Daily Themed Crossword August 15, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 15, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
August 15, 2025 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | X-___ vision (Superman's power) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Scream director ___ Craven | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Cup that holds your coffee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Salt Lake City's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | All-you-can-___ (buffet sign) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Metal-bearing rock | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Red Sesame Street Muppet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | ___ mortals (ordinary beings) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | The Grand ___ Opry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | SmackDown and Raw organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Adult-to-be | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Third-largest asteroid in the Solar System that lent its name to the silvery-white metal Palladium | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | American news channel owned by CNN: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Prefix with system or friendly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Tai ___ (martial art) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Sonny & ___ (popular pop duo) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Dwarf planet that lent its name to the radioactive chemical element Plutonium | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | Ruler divisions: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Park or Fifth in NYC for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | German automaker with four rings in its logo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Apt anagram of aye | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Hawaiian pizza meat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Backward cee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Actor Alan ___ of M*A*S*H | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Seabiscuit or Black Beauty e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Bride's maiden name connector | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Giant ball of fire in the center of our Solar System that lent its name to the noble gas Helium | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | ___-la-la (musical syllables) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Homer Simpson's son | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Ryder Cup organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Suffix with mountain or auction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Beech or banyan e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Kyoto cash | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | It's left of F1 on a PC | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Newspaper based in the Big Apple: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Regret bitterly (rhymes with sue) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Georgia's capital for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Sweet Thanksgiving vegetable | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | ___ hours (early morning) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Our home planet that lent its Latin name to the silvery-white metalloid Tellurium | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Stainless metal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Glowing object in the night sky that lent its Greek name to the chemical element Selenium | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Internet address letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Golly ___ whiz! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Wolf's cry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Chicken wire for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | City in Texas where Baylor University is located | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Business letter abbreviation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | A Salt with a Deadly ___ (1988 hip hop album) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Civil rights organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ and clear (intelligible) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Slippery like winter roads | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | That's hilarious!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Actress Green of Penny Dreadful | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Deep sleep letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Level at a stadium e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | ___ Girls 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | 50% off event | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | ___ Lauder (big name in cosmetics) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that lent its name to the lanthanide element Cerium | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Borrower's burden | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Very very big | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Put ___ act (pretend): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Work undercover | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | ___ de Triomphe (Paris landmark) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Son of Prince Valiant | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Marina del ___ California | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Palindromic Vietnamese holiday | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 15, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 15, 2025, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PALLAS at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 7 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 2 clues carry 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 15, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 15, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 15, 2025 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 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 15, 2025 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 15, 2025 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.