Daily Themed Crossword January 2, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 2, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
January 2, 2022 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "Mother" in Manchester | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "I Need to Know" singer Anthony | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Munched some lunch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Fled | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Legendary silent film comedian ___ Chaplin | Show answer | 7 | |
| #6 | Visibility reducer for a driver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Cow's call | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | "___ la la!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Yoko ___ "Walking on Thin Ice" singer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Remove dirt say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Jazz trumpeter Baker familiarly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Vehicle honker | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | ___ out a living (barely managed) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Neat and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Zion National Park's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Particle that may be positive | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Thor's "mischievous" adopted brother | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | ___ Massoud of "Aladdin" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Took a bath say | Show answer | 8 | |
| #20 | International commerce group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Dirty rodent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Author Rand who wrote "Anthem" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Jessica ___ Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "Driving Miss Daisy" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Window spot for a flower pot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | ___ Field Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "Places in the Heart" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | ___ vera | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | U.K. attorneys' degrees: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ Spacek Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "Coal Miner's Daughter" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | Any day now | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Norway's capital | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Chicago's state | Show answer | 8 | |
| #32 | Marvel character played by Anthony Hopkins | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Quote as a source in a research paper | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Auto for hire | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Passed with flying colors | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Resting places | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Brain section | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | High-speed Internet initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Portable computers | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Hair-dwelling parasites | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Tom Hooper's "___ Miserables" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Completely cut off say | Show answer | 8 | |
| #43 | Lead-in to "sided" to mean leaning to one side | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Power a bicycle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Carousel ride | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Like all primes except two | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Opinion columns in a newspaper: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Academy Award for Best Actress from "Moonstruck" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Wept | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Put on a scale of 1-10 say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Like some airports: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Actress Hathaway of "Serenity" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Quick to learn | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Pass on to a successor: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #55 | Poet's tribute | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | "Awesome!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Muscat's sultanate | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | "Welcome" site? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | "Act your ___!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Partner of "improved" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Blues singer James | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | "___ Jon" 2013 film starring Scarlett Johansson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Geraldine ___ Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "The Trip to Bountiful" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Former Connecticut Governor Jodi ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Farm female | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Dish cooked in a pot | Show answer | 4 |
How the January 2, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 2, 2022, a Sunday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SHOWERED at 8 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 1 clue carries 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 2, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 2, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 2, 2022 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 2, 2022 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 2, 2022 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.