Daily Themed Crossword January 16, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 16, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
January 16, 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 | Prefix with angle or pod | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ me with your best shot! (Do your worst!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Letters after D | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Finding ___ Tin Tin (movie starring a German Shepherd) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ of spades | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Gymnast's floor cover | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Pops a question | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Under ___ (David Bowie and Queen hit) | Show answer | 8 | |
| #9 | Mexican currency | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Skyfall and Hello singer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | ___: Miami (police drama): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Happy as ___ at high tide (happy and carefree): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Stephen ___ astrophysicist who famously disagreed and wagered with fellow scientist John Preskill over the black hole information paradox | HAWKING | 7 | |
| #14 | Not bad but not great: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Spanish diminutive | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Got up from a chair | Show answer | 5 | |
| #17 | Cobra ___ (TV show starring Ralph Macchio) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Messy person informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Charles ___ scientist known for his theory of evolution who both collaborated and debated with his contemporary Alfred Wallace | DARWIN | 6 | |
| #20 | Live ___! (Taco Bell slogan) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Thick blackish liquid used on roads | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Isaac ___ scientist known for identifying gravity who famously argued with his contemporary Leibniz over who invented calculus first | NEWTON | 6 | |
| #23 | What a genie gives you three of | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Marley in Marley & Me e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Power plant output for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Collage maker's adhesive | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Fix the result of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Margaret ___ anthropologist known for her work with youth whose book was heavily contested by David Freeman | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Sings without words | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | 12-month periods for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | H.S. graduation attendees for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | One in a rainforest | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Equipment used to catch a mouse often seen in Tom and Jerry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | ___ and shine! (Wake up!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Calligrapher's fluids | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Die ___ (Bruce Willis movie) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Drink brand with a polar bear mascot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Nikola ___ scientist after whom Cybertruck's brand is named who also rivaled Thomas Edison's DC electric system | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Australian flightless bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | ___ and wide (over a large area) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Former telecom giant (anagram of get): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Foot covering often worn often with a shoe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Emulate Vincent van Gogh say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Parts of a minute for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Elizabeth to Ashley Olsen for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Character played by Tom Hiddleston in The Avengers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Wise ___ owl: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | French for me | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | He is ___ father's son after all | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | The Braves on scoreboards | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Try to win over romantically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Zeus or Thor e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Quaker bit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Attract as attention | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Audi rival: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ brothers (siblings who were the first to take flight in an airplane) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Up and ___ (wake-up call): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Sneaker's bottoms | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Spider-___ (black-and-white character from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Do not put all your ___ in one basket | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | In close proximity | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Talk while drunk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | David ___ Enlightenment-era philosopher whose views were fiercely criticized by his contemporary Thomas Reid | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Like toast without butter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | '90s music collector's stack: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Ending for Japan or Vietnam | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 16, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 16, 2026, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PRESSURE at 8 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 16, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 16, 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 8 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 16, 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.
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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.