Daily Themed Crossword August 23, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 23, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
August 23, 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 | Email that gets deleted before being read | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Very pleased with oneself | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Timbuktu's country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Acid that is often responsible for gout | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Collect | Show answer | 6 | |
| #6 | Food display on the table for e.g. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #7 | Father ___ and the Holy Spirit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Spoken rather than written | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | "___ can see for himself.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Name derived from a name | Show answer | 6 | |
| #11 | Younger Fanning sister | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Like a weak excuse for e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Part of a chain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Smallest of the Great Lakes by volume | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Prefix with graph | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Experienced player | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ of shoes or socks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Got off | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Rarer than rare | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | It means everything | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Austrian director who made a Hollywood remake of his original film "Funny Games" in the year 2007: 2 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #22 | "What ___ we going to do?" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Unnecessary drama | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Victorian for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Grand Ice Cream co-founder Joseph ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | "Quantico" network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | English director ___ Hitchcock who remade his 1934 film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" in 1956 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #28 | Reed from "The Velvet Underground" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "___ you a thousand times over." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Nebraska's largest city | Show answer | 5 | |
| #31 | Flight schedule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | What an "O" symbolizes in XO | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | What the number of candles on a cake signify | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Fake ghost's shout | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Floor mat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Witch's threat in fairy tales | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Pizza divisions | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Snaky sushi fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Old fellow | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Dutch filmmaker ___ Sluizer who made a Hollywood remake of his original film "Spoorloos" titled "The Vanishing" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | "A Nightmare on ___ Street" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Charles Dickens' "___ Twist" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #43 | Actress ___ Michele from "New Year's Eve" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "Downton ___" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Right-angled pipe joint | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Kind of phone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | American filmmaker who remade his hit movie "The Ten Commandments" in 1956: 3 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #48 | "Night" author Wiesel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | 100-year terms: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Wine and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Jay ___ who came before Jimmy Fallon | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Eye covers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Both Cain and Abel's eldest nephew | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Household power: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Show ___ (entertainment industry) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Blood pipe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Queue | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Compass point opposite WSW: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Prefix with scope | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | More or ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | "Get ____ Ya-Ya's Out!" (album by the Rolling Stones) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Antarctica's largest ice shelf | Show answer | 4 |
How the August 23, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 23, 2018, a Thursday. It contains 62 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MICHAELHANEKE at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 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 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 23, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 23, 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 13 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 23, 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.