Daily Themed Crossword January 1, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 1, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
January 1, 2021 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Course of action | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | "Before" prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Steak order often | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Farm females | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Vegetarian protein source | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | "America (My Country ___ of Thee)" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Europe's "boot" country | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Destroy as documents | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Voice below soprano | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Pitcher's limb | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Where Santa lands | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | British honorary initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Congressional outputs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Fill completely | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | ___ Gras | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Like a ___ to a flame | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Tennis shot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Rug measure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | At a distance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Painted digit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Hornbill's home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | "___ Civility" 2011 novel by Amor Towles which begins on New Year's eve in 1937: 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #23 | ID for a U.S. citizen: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Sign off | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Pester all day | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | NFL distances for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Former CBS military legal series: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | New Year starter for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Brewed beer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "Neither here ___ there" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Suffer from ill health | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Loo for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Birth certificate entry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Oral health group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Blues day for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | "Jimmy Eat World" genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | "___ Way Down" 2005 novel by Nick Hornby which begins on New Year's eve: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | Geeky type | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Japan's Shinzo ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Ghost's hello | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | ___ Musk of Tesla Motors | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | ___ Perignon (champagne brand) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Actor Richard of "Chicago" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | It may erupt once in a while | Show answer | 7 | |
| #45 | "The ___" 1844 novella by Charles Dickens which begins on New Year's eve | Show answer | 6 | |
| #46 | Pixar's Remy e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Farming prefix | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | "White ___" 2000 novel by Zadie Smith which begins on New Year's day | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | "___-la-la!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Actor Pitt of "Seven" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | "___ Jones's Diary" 1996 novel by Helen Fielding in which the titular character meets her lover at a New Year's party | Show answer | 7 | |
| #52 | Classic meat-based pasta sauce | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Nano Apple device | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Use a stun gun | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Jazz legend Simone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Canada's ___ Scotia | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Shrinking Asian sea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Lil Wayne's genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Gather in the field | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | "The Raven" poet Edgar Allan ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | N.F.L. coach Jim | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Pharaoh or Carpenter for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Earlier | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | "Why is ___ dark in here?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Steve Carell's "___ Almighty" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Defective firecracker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | ___-haw | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Sea or rock follower | Show answer | 4 |
How the January 1, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 1, 2021, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is RULESOF at 7 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 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 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 1, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 1, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 1, 2021 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 7 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 1, 2021 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 1, 2021 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, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.