Daily Themed Crossword August 2, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 2, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
August 2, 2026 — 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 | Portable beds | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Letters on a beach-time lotion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ control (exterminator's service) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Double-reed woodwind instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Iced beverage garnished with a lemon wedge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | ___ vera burn-soothing succulent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Slipped ___ (back injury) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Pamela ___ Baywatch actress | Show answer | 8 | |
| #9 | Car cleaning cloth maybe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Artery implant (rhymes with spent) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Family reunion time! (1/6) The day doesn't truly begin until someone shouts Say ___! to commemorate the first photo of the reunion. | CHEESE | 6 | |
| #12 | I ___ with my little eye ... (children's game) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Stops marching say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Low and marshy wetland (rhymes with den) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Prefix with hazard or degradable | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | You may wrestle with it | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | You're the ___ to my yang | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | (2/6) Once the photos are done there's always a cousin lending a helping ___ ready to set up tables and pass around snacks. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Kung ___ tofu (vegan Chinese delicacy) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | What you do with your eyes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Wells ___ American financial services company | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | ___ there be light | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | (3/6) With games set out and food on the table it's not long before the adorable toddler (or excitable pup) becomes the ___ of attention. | CENTER | 6 | |
| #24 | ___ the Riveter icon associated with WWII | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Chicken or turkey drumstick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Smile you're ___ (surveillance sticker line): 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #27 | Dress that ends above the knee | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | (4/6) Next up: the uncle who hasn't seen you in years swoops in with a ___ hug that's almost too big to handle. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Twist targets informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | The tourists watched ___ of dolphins leap through the water: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Army rank for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Whether ___ nobler in the mind ... (Hamlet line) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Artemis program agency: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | ___ liver oil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | ___-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars character) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | How-___ (instructional guides) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | (5/6) At the dinner table there's always an aunt boasting about her ___ ingredient daring everyone to guess what sets her dish apart. | SECRET | 6 | |
| #38 | Performer's place | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Letter-writing tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Passing craze | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | (6/6) And as the evening winds down there's the life of the ___ who leaves everyone counting down to the next reunion. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Metallica song Nothing ___ Matters | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | The S in ASAP | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Circus enclosure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Baseball Tonight airer: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Braying domesticated animal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Become dry as lips | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Scarlett O'___ of Gone with the Wind | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Tickle Me Muppet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Six-year-term politician for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Old-fashioned word of disapproval (anagram of ife) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Son on The Simpsons | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Playwright William who wrote Picnic | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Skunk's defense | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | So near ___ so far | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Popular word game where you draw a stick figure on the gallows | Show answer | 7 | |
| #57 | Come off as | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Broker's charge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | One who may be on Santa's naughty list | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | First-___ (top-notch) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Snatches a purse say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Universal donor's type briefly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Jazz improvisational style | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Lead-in to drink and be merry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Slugger's stat: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Craft beer letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Dissenting votes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Actress ___ Lupino of High Sierra | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 2, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 2, 2026, a Sunday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ANDERSON 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 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 2, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 2, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 2, 2026 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 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 2, 2026 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 2, 2026 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.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.