Daily Themed Crossword February 23, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the February 23, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
February 23, 2020 — 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 | Cut off a tree branch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Parking site | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Off-Broadway award | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Takes care of like a wound | Show answer | 5 | |
| #5 | Subway stop for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Spot with saunas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Nanki-___ of "The Mikado" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Emerge as a problem | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Takeout that often comes with chopsticks | Show answer | 7 | |
| #10 | Snip with scissors | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Container for ashes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Clucking sound of disapproval | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Carry out orders dutifully | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | "Star Wars" Jedi master | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | "Never Alone" singer ___ Kelly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Annoys and irritates | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | The two dozen in a day for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Red wine that was popularized in the Academy Award-winning film "Sideways": 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #19 | Spell checker's find slangily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Writing fluid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | "Ed Edd and ___" trio of animated troublemakers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Organ that covers the human body | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Entry on a list | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Drains as energy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Amount of money | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Self-___ (overall sense of self-worth) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Supposed end of a flight: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | "___ With a Plan" (Matt LeBlanc sitcom) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ on a limb (uncertain) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "____ close for comfort" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Spaniard's "this" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | ___ Perignon champagne that was James Bond's wine choice in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Dr. No" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | A ___ a dozen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Hothead's emotion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Disney's Ariel for one | Show answer | 7 | |
| #36 | Vogue magazine competitor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Do some yard work | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Form of intelligent humor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Lindsay Lohan starrer "___ Girls" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Former baseball pitcher ___ Hershiser | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Lubricating liquid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | "Blue Hawaii" actor and singer ___ Kai | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Red wine that was featured in the film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #44 | "Twenty ___ men..." (approximately): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Crocodile's false drops | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Post-bath powder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Spiders have eight | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Big name in cameras | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | ___ mortals (small and insignificant) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Within arm's reach | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Wine that is spelled like a popular flower | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Bumbling insect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Slithering constrictor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___-school (bit traditional) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Cabernet ___ red wine that was featured in the film "Miss Congeniality" | Show answer | 9 | |
| #56 | One-eighty degree turn slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Stereo knob that alters the degree of loudness for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | "To be or ___ to be" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | "The Book of ___" film starring Denzel Washington | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Crossword cookie? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Mediocre or just all right: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roush | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Unit of pronunciation for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Butterfly catcher | Show answer | 3 |
How the February 23, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for February 23, 2020, a Sunday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PINOTNOIR at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 2 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for February 23, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
February 23, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the February 23, 2020 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 9 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for February 23, 2020 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the February 23, 2020 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 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.