Daily Themed Crossword January 31, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 31, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
January 31, 2018 — All 59 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | X-ray vision blocker | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | "Live and ___ Die" (1973 James Bond film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Overhanging edge of a roof | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | John of "Pulp Fiction" | Show answer | 8 | |
| #5 | Said letter by letter | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Letters on suntan lotion bottles: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ Alto California | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Stationery used for simple animations: 2 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #9 | Religious principle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Classroom exam | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | PayPal and Tesla Motors co-founder ___ Musk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Opening for a coin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Light brown shade | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Place for a hearing aid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Chum | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Jazz legend ___ Fitzgerald | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | DuVernay who directed "Queen Sugar" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ Gold chief of staff on "The Good Wife" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Middle of the day | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | "Arrested ___" a sitcom that is now on Netflix and stars Portia de Rossi (birthday today) and Jason Bateman | Show answer | 11 | |
| #21 | ___ Coast (states from Maine to Florida) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Tee off | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Grain found in many breakfast cereals | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Sank one's teeth into | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Stomach muscles | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Tools for punching holes in belts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | In the ___ hours (late in the evening) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Strong objections | Show answer | 8 | |
| #29 | Popular online dating site: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Game plan | Show answer | 8 | |
| #31 | "___ sells seashells..." (start of a tongue twister) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Sewn edge of a garment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Joseph ___ who lent his name to some ice cream | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ABC sitcom starring Jay Harrington that ran from 2009-10 where Portia de Rossi played the title character's supervisor: 3 wds. | BETTEROFFTED | 12 | |
| #35 | ___ Grey tea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Unbiased | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Vast body of water | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Perfectly good to astronauts: Hyph. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Swiss ___ knife | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Metallurgist's creation | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Picasso's works for e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Technology used during calls in many 4G devices: Abbr. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | By means of on an itinerary | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | One historic vessel from 1492 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Character played by Portia de Rossi in Fox's "Ally McBeal" a lawyer that joins the law firm Cage & Fish: 2 wds. | Show answer | 11 | |
| #46 | Takes in | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Square of glass in a window | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Shortest-named Great Lake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ___ and rave (complain angrily) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Expected | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Combination lock feature | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Mule in an Erie Canal song | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Mesozoic ___ (252 to 66 million years ago) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Golden rule preposition | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Letters on some explosives | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Liquor in a martini | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "Don't get too excited now!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Catch sight of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Up till now | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 31, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 31, 2018, a Wednesday. It contains 59 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BETTEROFFTED at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 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 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 31, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 31, 2018 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 59 clues with answers from 3 to 12 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 2018 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 59 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 31, 2018 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.