Daily Themed Crossword January 5, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 5, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
January 5, 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 | Teen trouble | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Comic strip bark | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Lou of "The Velvet Underground" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Embassy feature | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Retro skyscraper style | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Prescription issuer for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Nebraska's largest city | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Slot machine needs | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | "He's ___ no good": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Los Angeles school: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ Musial American baseball player who played his 22-year career for the St. Louis Cardinals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | "Handy" or "web" follower | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Animation units | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Slow-cooked dish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Tom's rank in a David Bowie song | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Message to employees | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Student advocacy group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Like a drink without ice | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Breakfast berry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | "___ o' Shanter" poem by Robert Burns | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Advantage | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Walter ___ American baseball player who played his 21-year career for the Washington Senators | Show answer | 7 | |
| #23 | Shopping event | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Ruby ___ (popular lipstick shade) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Cereal grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Cool ___ cucumber: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | ___ Williams American baseball player who played his 19-year career for the Boston Red Sox | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Bar bill | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Lumberjack's tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Place for trash | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Banksy's creation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___-80 (old computer): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | "___ Stars" song by Adam Levine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Table scrap | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Subway stop for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Palindromic kiddie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Live and breathe | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | Lip-___ (pretend to sing) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ Clemente Puerto Rican baseball player who played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Mined matter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Chandler ___ character on "Friends" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Refuse to accept | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Lanka | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "Animal Kingdom" airer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Short snooze | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Large Japanese dog | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Colorful part of a flower | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Sinus specialist: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Mike ___ baseball player who has played for the Los Angeles Angels since 2011 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | ___ bear (mother bear) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ Mantle American baseball player who played his 18-year career for the New York Yankees | Show answer | 6 | |
| #52 | Small image on your desktop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Mentor for Luke Skywalker | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ Kelly actress from "Dial M for Murder" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #55 | First "A" of "aka" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Invoke as a spell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Charlotte Bronte's "Jane ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Use a couch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Pouch-like structure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | "Bring ___" (challenge accepted): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | TV's "Emerald Point ___" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Popular skincare brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | "I think" in text speak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | "Voila!": Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | "Back in the ___" song by the Beatles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Catch some rays | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Woeful cry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | Shopping bag | Show answer | 4 |
How the January 5, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 5, 2021, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JOHNSON at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 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 5, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 5, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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.