Daily Themed Crossword August 2, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 2, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
August 2, 2024 — 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 | ___ Clapton singer of Tears in Heaven | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Auction action | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Beta Kappa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Biblical ark builder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | ___: Miami popular forensic TV series: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Female sibling fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Stand-up ___ (type of humorist) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Language you'd hear in London and one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world with around 1.4 billion speakers | ENGLISH | 7 | |
| #9 | ___ de plume (author's pen name) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Make a knot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Tennis legend ___ Sampras | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Not wild | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Woe is me! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Part of a trip | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Deeply engrossed (anagram of tarp) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Decorative flower holder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Language you'd hear in Madrid and one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world with around 500 million speakers | SPANISH | 7 | |
| #18 | Navigation aid on a smartphone: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___ Attraction 1987 Michael Douglas film | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Leopard's spot in the city | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | As ___ as an owl | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | It's us against ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Language you'd hear in Lyon and one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world with around 310 million speakers | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Decorative pond fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Arm or leg e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Keats work | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Alcohol with no mixer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Long eventful story of heroic deeds | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Star Wars character Kylo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | First word in a letter often | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Superlative suffix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Specialist who can help with snoring and apnea: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Ingrid Bergman's Casablanca role | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Abbreviation at the bottom of a business letter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Australian hopper slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Take me as ___: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Mandarin ___ language you'd hear in Beijing and one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world with around 1.1 billion speakers | CHINESE | 7 | |
| #38 | Pre AD letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Money ___ everything | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | One of nine in an SSN | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Pressure unit: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | To each ___ own | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Suffix meaning kind of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Portable bed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Gain knowledge as a student | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Spice Girl ___ B | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Get by as in a test | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Another word for corn | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | Salt in bath salts | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Mean figure for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Santa visitor's seat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Sunrise direction in 33a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | College admission requirement letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | However informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Palo ___ California | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Literary genre for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | On the beach | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | Bruce Beck's channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Language you'd hear in Mumbai and one of the most commonly spoken language in the world with around 600 million speakers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Escape a situation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Tears apart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Radiate as light | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Clark ___ (Superman's alter ego) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Where the lion sleeps tonight? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Snakey fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Some battery sizes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | ___ la la (song syllables) | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 2, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 2, 2024, a Friday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ENGLISH at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 2, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 2, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 2, 2024 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 7 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 2, 2024 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 2, 2024 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.