Daily Themed Crossword August 21, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 21, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
August 21, 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 | ___ Valuable Player (NBA award) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Clawed crustacean that represents the zodiac sign Cancer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | ___-ching! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Disney's ___ & Stitch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Singer ___ Del Rey of A&W | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | You've got mail company: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Put out candles on a cake say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | May the ___ be ever in your favor (quote from the Hunger Games) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ Angeles Angels (baseball team) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Ambulance squad member: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ Bridge iconic Venice landmark spanning the Grand Canal that featured in Spider-Man: Far From Home | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Celebratory cry | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | 12th letter phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Entertainment group for the troops: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | ___ B (scary one of the Spice Girls) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___-Wan Kenobi mentor of Anakin Skywalker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Like a toy on a store shelf | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ matter of fact ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Golden ___ Bridge iconic California bridge that links San Francisco and Marin County | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | What U can follow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Spice measure in a recipe for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Network with The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | SFPD alert: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Player from the New York baseball team | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | ___ Bridge Lucerne tourist attraction that is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Like deadpan humor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Busy California airport code | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Mickey Mouse or SpongeBob SquarePants e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Green growth on rocks that's easy to slip on | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | What's mined in Minecraft | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Contest that the tortoise won against the hare | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | ___ du Gard iconic Roman aqueduct bridge in France that was built in the first century AD | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | C'mon be a ___! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___-bitty (extremely small) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | ___ moly! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Red Sox and White Sox organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Deep-frying necessity | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___-mo (video type) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Eiffel ___ Paris landmark | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Wardrobe fillers | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | Cool! in the '80s | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Tennis legend ___ Agassi | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Pesto herb | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Ring on the phone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Owl's Hello! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | The A of AKA | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | ___ bear (mother bear) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | As easy as falling off ___ (very easy): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Attila the ___ (character in Night at the Museum) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | ___-friendly (easy to operate) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Columns' counterpart in a datasheet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Muscle worked out during a pull-up for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Stab in the ___ (betray) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Let ___ (The Beatles song): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Ending for Japan or Vietnam | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Faucet in a pub maybe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ Harbour Bridge Australia's iconic bridge that is nicknamed Coathanger due to its arch-based design | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | Nice round number? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ dish (lab item) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Swell up | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Immature dragonfly (rhymes with lymph) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Clip-___ (sound of hooves) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Catherine O'___ of Schitt's Creek | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Type of jump in Alysa Liu's routine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | When jack-o'-lanterns appear briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | I'm on vacation! letters in a workplace email | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Sketch show with the recurring character Domingo: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Messy pig house | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 21, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 21, 2026, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CLOTHES at 7 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 3 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 21, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 21, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 21, 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 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 21, 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 21, 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 8, 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.