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THURSDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 34 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword August 17 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the August 17, 2023 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A "My ___!" ("My mistake!") BAD 3 4A "___ the opportunity with both hands" GRAB 4 8A Genre for Taylor Swift or Harry Styles POP 3 11A Ideal tennis serve ACE 3 12A Prefix with "dynamics" or "space" AERO 4 13A Capital of Georgia, for short ATL 3 14A Male sheep RAM 3 15A ___ Bell, fast food chain TACO 4 16A Group of three, say TRIO 4 17A Subject combining natural sciences and engineering, for short BIOTECH 7 19A Sing one's own praises, say BOAST 5 20A Musical score for a film: Abbr. OST 3 21A Honey-making insects BEES 4 22A "How have you ___?" BEEN 4 25A Teenager's bane, slangily ZIT 3 26A "Yes," at the altar: 2 wds. IDO 3 29A The NBA's Magic, on scoreboards ORL 3 30A "Ready, ___, go!" SET 3 31A "___ Gun," 1986 Tom Cruise hit TOP 3 32A "The ___ of the Christ," Mel Gibson epic that is the highest-grossing independent film of all time PASSION 7 35A Speak playfully or kid around JEST 4 36A Snow-capped European peak ALP 3 37A College student's score: Abbr. GPA 3 39A Influential industry bigwig, say MOGUL 5 42A Ones who plant and cultivate crops FARMERS 7 46A ___ the top (exaggerated) OVER 4 47A Palo ___, California ALTO 4 48A Put in the ground, as seeds SOW 3 49A 2007 coming-of-age drama starring Michael Cera and Elliot Page that's one of the highest-grossing independent films JUNO 4 50A "___ Will Hunting," drama starring Matt Damon that's one of the highest-grossing independent films GOOD 4 51A Liquid-confiscating group, at an airport: Abbr. TSA 3 52A Black cat or broken mirror, for some OMEN 4 53A Covert ___ (secret missions), for short OPS 3 54A Place to hibernate, maybe DEN 3
Down
1D Fishhook's end (word hidden in "barbie") BARB 4 2D Antioxidant berry from a palm tree ACAI 4 3D Aspiring singer's tape, say DEMO 4 4D Bill ___, Microsoft co-founder GATES 5 5D Respond to a stimulus (anagram of "crate") REACT 5 6D ___-enemy (biggest foe) ARCH 4 7D Ghost's hello BOO 3 8D 2019 Oscar-winning South Korean thriller that's one of the highest-grossing independent movies PARASITE 8 9D ___ Redding, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" singer OTIS 4 10D Novel's storyline PLOT 4 16D Pedicured foot digit TOE 3 18D 2,000 pounds TON 3 19D Make a wager BET 3 21D Comedy routine BIT 3 22D Hit on the head BOP 3 23D Important age, say ERA 3 24D Overhead trains in Chicago, for short ELS 3 25D Meditative school of Buddhism ZEN 3 27D "___ and don'ts" DOS 3 28D Make a choice, say OPT 3 30D Soak up, as gravy SOP 3 33D Dark Lord in "The Lord of the Rings" SAURON 6 34D Not well ILL 3 35D Fruity bread spread JAM 3 37D Los ___, incorporated California town in the San Francisco Bay Area GATOS 5 38D Jab with an elbow? PROD 4 39D ___ Jojo, villain in "The Powerpuff Girls" MOJO 4 40D Egg cell OVUM 4 41D DNA carrier GENE 4 42D Box office disaster FLOP 4 43D Abbreviation that's a synonym for "founded," on a town sign ESTD 4 44D "Every ___ has its thorn" ROSE 4 45D "Black ___," 2010 psychological horror film starring Natalie Portman that's one of the highest-grossing independent films SWAN 4 47D "A long time ___ in a galaxy..." AGO 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 130 letters
1B
2A
3D
4G
5R
6A
7B
8P
9O
10P
11A
C
E
12A
E
R
O
13A
T
L
14R
A
M
15T
A
C
O
16T
R
I
O
17B
I
O
18T
E
C
H
19B
O
A
S
T
20O
S
T
21B
E
E
S
22B
23E
24E
N
25Z
I
T
26I
27D
28O
29O
R
L
30S
E
T
31T
O
P
32P
A
S
33S
34I
O
N
35J
E
S
T
36A
L
P
37G
38P
A
39M
40O
41G
U
L
42F
A
R
M
43E
44R
45S
46O
V
E
R
47A
L
T
O
48S
O
W
49J
U
N
O
50G
O
O
D
51T
S
A
52O
M
E
N
53O
P
S
54D
E
N

The completed 13 x 13 grid for August 17, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the August 17, 2023 puzzle

The August 17, 2023 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 34 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Thursday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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