| What "8" may represent: Abbr. | 39 |
| Virgo's birth mo., maybe | 28 |
| Vacation mo., often | 19 |
| U.S. mo. without a holiday | 26 |
| Time of year: Abbr. | 19 |
| Third-qtr. period | 17 |
| Third qtr. time | 15 |
| Summer stretch: Abbr. | 21 |
| Summer month: Abbr. | 19 |
| Sept. predecessor | 17 |
| Saskatchewan Day mo. | 20 |
| Romance Awareness mo. | 21 |
| NFL preseason time | 18 |
| National Water Quality mo. | 26 |
| National Psoriasis Awareness Mo. | 32 |
| National Dog Day mo. | 20 |
| National Clown Week mo. | 23 |
| Mo. without a federal holiday | 29 |
| Mo. with very few holidays, though looks like it's got National Ice Cream Sandwich Day | 90 |
| Mo. with most of Leo | 20 |
| Mo. to celebrate National Clown Week | 36 |
| Mo. originally called Sextilis | 30 |
| Mo. of the Perseid meteor shower | 32 |
| Mo. of Indian Independence Day | 30 |
| Mo. no. 8 | 9 |
| Mo. in which Bill Clinton was born | 34 |
| Mo. for most Leos | 17 |
| Mo. for Leos | 12 |
| Mo. before Labor Day | 20 |
| Mo. after July | 14 |
| Midsummer mo. | 13 |
| Leo's birth mo., maybe | 26 |
| L.B.J.'s birth month | 24 |
| Jul. follower | 13 |
| Holidayless mo. | 15 |
| Follower of Jul. | 16 |
| Dog-days mo. | 12 |
| Dog days month: Abbr. | 21 |
| Cal. page header | 16 |
| Cal. abbreviation | 17 |
| Before Sept. | 12 |
| Back-to-school sales mo. | 24 |
| Athens Olympic mo. | 18 |
| Assumption of the Virgin, ---. 15 | 33 |
| Arrival time for H.C.H. | 23 |
| 8, often: Abbr. | 15 |
| 8 in a date: Abbr. | 18 |
| 1963 March on Washington mo. | 28 |
| "8," sometimes: Abbr. | 31 |
| "8," sometimes, briefly | 33 |
| "8," sometimes (Abbr.) | 32 |
| Boring tool | 11 |
| Hole-making tool | 16 |
| Hole maker | 10 |
| Drilling tool | 13 |
| Gimlet's larger cousin | 26 |
| Gimlet's cousin | 19 |
| Carpenter's boring tool | 27 |
| Boring thing | 12 |
| A boring person might have one | 30 |
| Kind of bit | 11 |
| It's supposed to be boring | 30 |
| Hole-boring tool | 16 |
| Tool for boring holes | 21 |
| Tool for boring | 15 |
| It really gets boring | 21 |
| Ice-fishing tool | 16 |
| Hole borer | 10 |
| Drilling device | 15 |
| Drill bit | 9 |
| Boring implement | 16 |
| Borer | 5 |
| You'll usually find it boring | 33 |
| Wood shop bit | 13 |
| When you use it, it's boring | 32 |
| Tool with a cross handle | 24 |
| This tool is usually boring | 27 |
| South Alberta town | 18 |
| Some find it boring | 19 |
| It's usually boring | 23 |
| It's generally boring | 25 |
| It's boring or it's useless | 35 |
| Hammond-man Brian | 17 |
| Grammy-nominated keyboardist Brian | 34 |
| Gimlet's relative | 21 |
| Gimlet's big brother | 24 |
| Drilling bit | 12 |
| Drill for boring | 16 |
| Cousin of a gimlet | 18 |
| Carpentry bit | 13 |
| Carpenter's bit | 19 |
| Boring device | 13 |
| Boring bit | 10 |
| Boring article | 14 |
| Boring apparatus | 16 |
| Borer with a bit | 16 |
| A boring tool | 13 |
| Boring tools | 12 |
| Hole-making tools | 17 |
| They're boring | 18 |