Daily Themed Crossword August 31, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 31, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
August 31, 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 | Blouse or a t-shirt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Wee bit (rhymes with "sad") | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Vienna's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Give your suit an expensive wash say: Hyph. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #5 | No-frills (simple) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Big birthday party say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Boxing legend Muhammad ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | "S" of EST: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Garden furrow-making tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Shopping ___ (binge) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | "___ with Me" Sam Smith's single from the 2014 album "In the Lonely Hour" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Rip like one's pants | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Opera solo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Yang's counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | "Days of ___ Lives" NBC's long running soap opera | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Voice below soprano | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Prefix with "meter" or "scope" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | "Gangnam Style" rapper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Fries or salad | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Showers from the sky | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Life force in feng shui | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | ___ browns (diner breakfast order) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Take to court | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Word sung twice after "Que" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Baseball's Tony or Alejandro | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Sam Smith's single from the 2017 album "The Thrill of It All" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Shakespeare the Bard of ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Typo for one | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | Attend a party uninvited slangily | Show answer | 5 | |
| #30 | Chalked pool stick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | 24th and 31st December (days before an occasion) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Pink as a steak | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | "Brokeback Mountain" director ___ Lee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | 2018 song by Sam Smith and Calvin Harris which topped the UK Singles Chart | Show answer | 8 | |
| #35 | College professor's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Smog effect | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Hair coloring supplies | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Trevor ___ host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Biological messenger molecule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Ham or pepperoni meat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Sam Smith's promotional single from the 2017 album "The Thrill of It All" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Raggedy ___ doll | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Recycling holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Swampy areas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Exude as charm | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Bruce Willis' "The Sixth ___" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Knight's title | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Expensive scarf maker with a carriage on its logo | Show answer | 6 | |
| #49 | English class assignment | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Disclosure's song featuring Sam Smith which was a part of the re-released album "In the Lonely Hour" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Store sign during working hours | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | ___ Le Pew french skunk from "Looney Tunes" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Hit the snowy slopes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | "Raiders of the Lost ___" 1981 Indiana Jones movie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | End to a prayer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Omelet and french toast ingredient | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "I'm all ___" (listening closely) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Balloon filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Droop like an old couch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | In ___ (dumbstruck) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "___ Smart" 2008 spy movie starring Steve Carell | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Gym exercise sets informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Home of the Great Pyramid | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Female sheep | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___-jerk reaction (sudden) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | Color of ash | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | "Ready ___ go!" | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 31, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 31, 2020, a Monday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DRYCLEAN at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out. 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 31, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 31, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 31, 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 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 August 31, 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 31, 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.