Daily Themed Crossword January 21, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 21, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
January 21, 2018 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A memorable time in history | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | A Nightmare on ___ Street famed horror series | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ John Silver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | A speck of dust | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Hockey venue | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Notre Dame coach ___ Parseghian | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Clear a debt | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | In the midst of | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Stiff like a board | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Rant and ___ (go off on a tangent) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Famous cookie guy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | By way of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Conclude | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Hopping mammal from Australia for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | "Losing My Religion" band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | "___ no hurry take your time.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Six-legged hill-dweller | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Bigger than big | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Famed French Nobelist who wrote "The Plague" and "The Fall" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Provoke or prod annoyingly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Actress whose birthday it is today who starred in films like "The Fly" and "Beetlejuice" and was an archer before her acting career: 2 wds. | GEENADAVIS | 10 | |
| #22 | Give out light | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Fanged bloodsucker in horror films for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Fifth month | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Insane | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Kimono closer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Prefix with "tool" and "present" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Nickname of the household head on TV's "Hazel" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Logic-based game played with matchsticks | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Farewell | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Good-for-nothing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | China's ___ Zedong | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ Farrow famed actress | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Tax form organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Buffoon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Oops I Did It Again singer who was a part of her high school basketball team prior to her music career: 2 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #37 | "That's the ___." (standard) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Giant Brain computer unveiled in 1946 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Yale Whale players | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Tech giant with the motto "Think": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Foam finger number | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Failed investment | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Egotist's look | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Hindu title | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Encrusted in something | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Famed procedural crime show: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Take the wheel | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Power utility: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | "Harry Potter" actress who played club field hockey during her time at Brown University: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #50 | The Boy Who Cried ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | A foreboding sign | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Scrapped to Nasa: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Belle of the ball | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Where heroes are made | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Take a walk in a way: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Pepsi rival | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Angry crowd | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Swampy locale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | At all | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Famed martial artist Bruce | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | It may be inflated | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Be an angel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | New Deal president for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Seasonal beverage | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 21, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 21, 2018, a Sunday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BRITNEYSPEARS at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 5 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 21, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 21, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 64 clues with answers from 3 to 13 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 21, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.