Daily Themed Crossword August 21, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 21, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
August 21, 2020 — All 63 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | First three letters of the English language | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Commercials for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Organization in "Breaking Bad": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Droop like an old mattress | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Occupy and live in a particular place say | Show answer | 7 | |
| #6 | Get on one's nerves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ salt in someone's wounds | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Popular soup brand owned by Unilever | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | "Strike a ___" (photographer's request) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Bedtime wear for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ Kerouac Beat Generation writer best known for his work "On the Road" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Slide down a snowy slope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Necklace piece | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Actor James from "Rebel Without a Cause" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Sister who sounds like "none" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Furniture wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Enclosure for a pet parrot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | "Westworld" network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___-fi (futuristic genre) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Small battery size | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | "May I ___ silly question?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Give off a disgusting smell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Land with pyramids | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | ___ Snyder Beat Generation poet best known for his collection of poems "Turtle Island" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Allen ___ Beat Generation poet best known for his poem "Howl" | Show answer | 8 | |
| #26 | Bulleted list entry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Summer hours in D.C.: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Speed measure in Europe: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Kit ___ (matcha-flavored wafer) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Young goat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Sun in a sunny side up? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Salem's state for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Gaze in an unpleasant way | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Actor MacLachlan of "Twin Peaks" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Opposite of "post" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Lawyer for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | "Birds of ___" 2020 superhero film starring Margot Robbie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Religious song | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | "Neither here ___ there" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Librarian's "Be quiet" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Stainless metal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | ___ Winfrey famous talk show host | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Indicate with a finger | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Type of mill | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Extreme pain | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | College seniors' test sometimes: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Homer Simpson's eldest son | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | William S. ___ Beat Generation writer best known for his novel "Naked Lunch" | Show answer | 9 | |
| #49 | Ride-sharing rival of Lyft | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Philosopher Descartes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Quick cut in a salon | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | President Lincoln fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Texter's "I think": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Cassady Beat Generation writer best known for his autobiographical novel "The First Third" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | "That" in Spanish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Pacino and Gore | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ Burnett big name in advertising | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Negative prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | ___ of Skye Scotland | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Italian "three" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "Don't ___ to run before you can walk." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | El ___ Texas | Show answer | 4 |
How the August 21, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 21, 2020, a Friday. It contains 63 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BURROUGHS at 9 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 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 21, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 21, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 21, 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 63 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 August 21, 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 63 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 21, 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.