Monday · August 20, 2018 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword August 20, 2018 Answers

All 67 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the August 20, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.

67Clues
14Longest
3Shortest
5Abbreviations
Answers

August 20, 2018 — All 67 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 Scoreboard figures: Abbr. Show answer 3
#2 Coke's rival brand Show answer 5
#3 "You are" in Spanish Show answer 4
#4 Mountaintop Show answer 4
#5 Goat-legged deity Show answer 5
#6 "If ___ easy why don't you do it?": 2 wds. Show answer 5
#7 Hog with a tusk Show answer 4
#8 Vehicle for a school trip Show answer 3
#9 Common name of "Great Bear" and "Little Bear" constellation Show answer 4
#10 Bypasses Show answer 5
#11 Kenya's capital city Show answer 7
#12 It's Daily Themed Crossword for this app Show answer 4
#13 Do sums Show answer 3
#14 Prefix with function or nutrition Show answer 3
#15 Bird's-___ view Show answer 3
#16 Trick or ___ Show answer 5
#17 Planet from "Mork & Mindy" Show answer 3
#18 "An apple ___ keeps the doctor away.": 2 wds. Show answer 4
#19 Chairs in a theater say Show answer 5
#20 "___ was saying...": 2 wds. Show answer 3
#21 Doing nothing Show answer 4
#22 Singer Demi Lovato's (birthday today) platinum-certified song which has a Spanish version titled "Rascacielo" Show answer 10
#23 Tool for managing your tresses Show answer 4
#24 Arab ruler's title perhaps Show answer 4
#25 Australian hopper informally Show answer 3
#26 Air pollution that limits visibility Show answer 4
#27 "Singin' in the Rain" actor Kelly Show answer 4
#28 Furniture wood Show answer 3
#29 Non-prescription medicines: Abbr. Show answer 3
#30 General's name in a Chinese chicken dish Show answer 3
#31 Basketball positions: Abbr. Show answer 4
#32 "___ Doubtfire" Show answer 3
#33 Civil War soldier for short Show answer 3
#34 ___ Poke (candy brand) Show answer 3
#35 Construction piece: Hyph. Show answer 5
#36 Years lived Show answer 3
#37 "No ___" (Food additive not used by certain Chinese restaurants): Abbr. Show answer 3
#38 Singer Demi Lovato's show on Disney Channel which was based on an Italian series named "Quelli dell'intervallo": 4 wds. Show answer 14
#39 Kind of pad used during cold weather Show answer 7
#40 To ___ his own Show answer 4
#41 Volcanic spillover Show answer 4
#42 Where Seoul is Show answer 5
#43 ___ constrictor Show answer 3
#44 Brain scan for short: Abbr. Show answer 3
#45 Gunny bag Show answer 4
#46 English Romantic poet John ___ Show answer 5
#47 Word on some tour itineraries Show answer 3
#48 "___ begin to tell you...": 2 wds. Show answer 5
#49 Airy courtyards Show answer 5
#50 Singer Demi Lovato was a judge in the second and third season of this music-based reality show: 3 wds. Show answer 10
#51 Picture that may show a crack on a bone: Hyph. Show answer 4
#52 ___ for oneself (provide for self) Show answer 4
#53 Former baseball pitcher ___ Hershiser Show answer 4
#54 Dwayne Johnson's ring name "The ___" Show answer 4
#55 Politico Landon Show answer 3
#56 Piedmont province Show answer 4
#57 Elton John's title Show answer 3
#58 "___ bad!" Show answer 3
#59 "___ you kidding me?" Show answer 3
#60 Sign indicating the direction to follow Show answer 5
#61 ___ Montgomery of jazz Show answer 3
#62 Simba biologically Show answer 4
#63 Summer shade Show answer 3
#64 Sibling's little girl Show answer 5
#65 Fairytale's croaking prince Show answer 4
#66 ___ Barrett of "Pink Floyd" Show answer 3
#67 Utters Show answer 5
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About this puzzle

How the August 20, 2018 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 20, 2018, a Monday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ASTHEBELLRINGS at 14 letters; the shortest is 3.

Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 6 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.

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FAQ

August 20, 2018 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for August 20, 2018?
The August 20, 2018 grid has 67 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 67 clues. The longest answer is ASTHEBELLRINGS at 14 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 5 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
There is no companion puzzle on file for this date.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including August 19, 2018 and August 21, 2018.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the August 20, 2018 Crossword

01

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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 14 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.

02

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.

03

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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 20, 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.

Last checked — Sep 8, 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

67clues on this board
14longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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