Daily Themed Crossword January 4, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 4, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
January 4, 2022 — 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 | Apple's desktop computer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | The "I" in T.G.I.F. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Bell (fast-food chain) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Plant's flower holder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Spanish tennis pro Rafael ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | ___ Lyles sprinter who won the 200m at the 2019 World Athletics Championships | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Make a speech say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Insect that has a hill for a home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Gamer's listening device | Show answer | 7 | |
| #10 | Boston ___ Party | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | "Noisy" dance type | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Stomach muscles briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ it forward | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Yoga class need | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | ___ Jacobsen who designed the Swan chair | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Great Barrier ___ Australia | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | "For My Broken Heart" singer McEntire | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Unreturnable serve | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Facts and figures | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Peasy preceder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | ___ zone (military battle area) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #22 | "Breaking ___" show starring Bryan Cranston | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Ride or ___ (loyal male) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Minuscule amount | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Ginger ___ (drink) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | ___ Kenin tennis player who was named the 2020 WTA Player of the Year | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Bermuda or Aruba e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | "Rise of the Planet of the ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Sunisa ___ American gymnast who won the all-around event at the Olympic Games held in 2021 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Show the way | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Brother of Jacob | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Letters before a person's name on an envelope: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | "Give ___ break!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Got together say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Massage locale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Marketing agency's words for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | NYC clock setting: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | What a dog wags | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Eighth Greek letter | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Bury the ___ (make peace) | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | "Kashmir" band ___ Zeppelin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Finish off as food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Small battery size | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Blemish or damage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Clutter or dump | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Not suitable for a task | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Ansu ___ FC Barcelona soccer star who was in the La Liga Revelation Team of the Year in 2020 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Keyshawn ___ American boxer who won the silver at the 2019 World Boxing Championships | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | "AKA" for companies: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Red roots? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Spirit starter? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___ photography (shots from above) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #53 | Actress Fisher of "Tag" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | "Lonely" singer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | French silk center | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Piglet's room | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Native of Glasgow for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Ernesto Guevara popularly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Cereal grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Own or possess | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | "And now without further ___..." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | ___ Brown British-Japanese skateboarder who won bronze at the Olympic Games held in 2021 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Bangkok native | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Polish as a rough draft | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Toilet in Britain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | "We are ___ to decide" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Flip as a coin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | ___ Dowd Emmy-winning actress of "The Handmaid's Tale" | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 4, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 4, 2022, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HEADSET 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 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 4, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 4, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 4, 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 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 4, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 4, 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.
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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.