Daily Themed Crossword January 12, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 12, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
January 12, 2026 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tupperware topper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Chain ___ (carpenter's power tool) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | The O in IOU | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | The Grand ___ Opry Nashville | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Roadside retreat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Singer Dylan of Like a Rolling Stone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | 90 Day Fiance channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Cut ___ (divided equally down the middle): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Celestial sphere like a planet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Noah's boat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Monday through Sunday | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Groomsman's female counterpart | Show answer | 10 | |
| #13 | You Can't Hurry ___ song by The Supremes rooted in timeless advice which reminds you that Cupid does not do one-day deliveries | LOVE | 4 | |
| #14 | Point-of-view article in a newspaper: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Hot Wheels or Barbie e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Edgar Allan ___ author of The Raven | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Everybody's Free (To ___ Sunscreen) song by Baz Luhrmann rooted in timeless advice that reminds you to get a tan and not a sunburn | WEAR | 4 | |
| #19 | ___ pro quo (give and take) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | The best thing ___ sliced bread | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Goes from site to site on the Internet | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Robin Hood's Marian for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Actor Schreiber of X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | ___ It Go song from Disney's Frozen by Idina Menzel rooted in timeless advice that asks you to set yourself free | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Like a candle without a flame | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Teeny mischief-maker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Employee's I'm going on vacation! letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Pet ___ (sharing food for Joey from Friends) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | Victory sign letter phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Make Your ___ Kind of Music song by Cass Elliot rooted in timeless advice that asks you to sing your truth even if it's off-key | OWN | 3 | |
| #31 | Stayin' Alive band Bee ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Common second language globally for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Parking area | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ Be There For You (Friends theme song) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | 'Tis the month to be jolly for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Places where dishes may pile up | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Picnic pest | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Opposite of ESE: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Slender woodwind instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | ___ Hard Play Hard song by Wiz Khalifa rooted in timeless advice which reminds you that overtime needs to be balanced with party-time | WORK | 4 | |
| #41 | Gradually subside as the tide | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Intense anger | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Baby's boo-boo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Suffix with lemon for a refreshing drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Ed ___ n Eddy Cartoon Network series | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Sandwich with alphabetically arranged ingredients: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Pooh's joey friend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | League of prestigious schools | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Actress Mandy of This Is Us | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Tarzan's friend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Legendary arcade game ___-Man | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | I Will ___ song by Gloria Gaynor | Show answer | 7 | |
| #53 | Animated file with a heavily debated pronunciation: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Six-pointers in NFL for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Nintendo Switch precursor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | This ___ (shipping crate marking): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | ___ Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) song by Doris Day rooted in timeless advice that suggests you accept life as it comes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | He just ___ a whoopee cushion! (pranker's cry): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Construction workers' workplaces | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Cat's call | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ Like You Were Dying song by Tim McGraw rooted in timeless advice that's a reminder that the time for good things is now | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | London lavatory | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Blood type modifier for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | The Fall Guy actor ___ Majors | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Stag attendees | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Square thing forced into a round hole idiomatically | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 12, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 12, 2026, a Monday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BRIDESMAID at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 12, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 12, 2026 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 10 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.
Keep the streak going
The 2026 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 12, 2026 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.