Daily Themed Crossword August 28, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the August 28, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
August 28, 2025 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Freshly painted | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Cosmopolitan or Harper's Bazaar for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Married to the ___ (Michelle Pfeiffer film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Why don't you give ___ shot: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Congo's continent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Yoko ___ Walking on Thin Ice singer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Popular jazz instrument for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | It goes on a hanger | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Serve a drink say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Apple mobile device | Show answer | 6 | |
| #11 | Group of professionals for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Only one way to find ___! cliche dialogue said in many movies like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Karate Kid Part III | OUT | 3 | |
| #13 | Pop's Lana ___ Rey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Snack in a stack | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | DC summer clock setting: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Actor Pacino and weathercaster Roker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | He's ___ behind me isn't he? cliche dialogue said in many movies like Shrek and Deadpool | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | Big Apple initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | More than I wanted to know: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | ___ Paulo Brazil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Million Years ___ (Adele song) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | ___-up (confined) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | One ___ time: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | ___ favor (please in Spanish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | ___ house (packed venue) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Opposite of joy | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | What's ___ for us? : 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | No ___! (No issues! slangily) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Prefix with demic or dermal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Air Jordan company | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Fixed periodical payment for a loan: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Fled | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Never Have I ___ (popular drinking game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Is that all you've ___?! cliche dialogue said in many movies like The Mummy Returns and Rocky II | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Suffix with north or east | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Madison's state for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Educated guess on when a flight will land: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___ Driver Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic crime film | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ Picchu Peru | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | The game is ___ (Sherlock Holmes line) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Mom's mom affectionately | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Imitates a cow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Responsibility | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | I was ___ ready! cliche dialogue said in many movies like Hondo and Blade: Trinity | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Tot's sleeping companion perhaps | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Good buddy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Hunny-loving bear | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | And so forth for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Surgeon's workplaces: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Narrow inlet for a river (anagram of air) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | ___ ideal (Freudian concept) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | U2 collaborator Brian ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Munched some lunch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Letters after K | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Lie unused | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Create lace | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Inhale deeply in shock | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Quid ___ quo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Adjust or change | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Trailer or teaser for short | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Planetary path | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Speeder's penalty | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Oxford or Harvard for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | It's not what it looks ___ cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like Blades of Glory and The Matrix | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Portland state for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | ___ not so different you and I cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like Austin Powers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | WERE | 4 | |
| #67 | ___ excellence (exceptional) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Motorist's refuge | Show answer | 3 |
How the August 28, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for August 28, 2025, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is IPHONE at 6 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 3 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 28, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
August 28, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the August 28, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 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 28, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the August 28, 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.