative | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ Tussauds (wax museum in London) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #6 | "The Floating Opera" author John ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #7 | "Pow!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Chicken ___ king: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Words exchanged by lovers who have separated: 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #10 | Rouge target | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Exchange messages on Skype or Facebook | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Bee's home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | "Nachos need ___ to go with." (salsa for e.g.): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | ___ Aviv Israel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Actor ___ Farris of "Unqualified" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Boxer Laila's father Muhammad ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ & Seek (game played at a picnic sometimes) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Spanish actor Antonio ___ whose first Hollywood movie was "The Mambo Kings" | Show answer | 8 | |
| #19 | Extended periods of time in history | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Wicked as a witch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Picasso's work | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Jet lag cure | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | "___ us pray." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Rough crust that forms a scar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Mexican actress whose first Hollywood movie was "Desperado" opposite actor from 15a: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #26 | Musician and founder of "DNA" ___ Lindsay | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Walk with a ___ (sign of an injured leg) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | "A Man and a Woman" actress ___ Aimee | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | Sheds tears | Show answer | 5 | |
| #30 | "It's ___ your cup of tea." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "This doesn't look good": Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Port on a computer for charging a phone: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Drug from "Brave New World" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | "Have you ___ working out lately?" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | 24-hr money dispenser: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | "Birds ___ dream of the open skies.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #37 | Debt letters: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Weeding instrument | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Jazz style | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Gift that makes a good speaker? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Bearded beast from Africa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Titanic destroyer for e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Community of flora and fauna with common characteristics | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | The 2002 animated television series "___: A Mammoth Christmas": 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #45 | "Mumbo" follower (means a confusing statement or story) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Actor from Hong Kong who worked in Bruce Lee's movies before becoming a star: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #47 | Leaves the engine running at a red light | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | ____ speak ("...kind of like that"): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ___ diving (underwater activity) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Layer of paint or make-up | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Hip hop's Doctor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | W.W. II vessel: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Equipment used by a weaver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Israeli actress whose first Hollywood movie was the 2009 "Fast & Furious": 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #55 | Prefix with fauna | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | "Old man" in a family | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Texter's "Are you serious!": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Buttonless top | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Puncture with a knife | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | New Year's ___ (31st December) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "___ of cards" or "___ of tag" (playful activity) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Band behind "Rosanna" and "Africa" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Female sibling affectionately | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Slight advantage or one of six in a square | Show answer | 4 |
How the August 11, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 11, 2018, a Saturday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SALMAHAYEK at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 9 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 11, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 11, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 64 clues with answers from 3 to 10 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 11, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.