Daily Themed Crossword August 27, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 27, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
August 27, 2023 — All 65 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Soup-holding vessel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Blue expanse above the horizon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Reduce to paste as potatoes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Suffix with gran to give a nutty snack | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Card game where your turn may be Skipped | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Frozen drink brand that aptly sounds like icy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Ear buildup | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Oinking animal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Plant that provides shade... examples of which are found at the starts of 17a 30a and 41a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Flame-extinguishing rescue team member | Show answer | 11 | |
| #11 | State of intense anger | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | App Store platform | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Diminishes as the tide | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Dadaist Jean ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | ___ farewell (said goodbye) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Spouted vessel used to boil water: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #17 | Single-stranded genetic messenger: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ Taylor retail chain for women | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Limb you can hug with | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Fail's opposite in an exam | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Black-and-white safari sighting | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Residue on a smoker? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Sesame Street segment that's hosted by a red Muppet: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #24 | ___ test (app's trial run) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Commit perjury | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | We're on ___ way | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Grandiose heroic poem say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ Lovelace of early computing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Chairman ___ Zedong | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Satellite signal receiver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Have you eaten ___? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Itty-bitty baby dog | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Punch sound in the comics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Frozen snowman | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Hail-able and hire-able ride | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | ___ Bowl (NFL league champion-deciding game) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Cutting tool in the kitchen | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | ___ Bear Boo Boo Bear's buddy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Oven gloves | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Ranch-measuring land unit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Clairvoyant with a crystal ball (rhymes with jeer) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | ___-haw (braying syllables) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Enter at your own ___ (words of warning) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Madonna's Material ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | I ___ so! (Fingers crossed!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Pilot's educated guess: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Mercedes-___ (luxury wheels brand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | ___ of one's existence (cause of misfortune) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Money-dispensing machine: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Cupped undergarment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Opposite of outs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___ Kapital Karl Marx work | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | The ___ of Sandwich (noble title) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | London streetcar say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Vietnamese soup with rice noodles | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Sandy vacation spot | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Step ___! (Move!) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Exercise-induced perspiration | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Procter & Gamble beauty brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Effortless win say (anagram of prom) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Hawaiian feast with poi and poke | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | ___ in the bucket (very small amount) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Place for pillow talk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Prefix with Pen to someone with allergies | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | ___ the season to be jolly... | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 27, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 27, 2023, a Sunday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is FIREFIGHTER at 11 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 2 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 27, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 27, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 27, 2023 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 65 clues with answers from 3 to 11 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 27, 2023 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 65 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 27, 2023 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.