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Daily Themed Crossword August 12 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Themed Crossword August 12 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 72 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Kitchen VIPCHEF4Across1 Read a barcode, saySCAN4Across5 MoMA displayART3Across9 "___ we go again..."HERE4Across12 "That's terrible!": 2 wds.OHNO4Across13 Great miseryWOE3Across14 Colored part of the eyeIRIS4Across15 Santa's facial featureBEARD5Across16 Actress Mendes of "Lost River"EVA3Across18 J.M. ___, "Waiting for the Barbarians" author who is the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in LiteratureCOETZEE7Across19 Law and ___ORDER5Across21 Provoke someoneIRK3Across23 "La la" precederTRA3Across24 Scream or yellSHOUT5Across25 V.S. ___, "A House for Mr Biswas" author who is the recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in LiteratureNAIPAUL7Across29 "___, let's go!"CMON4Across33 Flower supportsSTEMS5Across34 State of outrageIRE3Across36 Kazuo ___, "Never Let Me Go" author who is the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in LiteratureISHIGURO8Across37 Thomas ___, "Rule, Britannia" composerARNE4Across39 ___ and outsINS3Across40 Bear Grylls' "___ vs. Wild"MAN3Across41 ___ Pamuk, "Silent House" author who is the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in LiteratureORHAN5Across43 Patrick ___, "Chevreuse" author who is the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in LiteratureMODIANO7Across47 Hitchcock's "___ Window"REAR4Across51 Doesn't leaveSTAYS5Across52 Bart, to Homer SimpsonSON3Across54 Relaxed and composedCALM4Across55 Tiny bitIOTA4Across56 Wall-climbing plantIVY3Across57 Treaty partnerALLY4Across58 Prom attendee, usuallyTEEN4Across59 Document transfer over phone, for shortFAX3Across60

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fashionable and classyCHIC4Down1 Villain's foeHERO4Down2 One of the Great LakesERIE4Down3 "Oktober" follower to mean a German celebrationFEST4Down4 Not even tipsySOBER5Down5 Blush targetCHEEK5Down6 Santa ___, CaliforniaANA3Down7 "Neither this ___ that"NOR3Down8 Filled with wonderAWED4Down9 Wander about (anagram of "over")ROVE4Down10 Eye drop?TEAR4Down11 ___ Lessing, "The Golden Notebook" author who is the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in LiteratureDORIS5Down17 Skin eruptionZIT3Down20 Jay-Z's genreRAP3Down22 ___ o' shanter (Scottish cap)TAM3Down24 ___-fi ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" genre)SCI3Down25 Royal Navy lettersHMS3Down26 Aah's partnerOOH3Down27 Prefix with "cycle" or "directional"UNI3Down28 ___-noir (film genre)NEO3Down29 Balloon fillerAIR3Down30 Decorative vaseURN3Down31 Author Harper of "Go Set a Watchman"LEE3Down32 Energy source for some panelsSUN3Down34 ___-80 (early home computer): Abbr.TRS3Down35 Tonic's partnerGIN3Down38 Singer DiFranco of "Untouchable Face"ANI3Down39 "Red Sorghum" author who is the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds.MOYAN5Down41 TV commercials, for shortADS3Down42 Willy in "Free Willy"ORCA4Down43 Keep it ___ (be honest)REAL4Down44 The Rock and Roll ___ of FameHALL4Down45 BTS fan baseARMY4Down46 "Pal," in SydneyMATE4Down47 "___ I care": 2 wds.ASIF4Down48 ___ Scotia, province in CanadaNOVA4Down49 Black gemstone, usuallyONYX4Down50 Take a chairSIT3Down52 Digit at the end of a stockingTOE3Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, August 12, 2022. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.