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Daily Themed Crossword January 5, 2019 Answers

All 64 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the January 5, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.

64Clues
13Longest
3Shortest
3Abbreviations
Answers

January 5, 2019 — All 64 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 David Guetta song "Like ___": 2 wds. Show answer 3
#2 Tattoo essential Show answer 3
#3 ___ Scamander from "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them" Show answer 4
#4 Metric system prefix that means "a thousand" Show answer 4
#5 What a Hawaiian would say in greeting Show answer 5
#6 Opposite of "subtract" Show answer 3
#7 Keep for later or postpone Show answer 5
#8 What you do with your hat to show respect Show answer 4
#9 ___ New Guinea southwestern Pacific island country Show answer 5
#10 Microscopic hole on the skin that lets out sweat Show answer 4
#11 "Head ___ heels" Show answer 4
#12 "We need to ___ above our differences.." (overcome) Show answer 4
#13 New York's summer time zone: Abbr. Show answer 3
#14 Agnus ___ ("Lamb of God" invocation) Show answer 3
#15 "A Confession" author Tolstoy Show answer 3
#16 Keenly interested in something Show answer 4
#17 Bird that personifies someone who stays up until late at night Show answer 3
#18 Suffix with "cut" to mean shorts made out of jeans Show answer 4
#19 Popular bite-sized Japanese dish Show answer 5
#20 Unwelcome rodent in the house Show answer 4
#21 "Back ___" 1985 science fiction film in which the protagonist travels back in time and accidentally becomes his mother's romantic interest: 3 wds. TOTHEFUTURE 11
#22 Damage a muscle say Show answer 4
#23 What Justin Bieber was when his first album came out for short Show answer 4
#24 "Lend an ___" (listen) Show answer 3
#25 Casey Affleck drama film "Manchester by the ___" Show answer 3
#26 Where a pig retreats to at the end of the day Show answer 3
#27 A long story Show answer 4
#28 Expression that signifies triumph or surprise Show answer 3
#29 "She is a ___ of a person." (nice and kind) Show answer 3
#30 AC/DC song (also an explosive) Show answer 3
#31 "This is ___ end.." Show answer 3
#32 Official on a baseball field for short Show answer 3
#33 Obscure object in the sky as portrayed in sci-fi films: Abbr. Show answer 3
#34 What you burn when doing cardio Show answer 3
#35 Si ___ (aye or nay in Spanish): 2 wds. Show answer 3
#36 1987 science fiction film set in the 21st century about a battle-to-the-death television game show: 3 wds. Show answer 13
#37 ___ to (has happened multiple times) Show answer 4
#38 Belly button Show answer 5
#39 Anna ___ who played Skyler from "Breaking Bad" Show answer 4
#40 Edible starchy tuber Show answer 3
#41 What S stands for in "SNL" for short Show answer 3
#42 "It's ___ you." (your decision) Show answer 4
#43 Fabric variety like nylon Show answer 5
#44 ___ up (step up the speed) Show answer 3
#45 Praise for a job well done Show answer 5
#46 Barbie's counterpart Show answer 3
#47 What the villain is to the hero Show answer 5
#48 "Feeling ___" (sad) Show answer 4
#49 1982 science fiction film set in a dystopian future Los Angeles and about synthetic humans known as replicants: 2 wds. Show answer 11
#50 "A trip down memory ___.." Show answer 4
#51 Fun and frolic Show answer 4
#52 ___ chamber of opinions say Show answer 4
#53 ___ in (something you do after the fish takes the bait) Show answer 4
#54 Sleepwear for short Show answer 3
#55 Engage in a game Show answer 4
#56 Prefix with "star" to mean a light that guides a ship at sea Show answer 4
#57 Person who makes the biggest decisions at a company: Abbr. Show answer 3
#58 ___ one out Show answer 3
#59 Elliot Page starrer coming-of-age comedy film Show answer 4
#60 Mother informally Show answer 3
#61 John Denver's "I Guess ___ Rather Be In Colorado" Show answer 3
#62 Spotted Show answer 4
#63 South Korean pop icon Show answer 3
#64 "As we grow ___.." ("as we age") Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the January 5, 2019 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 5, 2019, a Saturday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THERUNNINGMAN at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.

Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 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 2019 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 5, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

January 5, 2019 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for January 5, 2019?
The January 5, 2019 grid has 64 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 64 clues. The longest answer is THERUNNINGMAN at 13 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 3 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for January 5, 2019 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including January 4, 2019 and January 6, 2019.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the January 5, 2019 Crossword

01

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.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for January 5, 2019 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 5, 2019 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.

Last checked — Sep 9, 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

64clues on this board
13longest answer
6,030boards archived
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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