Daily Themed Crossword January 17, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 17, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
January 17, 2022 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bowler and fedora e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Put under wraps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Toney Premier League club player | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | "___ Vu" hit song by Olivia Rodrigo from her 2021 album "Sour" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Advance slowly as an ivy plant | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Paramedics' life-saving procedure: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Cutesy-___ (extremely cute informally) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Orange leftover | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Actor Franco from "Now You See Me" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Singer Lana ___ Rey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | "Never Have I ___" (popular drinking game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Telescope or spectacle part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Franz Schubert's "___ Maria" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | "Vive le ___!" ("Long live the King") | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Administrative group that manages a country for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Contributed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | ___ Mahal India's famous attraction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Millions and millions of years make one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Bread-maker in the kitchen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Professor Severus ___ of "Harry Potter" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Skateboarder's protectors | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | "___ License" hit song by Olivia Rodrigo which had an SNL skit dedicated to it | Show answer | 7 | |
| #23 | Stalk by the river | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Anderson of "Jethro Tull" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | King Kong for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Actor in a crowd scene say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Ready-to-___ (supermarket offering) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Baseball V.I.Ps: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "___ 4 U" hit song by Olivia Rodrigo which was nominated for an MTV VMA | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Whiskey barrel wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "Is it a boy ___ girl?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Professor X and Wolverine's group: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Second-largest Hawaiian island | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Tessio in "The Godfather" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Habitual drunkard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Baseball's "Master Melvin" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Chinese philosophy related to the concepts of yin and yang | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Perseverance Rover's planet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Teeny amount | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | "How ___ you!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Computer input or output | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Music genre that originated in Jamaica | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | "Favorite ___" song by Olivia Rodrigo from her 2021 album "Sour" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | French wine term | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Word with "Palo" for a Californian city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Gillette's ___ II (razor brand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Hit song by Olivia Rodrigo from her 2021 album "Sour" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #48 | Tease or provoke | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | Heart or skin e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Silly Putty unit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ Halliwell also known as Ginger Spice | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Skinny swimmers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | "Who ___ to judge?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #54 | "All I ___" song by Olivia Rodrigo which was recorded for the Disney TV series "High School Musical: The Musical" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Alphabet between Delta and Foxtrot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | National economic yardstick: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Hint of light | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | ___-80 (old computer) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ of war | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Unreturned serve in tennis | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | 1984 horror film "A Nightmare on ___ Street" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Luxury fashion house ___ & Gabbana | Show answer | 5 | |
| #63 | Single-helix molecule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Stanley Cup organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | "Masterpiece" network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Subway stop for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Sawyer of fiction | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 17, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 17, 2022, a Monday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DRIVERS 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 2 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 17, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 17, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 17, 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 67 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 17, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 17, 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.