Our Daily Themed Crossword Hints for August 8, 2025 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Daily Themed Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
Daily Themed Crossword Hints, August 8, 2025
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the Daily Themed Crossword on 8/8/25. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- 1A. Place to slide a mouse
- 4A. Yolk’s place
- 7A. Shiny and round audio library units: Abbr.
- 10A. "It's no ___!" ("It's pointless!")
- 11A. Bread purchase unit
- 13A. ___-haw (donkey's bray)
- 14A. Short skirt
- 16A. Baby's first word, maybe
- 17A. Mother sheep
- 18A. Scissors unit
- 19A. Landlord's rental agreement
- 21A. Wham! ___ Shrimp, guess this crustacean whose punch is even faster than Keith Liddell's Guinness World Record-setting speed
- 24A. Carve into stone
- 27A. "___ got a secret to tell you ..."
- 28A. "At ___" (military order)
- 29A. Boggy areas, like the Everglades
- 33A. The Life Ahead actress ___ Loren
- 35A. El ___ (weather phenomenon)
- 36A. Band-___ (adhesive bandage brand)
- 37A. Milky gems
- 39A. Boooom! ___ Whale, guess this sea giant whose roar beats Jill Drake's Guinness World Record-setting scream in volume
- 42A. Dentist’s focus
- 44A. Alley-___ (NBA move)
- 46A. "Roll with the Changes" band ___ Speedwagon
- 48A. Chomp! Saltwater ___, guess this reptile with a bite force to crush Richard Hofmann's Guinness World Record for strongest bite
- 52A. Axe-throwing skill
- 53A. Crease remover
- 54A. Ninth one on a calendar, for short
- 55A. Elf-made product, perhaps
- 56A. Op-___ (newspaper pieces)
- 57A. __ chi (martial art)
- 1D. Balloon-inflating device
- 2D. Continent containing Tibet
- 3D. Jean material
- 4D. Nightmare street of film
- 5D. One who guards the net in the soccer field
- 6D. "The Hunger ___," 2012 sci-fi movie
- 7D. Zooooom! Guess the feline speedster who would outrun Usain Bolt's Guinness World Record pace
- 8D. Morning deposit on leaves
- 9D. "___ you later!" ("Bye for now!")
- 12D. Music syllable after "mi"
- 15D. Retirement savings option: Abbr.
- 20D. Leak out slowly
- 22D. "___ it in the bud" (suppress early on)
- 23D. Living room entertainment boxes: Abbr.
- 25D. Forensic series with the theme song "Who Are You": Abbr.
- 26D. "Hath ___ sister?" (line in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"): 2 wds.
- 29D. ___-cone (shaved dessert)
- 30D. Reddi-___ (dessert topping)
- 31D. "Grey's ___," long-running ABC medical drama
- 32D. Nom-nom! Star-nosed ___, guess the fastest-eating mammal that outpaces Leah Shutkever's Guinness World Record eating speed
- 33D. Taste, as a hot toddy
- 34D. Many a poem by Shelley or Keats
- 36D. On the beach
- 38D. "Hold on a ___!"
- 40D. Fishing ___ (equipment where a reel is attached)
- 41D. Cake descriptor that is a synonym of "damp"
- 43D. Prefix that denotes "three" and is used with "pod"
- 45D. Petition
- 46D. Dumpster-dining rodent
- 47D. Vowels between "a" and "u"
- 49D. ___ liver oil (dietary supplement)
- 50D. Carry- ___ (travel bags)
- 51D. Dermal opening
Daily Themed Crossword is a popular online crossword puzzle game that is updated daily with new puzzles for players to solve. The game is developed by PlaySimple Games and is available on both iOS and Android devices.
The puzzles in Daily Themed Crossword are organized around a different theme each day, with clues and answers related to that theme. For example, the theme for a particular day might be movies, and all the clues and answers would be related to movies in some way.
The game is designed to be accessible to players of all skill levels, with puzzles ranging from easy to difficult. The game also includes helpful features such as hints and the ability to reveal individual letters or words to help players progress through more challenging puzzles.
If you enjoy the Daily Themed Crossword, we think you’d also enjoy the LA Times Crossword and the NYT Crossword. If you’re still struggling to solve your crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first.
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