Daily Themed Crossword August 23, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 23, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
August 23, 2025 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Rock-a-___ Baby (lullaby) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | From ___ Z (the entire alphabet): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Floor cleaning tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Not at all difficult | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Currency of Japan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Great hairy primate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Use a keyboard | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Take a ___ (sit down) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Cappuccino container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Little one in preschool say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Frozen ___ salad vintage recipe with a dairy ingredient and broccoli that might have had an interesting flavor | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Increase in salary | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Chick's mama | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | ___ and don'ts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Cul-de-___ (dead end) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Surname of the Bee Gees members | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Fail to include | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | ___-El (Superman's name) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Slap a legal notice say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Long time boyfriend | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Penny's husband in The Big Bang Theory | Show answer | 7 | |
| #22 | Cashew or almond e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ chicken confetti salad vintage recipe like a white Christmas that might have had an interesting flavor | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Tenant's rental contract | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Early Beatle Sutcliffe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Frequent URL ender | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Majestic Yellowstone creature | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Within arm's reach | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ and bananas hollandaise vintage recipe with cured pork that might have had an interesting flavor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Wave in Spanish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Undergarment with a hook perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ... ___ woodchuck could chuck wood (tongue twister): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Aye's opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Lifelong pal: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Put money on a race say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Woo-hoo! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Psychic's sense: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Assent on a ship | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Do a professor's job say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | ___ rocks (with ice as in a drink): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Self-defense spray | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Magnum ___ (great work) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Le Pew (cartoon character) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Bigfoot's brother | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Atora ___ pudding vintage recipe with meat cut that's sometimes medium rare that might have had an interesting flavor | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | CIA precursor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Big Ben's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Colosseum's city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Continent larger than Africa | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Number on a driver's license: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | LA's state for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jackson 5 hit: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ the hatchet (end a conflict) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Sleeping spot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | ___ and Jell-O pie vintage recipe with a saltwater fish that might have had an interesting flavor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Opposite of more | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Toronto's province for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Grammar subject that may be proper | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Apply to as a balm: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | With 40a a tasty cocoa spread | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Super salad ___ vintage recipe shaped like unsliced bread that might have had an interesting flavor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | ___ Stone Poor Things actress | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Tai ___ (martial art form) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Mary ___ (cosmetics name) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Gradually subside as the tide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Dog bark sound in comics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Flying fleet of the UK: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 23, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 23, 2025, a Saturday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is LEONARD at 7 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 5 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for August 23, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 23, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 23, 2025 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 67 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.
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 23, 2025 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 23, 2025 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.