Daily Themed Crossword January 16, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 16, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
January 16, 2019 — All 62 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Vance Joy's "___ Is Mine" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | False face | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Palo follower | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | ___ the dragon (overcome the challenge) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Obi-Wan ___ (Alec Guinness played this character) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #6 | Guiding principles often in Latin | Show answer | 6 | |
| #7 | Keep ___ (remain silent) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | "We're in trouble!": Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Most prominent pattern in a design say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Online invader? | Show answer | 6 | |
| #11 | Be noisy like an owl | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | P&G's skincare brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Scandinavian city whose name starts and ends with "o" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Another name for bean curd | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Fashion magazine that has a palindromic name with a French meaning | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Cry of surprise that's similar to "Aha!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Part of "A.K.A" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | ___ Smith tennis player who has lent his name to a shoe made by Adidas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Tater ___ (crispy potato nugget) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Young elephant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | "___ Can Dance" Emmy-winning TV show in which Debbie Allen (birthday today) was a guest judge: 4 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #22 | Ornamental container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Eggy concoction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Male friend for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Hostile force | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | N.B.A.'s Erving fondly: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Empties as a swimming pool | Show answer | 6 | |
| #28 | Wish it undone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | You can crunch it into a pack | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "___ Anatomy" longest-running scripted primetime show in which Debbie Allen plays Catherine Avery | Show answer | 5 | |
| #31 | Wallach from "The Misfits" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Money in Kyoto and Osaka | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Award with a nude statuette holding a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ salt in someone's wounds | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Grazing grassland | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Actor Williams who plays Debbie Allen's son in the show mentioned in 26a | Show answer | 5 | |
| #37 | Cowboy's seat? | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Lasik may be performed on one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Named and ___ | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Vibrating guitar bit | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | Aid for a car in trouble? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Think from the brain | Show answer | 6 | |
| #43 | "Sure thing Captain!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Master of ceremonies | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Weeding tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Absent from one's post: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Film award ceremony that Debbie Allen has choreographed for ten years: 2 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #48 | Pulitzer-winning biographer Robert ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Resident of Egypt most likely | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Sign of sleepiness which is contagious | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | The Colosseum's city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | "It's time to ___ different hat." (wear): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Create a storm in a teacup quite literally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Guardian's concern | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Spying device for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Residue in a chimney | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Pertaining to the mouth | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | You may spot her in 31a | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Prefix with "competent" or "scient" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Ear part that does the heavy lifting | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | "All good things must come to an ___." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | At a short distance | Show answer | 4 |
How the January 16, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 16, 2019, a Wednesday. It contains 62 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SOYOUTHINKYOU at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 4 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 2019 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 16, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 16, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 16, 2019 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 62 clues with answers from 3 to 13 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for January 16, 2019 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.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 62 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 16, 2019 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.