Daily Themed Crossword August 30, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 30, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
August 30, 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 | ___ Zeppelin Good Times Bad Times band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Gluttony or greed e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Actor ___ Carrey of Liar Liar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Night before a special day say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Vow of marital love: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Easy-to-carry Hawaiian instrument for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ asleep (dozed off) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | I'm ___ impressed (Meh) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | ___ B member of the Spice Girls | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Love ___ TV plot device that involves the romantic feelings of three different people | Show answer | 8 | |
| #11 | Minor squabble | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Hair-stiffening stuff | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___-fi (futuristic genre for The Expanse) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Actress Thurman of Super Pumped | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | ___ out (relax) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Plot ___ TV plot device where a character is protected from harm to keep their storyline intact | Show answer | 5 | |
| #17 | Afro-Brazilian dance form at the Brazilian Carnival | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | TV plot device that involves a character losing their memory | Show answer | 7 | |
| #19 | Fluid coursing through our veins | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Feeling heartbroken say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | On the ___ (sneakily) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Beer barrel attachment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | The S in OS for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Paintings and statues e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Fool or dolt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Gooey gumbo veggie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Hockey or soccer aim | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Salt scrub site | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ ex machina TV plot device that is an unexpected solution provided for an unsolvable problem | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Poker player's participation price | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Yank as a rope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Alan ___ M*A*S*H actor and six-time Primetime Emmy winner | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Insect that creates a lot of buzz? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Before in pre-modern poetry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | ___ talk (encouraging speech to a team at halftime) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Direction opposite to right | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Said no one ___ (sarcastic expression) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Shop that may sell subs and sandwiches | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Not dating anyone say | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | American ___ (hit reality singing show) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Students take these down in class | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Time ___ TV plot device where the story skips forward in time | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Swedish furniture giant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Go from solid to liquid | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Jet ___ (travel-induced drowsiness) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | State with Las Vegas and Henderson | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | Father horse (anagram of rise) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Trick-or-treater's treat | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | PC port for a thumb drive: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Prefix with ware for a harmful type of computer program | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Rihanna's Te ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Car's get-up-and-go juice | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Publisher's pile for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Burn the midnight ___ (work late) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Billy ___ Cyrus of Hannah Montana | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ episode TV plot device where the entire episode is shot in just one setting | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Tension-reducing spa treatment | Show answer | 7 | |
| #58 | Ctrl+V command say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Club ___ (bar tender's supply) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Creme de la creme: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Give 5 stars to as a television show | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | ___ of the moment (impulsively) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Edible seaweed snack | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Far from gentlemanly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Don't procrastinate! letters | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Prattle endlessly | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 30, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 30, 2023, a Wednesday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is TRIANGLE 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. There is also a mini crossword for August 30, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 30, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 30, 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 30, 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 30, 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.