Daily Themed Crossword August 6, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 6, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
August 6, 2023 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Adolescent's skin breakout | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Water-cooling cube | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Polite and palindromic form of address for a lady | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Thieves' hangout | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Opposite of positive for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Cleveland's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Elsa's sister in Frozen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can't go inside. Who am I? | Show answer | 8 | |
| #9 | Tennis court dividers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | One of ten in a bowling alley | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | He said ___ said | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Palo ___ California city bordering Los Altos Hills | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Moo goo ___ pan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Puerto ___ (Caribbean island) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | The Red Planet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Soccer ___ (involved parent) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Mountain ___ (soft drink) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | I am always moving but never get tired. Who am I? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | I am always on the dinner table but you don't get to eat me. Who am I? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Tissue paper layer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Actor ___ Kelly from Singin' in the Rain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | You've got mail company | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Free app pop-ups for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | I am easy to lift but hard to throw. Who am I? | Show answer | 7 | |
| #25 | Family Guy teen voiced by Mila Kunis | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Light bulb unit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | ___ model (source of inspiration perhaps) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ you going to finish that? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Had breakfast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | ___ mater | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | One ___ customer (sign next to a free sample maybe) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | On a ___ with (equal to) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Like some excuses | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | The ___ Parsons Project I Wouldn't Want to be Like You band | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Walking sticks | Show answer | 5 | |
| #36 | ___ grade (High school freshman's grade) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | I can help you remove your mistakes but I lose a bit of myself in doing so. Who am I? | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Fountain pen liquid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | One grade below B phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Land of pharaohs and pyramids | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | I have craters but I'm not a volcano. I can be full even though I haven't eaten. Who am I? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Shout of discovery | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Hot-___ balloon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Stylish in the '60s | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | High school class that teaches you about DNA for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Card that can be 1 or 11 in blackjack | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Keep a ___ profile (avoid attracting attention) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Needlefish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Edvard Munch's The Scream e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Suffix that means sort of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Chemical suffix with cyan or brom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Fifth month | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Car's fuel economy figure: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Spanish soccer chant | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Cashier's supervisor at a chain store | Show answer | 7 | |
| #56 | Jazz queen ___ Fitzgerald who sang Cheek to Cheek | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | ___ Talks (inspiring videos) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Yeats or Keats e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | ...lived happily ever ___... | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Face ___ (app that switches faces) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Rat catcher | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Prefix with gram for a projected 3-D image | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | High-voiced Sesame Street Muppet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | ___-view mirror | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | I have lakes but no water mountains but no rocks cities but no buildings. Who am I? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Before to a bard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Go ___ snail's pace (go very slowly): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 6, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 6, 2023, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is KEYBOARD at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 6, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 6, 2023 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 67 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.
Keep the streak going
The 2023 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 6, 2023 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.