Daily Themed Crossword June 20, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the June 20, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
June 20, 2020 — All 65 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Number of years in a decade | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Sn to chemists | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Veiled oath: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | In a ___ (briefly) | Show answer | 8 | |
| #5 | Fashionable Christian ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Hydroelectric project | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Real estate measure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | "A ___ coincidence" (nothing more than) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Pink cocktail informally | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Some Amazon deliveries say: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Surprised greeting: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | "My Heart Will Go On" singer Celine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Soak "up" as gravy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | College URL suffix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Break the ___ (start a conversation) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Cincinnati's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | "Do ___ disturb" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Bobby of Bruins fame | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | "___ till you drop" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Meryl ___ actress who won the Favorite Motion Picture Actress Award at the 11th People's Choice Awards in 1985 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #21 | "American Pie" actress Reid | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Cover with tar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Part of an hour for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Sings with the mouth closed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | "That's hilarious!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Cambodia's continent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | "It's ___ win situation": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Carson City's state for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Password creator | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Six pack muscles for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "___ Maria" (hymn) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | False act or facade | Show answer | 8 | |
| #33 | Some HP or Dell products: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Seafood in a shell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | "Auld Lang ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Global capital of fashion in Italy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Base figure (corporal or sergeant): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | "___ Hills Cop" movie that won the Favorite Motion Picture Award at the 11th People's Choice Awards in 1985 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #39 | Wax-coated cheese | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | "My Gal ___" (Rita Hayworth musical) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Partner of sin and tan in trigonometry class | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Pearl container? | Show answer | 6 | |
| #43 | Campus bigwig | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | ___ Eastwood actor who won the Favorite Motion Picture Actor Award at the 11th People's Choice Awards in 1985 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Playfully shy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | "Don't look ___ like that!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Grand Marquis for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | "The ___ on the Floss" (1860 novel by George Eliot) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Faulkner's "As ___ Dying": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | "Superman" character Lane | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | "___ Street" TV series that won the Favorite Children's Program Award at the 11th People's Choice Awards in 1985 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #52 | Like a child's play | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Historical ___ (like some ruins) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Some craft brews | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | "The Time Machine" race | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Dangler on a kite | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Eggy quaff | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Bit of morsel feed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | "Can we ___ little faster please": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | "Purple ___" song that won the Favorite New Song Award at the 11th People's Choice Awards in 1985 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Sunrise direction in Spain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | ___ Paulo Brazil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Dermatological sac | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Deli selections | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Seventh Greek letter | Show answer | 3 |
How the June 20, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for June 20, 2020, a Saturday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is NUTSHELL at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 7 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 June 20, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
June 20, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the June 20, 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 65 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 June 20, 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 65 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the June 20, 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.