Daily Themed Crossword March 17, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the March 17, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
March 17, 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 | Math subject where you find x for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Become droopy as skin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Every Little Thing ___ Does is Magic song by The Police | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Document of land ownership | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Apple desktop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Actress Anderson of Barbed Wire familiarly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Salami station | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Hey ___ Sister song by Train | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Colony insect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Day after Friday for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | The ___ 2011 crime comedy film starring Don Cheadle that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | ___ of Friends 1995 drama film starring Chris O'Donnell that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | Kabayaki fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | U.S. medical insurance group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Continuing storyline | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Pull out ___ the stops | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | 2007 romantic musical film starring Glen Hansard that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Temporary teacher informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Chimney residue | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Stir-fry vessels | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Give in to a sale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Morrison who sang Brown Eyed Girl | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Lemon suffix for a summer drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Kind of show where one can see juggling singing or dancing | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | The ___ Man 1952 comedy-drama film starring John Wayne that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Pigeon's psst | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Cinderella mouse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | That sounds bad!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Potter's essential | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Justin Timberlake's Suit & ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | I couldn't ___ less! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | West Wing worker | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Benchmark for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Georgia Tech alum for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | ___ Year 2010 rom-com film starring Amy Adams that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Obey a plus sign in math | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Actor Norris of One Tree Hill | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Aloe vera goo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | The Magdalene ___ 2002 drama film starring Anne-Marie Duff that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Te ___ (Rihanna song) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Assess as a situation | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Practice boxing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | It's used to give a fist-bump | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Ambulance employee: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | D in DJ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | What Blue may find in a Nickelodeon kid's show | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Pie ___ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Woe is me! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Gobble up with down | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | ___ expert but...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | It beats scissors in a game | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Mama bear's baby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | P.S. I ___ You 2007 rom-com film starring Gerard Butler that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Provide financial backing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Actor Morales of Ozark | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | The ___ Boy 1997 black comedy film starring Fiona Shaw that's set in Ireland | Show answer | 7 | |
| #57 | Explosive acronym | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Basketball's Zhiyuan or Ming | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Occasional wild card in poker | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | ___ Hunt Tom Cruise's role in Mission: Impossible | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Kind of news or anesthesia | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Halt as a bad habit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Like hand-me-downs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | High-speed sports cars for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | URL completer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Say I do when you don't? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Irish actress ___ Dyas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Casual okay | Show answer | 3 |
How the March 17, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for March 17, 2022, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SISTERS at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for March 17, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
March 17, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the March 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 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 March 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the March 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.
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.