Daily Themed Crossword August 9, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 9, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
August 9, 2020 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bone in a cage? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "___ Race" comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Much hullabaloo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Pixar's animated film featuring Buzz Lightyear: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #5 | Rock ___ scissors | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | ___ Anderson from "Baywatch" fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Fireman's essential tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | ___ Crichton author of "Jurassic Park" who went to Harvard Medical School | Show answer | 7 | |
| #9 | City in Florida nicknamed "The Big Guava" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Popcorn holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | "Oops!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Induce a yawn say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | "Did ___ something wrong?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Curdled soymilk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Cab for hire | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Sailor's greeting | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Japanese moolah | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Fall Out ___ American rock band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | International oil organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | "Less is ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | "___ & Sound" Taylor Swift song | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Throat-clearing sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Word joining line? | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Talk too much | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Egyptian cobras | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Sir ___ Conan Doyle creator of "Sherlock Holmes" who went to the University of Edinburgh Medical School | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Perlman of the sitcom "Cheers" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Common battery size: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Oxford or loafer e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Yang's companion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Approval slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Rooms for storing groceries | Show answer | 8 | |
| #33 | ___ Gasol 2002 NBA rookie of the year who enrolled in medical school at the University of Barcelona | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Teenager's skin woe often | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | ___ Manual | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Salon waves? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Capital of Northern Ireland | Show answer | 7 | |
| #38 | Sister's husband: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Long skirt | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | PCs at an Apple store | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | "Never ___ Never" Justin Bieber song | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___ Wayne (rapper) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Quarterback Dawson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "The Diary of a Young Girl" by ___ Frank | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Sly canines | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Chick-___-A (restaurant chain) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Abu ___ U.A.E | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | ___ Holland lead vocalist of The Offspring who was a doctoral student at the Keck School of Medicine | Show answer | 6 | |
| #49 | "I'm all ___" (listening intently) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | "___ Rasputin" lyric of Boney M's song: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Inventor of the diesel engine | Show answer | 6 | |
| #52 | "Once ___ time in a land far away..." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Financial obligation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | It may be tied up into a bun? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Topmost point | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Located at a distance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | ___ Fighters rock band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | James Bond creator Fleming | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ Gardner from "Mogambo" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Flanders of "The Simpsons" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Judge's gown | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Cries uncontrollably | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Lady from the garden of Eden | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Colony insects | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | "You" in French | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Sorrowful | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 9, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 9, 2020, a Sunday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is TOYSTORY 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 4 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 9, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 9, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 9, 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 66 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 9, 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 9, 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.
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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.