Daily Themed Crossword February 18, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the February 18, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
February 18, 2020 — All 70 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Clumsy sort | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Opposite of "on" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Not foul | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Casino card game | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | More than bad | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | ___ Power winner of 2018 Indianapolis 500 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Grant-____ (government funding): Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Carry with effort | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Baton Rouge School: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Windows forerunner: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | "This is a ___." (difficult situation) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Make money | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Early Beatles member Sutcliffe lovingly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Cry loudly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Small battery | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Responsibility or duty | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Takuma ___ winner of 2017 Indianapolis 500 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Christmas tree | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Meat-based pasta sauce | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Beat decisively | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Alexander ___ winner of 2016 Indianapolis 500 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Speak indistinctly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | One rising at dawn | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Bart to Homer Simpson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Headed the group | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Comic-book crash | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | School transportation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Portuguese "she" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | One of the Biblical twins | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Tree juice | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Balloon filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Spoil the appearance of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Word with "super" or "iron" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Tampa Bay player for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Male sibling for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | "Go team!" cheer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Singer Yoko | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Cub's place | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Jazz instrument familiarly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | ___ Hanks winner of 1957 Indianapolis 500 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Bit of sarcasm maybe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | ___ Pablo Montoya winner of 2000 Indianapolis 500 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | The cruelest month according to T.S Eliot for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Chinese cookware | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | "___ of the Worlds" (Tom Cruise film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Rebounding sound effect | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Dieter's lunch perhaps | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Boston Red ____ (Baseball team) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Highly capable | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Point of no return in tennis? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Big name in cameras and copiers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Knitter's need | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Tibetan beast of burden | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Franchitti winner of 2012 Indianapolis 500 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #55 | Hawkeye State | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Shop sign meaning "ready for business" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Santa's little helper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Airline to Tel Aviv: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | It's not the truth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Legume in some soups | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Rounded end of the hammer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Telephone number add-on for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Make a choice with "for" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Vietnamese New Year | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Turkey's currency | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Big fair for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | Tiny | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | ___ for oneself (not be dependent) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #69 | Envelope abbreviation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #70 | Hill building insect | Show answer | 3 |
How the February 18, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for February 18, 2020, a Tuesday. It contains 70 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is WORSE at 5 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for February 18, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
February 18, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the February 18, 2020 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 70 clues with answers from 3 to 5 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 February 18, 2020 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 70 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the February 18, 2020 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.