Friday · August 27, 2021 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword August 27, 2021 Answers

All 69 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the August 27, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.

69Clues
7Longest
3Shortest
1Abbreviations
Answers

August 27, 2021 — All 69 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 Dadaist Jean ___ Show answer 3
#2 "Before I forget..." Show answer 4
#3 Stan ___ Marvel Comics figure Show answer 3
#4 Used a bench Show answer 3
#5 Alpha's opposite Show answer 5
#6 Keyboard sounds Show answer 4
#7 Lassie's cap Show answer 3
#8 Actor KJ ___ from "Riverdale" Show answer 3
#9 "___ at Work" Australian band Show answer 3
#10 Medulla oblongata's location Show answer 5
#11 What you do to candles after making a wish Show answer 4
#12 "Folk" follower Show answer 4
#13 October birthstone Show answer 4
#14 Spider's creations Show answer 4
#15 Paper unit Show answer 4
#16 ___- man Tarzan Show answer 3
#17 Lasso material Show answer 4
#18 ___ Sampras American former tennis player Show answer 4
#19 ___ pizza (style of pizza) Show answer 3
#20 Salman of Saudi Arabia for one Show answer 4
#21 Lightest state of matter Show answer 3
#22 "Get your ___ together" Show answer 3
#23 "___ it in the bud" Show answer 3
#24 ___ Bohr Danish physicist known for his contributions to atomic structure and quantum theory Show answer 5
#25 Air or Pro tablet Show answer 4
#26 Sir ___ Newton English physicist known for his laws on motion and gravitation Show answer 5
#27 ___ and sound Show answer 4
#28 Liberal ___ (college major) Show answer 4
#29 Al ___ former Vice President of the United States Show answer 4
#30 "No pain no ___" Show answer 4
#31 "All systems go" at a space station: Hyph. Show answer 3
#32 Actor ___ excellence Show answer 3
#33 Group of monkeys Show answer 5
#34 ___ Feynman American physicist known for his path integral formulation of quantum mechanics Show answer 7
#35 Maritime distress letters Show answer 3
#36 ___ story (pitiful story) Show answer 3
#37 "Based ___ true story": 2 wds. Show answer 3
#38 "Oh ___" (excited exclamation) Show answer 3
#39 Back in a boat Show answer 3
#40 Rub the wrong way Show answer 3
#41 Beatle bride Yoko ___ Show answer 3
#42 ___ Moines Iowa Show answer 3
#43 Physicist's particle Show answer 3
#44 Sore muscle soother often Show answer 3
#45 ___ Rutherford New Zealand physicist known as the father of nuclear physics Show answer 6
#46 Descriptive college application part Show answer 5
#47 ___ cos and tan Show answer 3
#48 "For Your Eyes ___" Show answer 4
#49 "La-la" lead-in Show answer 3
#50 Wells ___ American financial services company Show answer 5
#51 The "F" in TGIF for short Show answer 3
#52 Type of analyst Show answer 4
#53 Prima ___ Show answer 5
#54 Forcefully evacuate Show answer 4
#55 Actress Kendrick from "Twilight" Show answer 4
#56 Peak point Show answer 4
#57 Display ___ (profile photo for short) Show answer 3
#58 ___ Dirac English theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and electrodynamics Show answer 4
#59 As scarce as hen's teeth Show answer 4
#60 Band ___ (wound cover) Show answer 3
#61 Company bigwig handling money matters: Abbr. Show answer 3
#62 ___ and far between Show answer 3
#63 Type of tribute Show answer 3
#64 "___ bitsy spider..." Show answer 4
#65 Uses a shovel say Show answer 4
#66 ___ school (future resident's place) Show answer 3
#67 Tabby or Sphynx for one Show answer 3
#68 Period in an IP address Show answer 3
#69 Farm mother Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the August 27, 2021 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 27, 2021, a Friday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is RICHARD at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.

Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 27, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

August 27, 2021 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for August 27, 2021?
The August 27, 2021 grid has 69 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 69 clues. The longest answer is RICHARD at 7 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 1 clue are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for August 27, 2021 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including August 26, 2021 and August 28, 2021.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the August 27, 2021 Crossword

01

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 69 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.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for August 27, 2021 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 27, 2021 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, 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

69clues on this board
7longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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