Daily Themed Crossword July 21, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 21, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
July 21, 2022 — All 65 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Plant part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Karaoke need for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Shipment unit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Spanish for water | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Much ___ About Nothing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Color property | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Bobby Fischer Against The ___ documentary feature film on the chess Grandmaster | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Valuable stone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Remaining morsel (anagram of rot) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Pub offering | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Christmas carol | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | African wildebeest | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | It's left for a waiter usually | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Frying necessity | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Hi-___ (image quality) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Instagram upload for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | They were not ___ (did not find it funny) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #18 | Brooklyn ___ documentary film following five chess players in a Brooklyn school | Show answer | 6 | |
| #19 | Queen of ___ biographical sports drama film depicting the life of a chess player who becomes a Woman Candidate Master | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Jar cover | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Month after July for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Dee preceder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | That's so gross! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Plead incessantly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Animated movie about a colony insect starring Sharon Stone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Paddle on a boat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Ruler in ancient Egypt | Show answer | 7 | |
| #28 | Spike on a shoe (anagram of eclat) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | Fruity spread | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Medical scan: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Smallest chess piece | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Filthy flat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Dusk to a poet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Case follower for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Court concern | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Id counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Surrounding glow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | ___ down (lose balance) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | 2016 documentary film about chess prodigy Carlsen who became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Prefix with graphic or logical | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Halley's ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | However for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Yours and mine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Court divider? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | MBA BA or MA e.g. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #46 | Target of chapsticks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Certain Game of Thrones Stark | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Staple with hummus: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #49 | Cabinet wood perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Apple desktop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Instrument that is plucked | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Crossword essential | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Pinky ___ (promise) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #54 | Smoke slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Like a specially appointed committee: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Mayonnaise ingredient usually | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | The ___ Defence romantic film about a chess grandmaster starring John Turturro | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | Hi my ___ is... (Eminem lyrics) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Ripped up | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Matterhorn for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Nighties alternative informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Head topper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Comedian Schumer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | State of wonder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | High explosive: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the July 21, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 21, 2022, a Thursday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PITABREAD at 9 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 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 July 21, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 21, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 21, 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 65 clues with answers from 3 to 9 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 July 21, 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 65 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the July 21, 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 8, 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.