Daily Themed Crossword August 5, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 5, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
August 5, 2020 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hugh Jackman starrer "___ Miserables" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Bear's hideout | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | "___ rise!" (courtroom instruction) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | "I think" in textspeak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ Duke actress who plays Wendy Kurtz in the Canadian TV sitcom "Schitt's Creek" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | "West Coast" singer Lana Del ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Aries symbol | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | "Hello" singer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | "___ Heist" Spanish drama TV series | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Overtly intrusive | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Slangy turndown | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Chemical peel component: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Move like a kangaroo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Ticklish muppet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Tokyo's old name | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Discoverer's call | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Messy sort | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Japanese currency | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Maple tree fluid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Gomez's cousin in "The Addams Family" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Prepare the soil for planting | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Blue-green shade | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Eugene ___ actor who played Johnny Rose in the Canadian TV sitcom "Schitt's Creek" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Really irritate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Captains' affirmatives | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | ___ Murphy actress who plays Alexis Rose in the Canadian TV sitcom "Schitt's Creek" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Fretted guitar part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Organ with a pupil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Lingerie part for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "Bon Voyage!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Scottish boy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | "___ Kapital" (book by Karl Marx) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Image of a fracture: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Indian flat bread | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Performs some simple math | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | "___ Minister" (British sitcom) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ room (game spot) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Alpaca relative | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Apple store machines | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Throbbing pain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Praise in verse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Poses a question | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Subway stop for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Anatomical pouch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | NFL scores: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Casual shirt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | ___ Hampshire actress who plays Stevie Budd in the Canadian TV sitcom "Schitt's Creek" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | "Peter Peter Pumpkin ___" (nursery rhyme) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | ___ Elliott actor who plays Roland Schitt in the Canadian TV sitcom "Schitt's Creek" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Poe's "ebony bird" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Sir's counterpart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Bear whose porridge got cold | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Mermaid's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Television content provided by high speed internet: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | "Wave" in Spanish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Floral neckwear | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "___ been a while" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Palindromic plea at sea | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Brightest star in Lyra | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Sheep's mother | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | The "G" of LGBT | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "It's ___-win situation": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Drink served with scones | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Actor DiCaprio to fans | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | McGregor of "Doctor Sleep" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | ___ Rozon actor who plays Mutt Schitt in the Canadian TV sitcom "Schitt's Creek" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Twenty four months make two for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | "So Sick" R&B artist: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 |
How the August 5, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 5, 2020, a Wednesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ROBIN at 5 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 1 clue carries 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 August 5, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 5, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 5, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 5 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 August 5, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 5, 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.
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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.