Saturday · January 4, 2025 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword January 4, 2025 Answers

All 69 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the January 4, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.

69Clues
5Longest
3Shortest
8Abbreviations
Answers

January 4, 2025 — All 69 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 Rain unit Show answer 4
#2 A Nightmare on ___ Street Show answer 3
#3 Viral winter illness Show answer 3
#4 Surrounding glow Show answer 4
#5 Pigeon's call Show answer 3
#6 ___ Angeles California Show answer 3
#7 Organ that's the symbol of love Show answer 5
#8 ___ feeling (instinct) Show answer 3
#9 Chicken ___ King: 2 wds. Show answer 3
#10 Fist of Fury star Bruce ___ Show answer 3
#11 This 2024 movie that brought emotions to the screen and shattered records. Give it up for Pixar's Inside ___ 2! Show answer 3
#12 Hold on a ___! Show answer 3
#13 The Marvelous ___ Maisel Show answer 3
#14 Wine stain color Show answer 3
#15 ___ Another Day (James Bond film) Show answer 3
#16 Soothing application for chapped lips Show answer 4
#17 Wave in Spanish Show answer 3
#18 Egyptian vipers Show answer 4
#19 Fish eggs that are sprinkled on a California roll Show answer 3
#20 This 2024 song of the year led the flock. Give it up for ___ of a Feather by Billie Eilish! Show answer 5
#21 Incense residue Show answer 3
#22 Speed limit letters Show answer 3
#23 Japanese pond swimmer Show answer 3
#24 Conifer with red berries that sounds like you Show answer 3
#25 ___ Kilmer who played Jim Morrison Show answer 3
#26 January e.g. Show answer 5
#27 This 14-season TV series bid farewell to the silver screen in 2024. Give it up for the NYPD drama series ___ Bloods! Show answer 4
#28 CIO's partner: Abbr. Show answer 3
#29 When repeated a Hawaiian fish Show answer 4
#30 ___ for the bullseye Show answer 3
#31 Advanced management degree: Abbr. Show answer 3
#32 Heaviest sword in fencing Show answer 4
#33 Floss-promoting organization: Abbr. Show answer 3
#34 Netflix's animated sitcom ___ Mouth Show answer 3
#35 The Matrix hero Show answer 3
#36 Well lah-di ___! Show answer 3
#37 Feel remorse about Show answer 3
#38 ___-B (electric toothbrush maker) Show answer 4
#39 Peels as an apple (anagram of spare) Show answer 5
#40 Heart graph: Abbr. Show answer 3
#41 ___ Ferrigno The Incredible Hulk actor Show answer 3
#42 The M in DMV Show answer 5
#43 Like a soda with no fizz Show answer 4
#44 OMG haha!: Abbr. Show answer 3
#45 Country of players like Simone Biles and Gabrielle Thomas which aced in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Give it up for this champion!: Abbr. USA 3
#46 Golf prop Show answer 3
#47 PC port letters Show answer 3
#48 DJ's stacks: Abbr. Show answer 3
#49 Untidy as a room Show answer 5
#50 Steal from say Show answer 3
#51 ___ Roth actor who starred in Inglourious Basterds Show answer 3
#52 The ___ Lord Voldemort's name in Harry Potter Show answer 4
#53 Hoppy beer letters Show answer 3
#54 Place for an injection Show answer 3
#55 Chop with off Show answer 3
#56 Unimpressed expression Show answer 3
#57 South Korea's continent Show answer 4
#58 Bird that symbolizes peace and soap Show answer 4
#59 Edge of a skirt Show answer 3
#60 This 2024 bestselling novel conveyed sisterhood. Give it up for The ___ by Kristin Hannah! Show answer 5
#61 Baa-rilliant pasture baby Show answer 4
#62 Back of the neck Show answer 4
#63 Actor ___ James of Divergent Show answer 4
#64 Archaic move it! Show answer 3
#65 Sheep's call Show answer 3
#66 Eye shutter? Show answer 3
#67 Hit song ___ Thurman Show answer 3
#68 Public enemies organization: Abbr. Show answer 3
#69 Jet ___ (traveler's woe) Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the January 4, 2025 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 4, 2025, a Saturday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HEART at 5 letters; the shortest is 3.

Watch the clue wording on this one: 8 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 4, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

January 4, 2025 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for January 4, 2025?
The January 4, 2025 grid has 69 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 69 clues. The longest answer is HEART at 5 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 8 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for January 4, 2025 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including January 3, 2025 and January 5, 2025.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the January 4, 2025 Crossword

01

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 69 clues with answers from 3 to 5 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for January 4, 2025 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 4, 2025 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, 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

69clues on this board
5longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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