Daily Themed Crossword August 21, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 21, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
August 21, 2022 — All 69 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Chemist's workstation for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Sis's sibling for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Chest-beating mammal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___-friendly (not harmful to environment) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | BMW product | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Currency of Japan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Finally I got it! expression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Teen's reddish skin bump | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ end (no road ahead) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Colored flower part | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | ___ World pose made famous by Usain Bolt: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Spider's network | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Baseball official for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Saturday Night ___ TV show where Usain Bolt made a cameo appearance in 2012 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Cogito ___ sum (I think therefore I am) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Ophthalmologist's focus | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Unreturned tennis serve | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Feel feverish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Ratatouille rodent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | ___ Gala (annual fundraising event) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Kind of top | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Athletic apparel company that signed Usain Bolt into his first sponsorship deal in 2002 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Green pasta sauce | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Opposite of paleo- meaning new | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Home or dorm unit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Traveler's cottage | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Model maker's sticky need | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | William Knibb ___ high school where Usain Bolt started specializing in track and field events | Show answer | 8 | |
| #29 | Olympe ___ champagne produced by Usain Bolt in collaboration with MUMM | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Prefix with biotic or oxidant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Concept of self | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Have a tab to settle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Alcoholic sugarcane product | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | My Story: 9.58: Being the World's Fastest ___ Usain Bolt's autobiography published in 2010 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Take a ___ of faith | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Head pain for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Floating vessel with oars | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Discreet email option: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Go on and on angrily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Nabisco cookie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Sailor's affirmation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Podded legume | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | ...But in the ___ it doesn't even matter... (Linkin Park lyric) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Ginger ___ (drink) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Low headlight setting | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Leave open-mouthed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Key & Peele or Abbott & Costello e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Male admirer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Lima's country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Miner's light source | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Slushy frozen drink | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Former soldiers for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ cage (chest bone) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Mills sprinter who has coached Usain Bolt since 2004 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Starchy tuber | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Uber's pickup approximation: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ many irons in the fire | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Rich Dad ___ Dad (Robert Kiyosaki book) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Banyan or Oak e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | The Time Machine people | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Persian polymath Khayyam | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Food card? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Carpe ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Pop Lady who sang Shallow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Musk of Tesla | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Miracle-___ (plant food brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | ... Cause I've got friends in ___ places... (Garth Brooks lyrics) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Utilize | Show answer | 3 | |
| #69 | Palindromic 70s TV production company with a feline mascot: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 21, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 21, 2022, a Sunday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MEMORIAL 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 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 21, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 21, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 21, 2022 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 69 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 21, 2022 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 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 21, 2022 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.