CodyCross May 20, 2022 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 27 midsize and 12 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 27 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Abbreviation for button to turn sound up or down. | VOL | 3 | |
| #2 | Audio signal boosting device used by musicians. | AMP | 3 | |
| #3 | Big French city that sounds like a big cat. | LYON | 4 | |
| #4 | Californian city and river that start Santa. | ANA | 3 | |
| #5 | Citrus peel. | RIND | 4 | |
| #6 | Comes to a finish. | ENDS | 4 | |
| #7 | Craving to eat things like paint or dirt. | PICA | 4 | |
| #8 | Double-reed woodwind common in orchestras. | OBOE | 4 | |
| #9 | Dragon-slaying patron of England. | ST GEORGE | 9 | |
| #10 | First name of This American Life host Glass. | IRA | 3 | |
| #11 | French way of saying dad. | PAPA | 4 | |
| #12 | Greek god of war. | ARES | 4 | |
| #13 | Having a sweet fragrance. | AROMATIC | 8 | |
| #14 | High-end home audio brand. | BOSE | 4 | |
| #15 | In computing, another word for hard drive. | DISK | 4 | |
| #16 | Let __, Elsa's memorable song in Disney's Frozen. | IT GO | 5 | |
| #17 | Mauna __, Hawaiian volcano. | KEA | 3 | |
| #18 | Money put in at the beginning of a card game. | ANTE | 4 | |
| #19 | Muddy mark that is left on floor after a dog walk. | PAW PRINT | 9 | |
| #20 | One of many bones in the torso. | RIB | 3 | |
| #21 | Parts of an opera. | ACTS | 4 | |
| #22 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles catchphrase. | COWABUNGA | 9 | |
| #23 | The Persepolis ruins are found in this country. | IRAN | 4 | |
| #24 | To have gone somewhere. | BEEN | 4 | |
| #25 | To introduce changes in the way something is done. | INNOVATE | 8 | |
| #26 | To liberally coat with a thick substance. | DAUB | 4 | |
| #27 | Your holiday plan of places to go and things to do. | ITINERARY | 9 |
Small Crossword — 12 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "__, andale, andale!": urging by Speedy Gonzales. | ARRIBA | 6 | |
| #2 | A weapon used to stun/shock by using electricity. | TASER | 5 | |
| #3 | Atkinson who plays Mr. Bean. | ROWAN | 5 | |
| #4 | Common building material; software company. | ADOBE | 5 | |
| #5 | Estimated time of arrival acronym. | ETA | 3 | |
| #6 | Grass field in a forest; large pasture. | MEADOW | 6 | |
| #7 | Medical procedure to clean out colon. | ENEMA | 5 | |
| #8 | Peaceful meditative state in Buddhism. | ZEN | 3 | |
| #9 | Popular car racing in America. | NASCAR | 6 | |
| #10 | Southern Spanish port city and province. | CADIZ | 5 | |
| #11 | Spanish word for state. | ESTADO | 6 | |
| #12 | __ Is Born, 2018 film starring Bradley Cooper. | A STAR | 6 |
May 20, 2022 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for May 20, 2022, a Friday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 39 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is ST GEORGE at 9 letters.
The daily crosswords sit entirely outside the world-and-group structure of the main game: finishing them does not advance your world progress, and they use their own clue pool. They also lean harder on general knowledge than the themed worlds do, so the letter count shown on each row is often the fastest way in — match the length first, then the meaning.
Neighbouring dates are linked below, and the full daily archive holds 2,014 dates. For the main game, the world index covers 108 worlds and 10,716 puzzles.
Dailies Around May 20
May 20, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for CodyCross
The board is the whole puzzle
Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.
Place the longest answer first
Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.
Neighbouring levels are the best hint
Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.
How to Solve a CodyCross Level
The order that clears a board fastest.
Read what you are given
Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.
Anchor with the answers you are sure of
Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.
Work outwards
Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify these answers
Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games 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 7, 2026