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Daily Themed Crossword August 8 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Themed Crossword August 8 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 64 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#
Place to slide a mousePAD3Across1 Yolk's placeEGG3Across4 Shiny and round audio library units: Abbr.CDS3Across7 "It's no ___!" ("It's pointless!")USE3Across10 Bread purchase unitLOAF4Across11 ___-haw (donkey's bray)HEE3Across13 Short skirtMINI4Across14 Baby's first word, maybeMAMA4Across16 Mother sheepEWE3Across17 Scissors unitPAIR4Across18 Landlord's rental agreementLEASE5Across19 Wham! ___ Shrimp, guess this crustacean whose punch is even faster than Keith Liddell's Guinness World Record-setting speedMANTIS6Across21 Carve into stoneETCH4Across24 "___ got a secret to tell you ..."IVE3Across27 "At ___" (military order)EASE4Across28 Boggy areas, like the EvergladesSWAMPS6Across29 "The Life Ahead" actress ___ LorenSOPHIA6Across33 El ___ (weather phenomenon)NINO4Across35 Band-___ (adhesive bandage brand)AID3Across36 Milky gemsOPALS5Across37 Boooom! ___ Whale, guess this sea giant whose roar beats Jill Drake's Guinness World Record-setting scream in volumeSPERM5Across39 Dentist's focusTEETH5Across42 Alley-___ (NBA move)OOP3Across44 Defunct auto firm founded by Ransom E. OldsREO3Across46 Chomp! Saltwater ___, guess this reptile with a bite force to crush Richard Hofmann's Guinness World Record for strongest biteCROCODILE9Across48 Prepare to drive?AIM3Across52 Crease removerIRON4Across53 Ninth one on a calendar, for shortSEP3Across54 Elf-made product, perhapsTOY3Across55 Op-___ (newspaper pieces)EDS3Across56 ___ chi (martial art)TAI3Across57

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Balloon-inflating devicePUMP4Down1 Continent containing TibetASIA4Down2 Jean materialDENIM5Down3 Nightmare street of filmELM3Down4 One who guards the net in the soccer fieldGOALIE6Down5 "The Hunger ___," 2012 sci-fi movieGAMES5Down6 Zooooom! Guess the feline speedster who would outrun Usain Bolt's Guinness World Record paceCHEETAH7Down7 Morning deposit on leavesDEW3Down8 "___ you later!" ("Bye for now!")SEE3Down9 Music syllable after "mi"FAA3Down12 Shakespearean actor ___ AldridgeIRA3Down15 Leak out slowlySEEP4Down20 "___ it in the bud" (suppress early on)NIP3Down22 Living room entertainment boxes: Abbr.TVS3Down23 Forensic series with the theme song "Who Are You": Abbr.CSI3Down25 "Hath ___ sister?" (line in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"): 2 wds.HEA3Down26 ___-cone (shaved dessert)SNO3Down29 Reddi-___ (dessert topping)WIP3Down30 "Grey's ___," long-running ABC medical dramaANATOMY7Down31 Nom-nom! Star-nosed ___, guess the fastest-eating mammal that outpaces Leah Shutkever's Guinness World Record eating speedMOLE4Down32 Taste, as a hot toddySIP3Down33 Many a poem by Shelley or KeatsODE3Down34 On the beachASHORE6Down36 "Hold on a ___!"SEC3Down38 Fishing ___ (equipment where a reel is attached)ROD3Down40 Cake descriptor that is a synonym of "damp"MOIST5Down41 Prefix that denotes "three" and is used with "pod"TRI3Down43 PetitionPLEA4Down45 Dumpster-dining rodentRAT3Down46 Vowels between "a" and "u"EIO3Down47 ___ liver oil (dietary supplement)COD3Down49 Carry-___ (travel bags)ONS3Down50 Prefix with "phenomenal"EPI3Down51

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, August 8, 2025. 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.