Daily Themed Crossword January 18, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 18, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
January 18, 2019 — 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 | Grampa Simpson's first name from the animated show "The Simpsons" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Debris in a fireplace | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Penn actor from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Real lifesaver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Recruitment for military service | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Silver ___ (Severus Snape's patronus in the Harry Potter series) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Band behind the hit "Wonderwall" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Grand-scale production | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | House built with blocks that can melt | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | "Lightbulb" moment in cartoons | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | ___ Martin (nicknamed "King of Cool") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Rapid transit trains: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Donkey kin in the Bible | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Insect that buzzes and stings | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Snoop Dogg's music style e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Some toothpaste forms | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Organ associated with "drum" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | "Leave it ___" (don't make any changes): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Bitten by a wasp say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Gal or damsel to a Scot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Type of book where the author writes about real events like Michelle Obama's "Becoming": Hyph. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #22 | Warm ocean current El ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Price hike for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | "___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (Show aired on FXX) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Card game with "Skip" "Reverse" and "Draw 2" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Scottish crime writer ___ Rankin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Element whose symbol is "Fe" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Feel sorrow remorse or regret something you did | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Unreasonably dressed e.g.: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | HBO series with Snows Starks and Lannisters: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Vitamins minerals protein supplement brand which wants you to "Live Well": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Pal of "George of the Jungle" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Put on an ___ (pretend) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Michael who co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards with Colin Jost | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | "Choose the one you like" in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Type of book which is usually a collection of reminiscences by a person like Richard Feynman's "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!" | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 13 | |
| #37 | Romantic Indonesian island | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Non-reactive like Argon | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Cain's biblical brother | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | It is suspended from a hoop in a basketball court | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Colony insect with a Queen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Microwave's sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Rodgers (quarterback for the Green Bay Packers) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Pub pint from the tap | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Far from land: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | "___ Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994 Jim Carrey movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | "His clothes were ___ with mud" (encrusted) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Vin Diesel's 2017 action movie "The ___ of the Furious" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Books that depict an imaginary tale with a moral lesson like Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol": 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #50 | Moves from side-to-side at sea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | You can communicate with Alexa through this | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | S' in ASAP | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Kind of food or footage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | MGM mascot's cry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | "Days of ___ Lives" a long running-show starring Deidre Hall | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Something to do like a mission | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Humble resting spot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | "Time-out" hand signal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Grand Theft ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Paul Reubens' comic fictional character Pee-___ Herman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Ground breaker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Bird that warbles and sings | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Feeling ready to cry perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Formula follower | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 18, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 18, 2019, a Friday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is AUTOBIOGRAPHY 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 3 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 18, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 18, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 18, 2019 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for January 18, 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.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 18, 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.
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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.