Daily Themed Crossword August 25, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 25, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
August 25, 2023 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ like fine wine (gracefully grow old) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ card (phone chip that lets you make calls): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Caught ya! cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Pageant queen's accessory | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Colorful Japanese fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Doggy ___ container for leftover food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Let ___ dogs lie idiom for avoiding unnecessary trouble | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | Subject with plant and human anatomy for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | i or j topper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ gun device to catch speeders | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Set in a straight line say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Bonobo or gibbon e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Dog-___ idiom for someone who's extremely exhausted | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | You can't teach an old dog new ___ idiom describing how hard it is to change habits | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | You to a Frenchman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Former NASA astronaut ___ Jemison | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Pfft! You wish! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Question's counterpart for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Prince ___ in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | It's ___ -win situation (deadlock): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Address visited by web surfers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Hurled as a ball during a game of fetch | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | On a short ___ dog-related idiom for something that's under strict supervision | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Gold in Spanish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Breadmaker's appliance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | The dog ate my ___ stereotypical excuse given by students | Show answer | 8 | |
| #27 | Brazil's neighbor with Macchu Picchu | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ Longoria: Searching for Mexico (CNN series hosted by the namesake actress) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | I march to the beat of my own ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Nose-in-the-air person say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Grandmama to a Brit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Burning desires? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | It hee-haws | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ pal (female bestie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Suffix with Vietnam or Siam | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | SNL staple | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Particle with a + or - charge say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Fly south for the winter like some birds | Show answer | 7 | |
| #39 | Knowing Me Knowing You Swedish pop group | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | ___ of the dog idiom for alcohol used to cure a hangover | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Four score and seven years ___... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Barrier made of bushes (rhymes with wedge) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Water body with lily pads perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Fourth month for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Opus ___ (Work of God in Latin) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___ girl! (Great job!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Wild cat with a wild mane | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Spring flower with showy petals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Burn a bit on the grill | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | ___ and Abel (Jeffrey Archer novel) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Dog and pony ___ highly promoted over-the-top event slangily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Damage as a surface | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | ___ bark and no bite dog-related idiom for someone who's just talk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Say what now? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Italian three | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Cowboy's greeting perhaps | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Prunes as tree limbs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Why do I ___ bother? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Prefix with Smith for the rock band that sang Sweet Emotion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Rudely ignore | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Muscat's land | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Female farm fowl | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Eggs to a marine biologist | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | You can mine me? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | ___-of-the-mill (ordinary) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Metric marathon measures: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 25, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 25, 2023, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SLEEPING 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 25, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 25, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 25, 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 66 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 25, 2023 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 25, 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.