Daily Themed Crossword August 9, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 9, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
August 9, 2018 — All 62 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "He is quite an expert at spinning ___ of lies.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | "How ___ you?" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Colosseum's city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Pronounce words clearly | Show answer | 9 | |
| #5 | Tending to produce unity | Show answer | 6 | |
| #6 | ___ car (second-hand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Feudal laborer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Actor ___ Jannings (recipient of the first Oscar for Best Actor) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Amount of medicine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | "That thought was always at the ___ my mind.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #11 | Lost blood from an injury say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Strong cleaner used in soaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Electrifying swimmer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | High-speed Internet initials: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Came in first | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Pixar's "Finding ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Affirmatives on a ship | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Flightless bird from Australia | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Colored part of the eye | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | ___ phone (hand-held device) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Actor who co-starred with Anna Kendrick (birthday today) in the 2016 crime thriller "The Accountant": 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #22 | Fitting | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | American rock band behind "Proud Mary": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Economic stat.: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Patient's contribution to the insurance company | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Swinging parts of some clocks | Show answer | 9 | |
| #27 | ___ Deucey (card game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Since 1st Jan on a financial statement: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Ballerina's bend | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Film series about an all-girls a capella group in which Anna Kendrick plays Beca Mitchell: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #31 | Charlemagne and Otto's realm: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Peter ___ (boy from Neverland) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Sense of self | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | European peak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Pie ___ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Old piece of cloth used in cleaning | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ Stark (Arya's father in "Game of Thrones") | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | "Scrappy ___" a memoir penned by Anna Kendrick: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #39 | Team that produces a reality show for e.g.: 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Island garland? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | U.S. Senator ___ Sanders | Show answer | 6 | |
| #42 | "___ to a Nightingale" by John Keats | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Pet ___ (source of annoyance) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Common URL ending for some universities | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Character portrayed by actor Anna Kendrick (birthday today) in the 2014 musical fantasy film "Into the Woods" | Show answer | 10 | |
| #46 | Wall Street initials: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Speaker's platform | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Makes mistakes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Aspiring attorney's exam: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Author unknown: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ Kids (children's programming network): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Poached fruit that rhymes with "bear" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Many millennia | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | "I'll take that as ___": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Knitting ball | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Sailor's organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Skeleton part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Faceless assistant on some phones | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | China's ___ Zedong | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | "___ White and the Seven Dwarfs" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | In ___ (actually) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Subway stop: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 9, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 9, 2018, a Thursday. It contains 62 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PITCHPERFECT at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 11 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 8 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 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 9, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 9, 2018 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 62 clues with answers from 3 to 12 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.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 62 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 9, 2018 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.