Daily Themed Crossword January 3, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 3, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
January 3, 2020 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Commonly used Adobe file format: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "Rich Dad ___ Dad" self-help book co-written by Robert Kiyosaki which advocates the importance of financial literacy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | "Days of ___ Lives" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Poem with a dedicatee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Back-to-the-past style | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | "Man's Search For ___" self-help book written by Viktor Frankl which chronicles his experiences as a prisoner and his psychotherapeutic method | MEANING | 7 | |
| #7 | New York MLB team based in Queens | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Swift-running Aussie bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Tennessee NFL player | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Cooking apparatus in a kitchen | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Hot-dog holders | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | "The Magic of Thinking ___" self-help book written by David J. Schwartz which advocates the habit of thinking and behaving for success | BIG | 3 | |
| #13 | "Whose Line ___ Anyway?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Understand as a joke | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | "My man" (rhymes with "rude") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Throw out as rays | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Put into service | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Get anxious | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Prefix used with "pilot" or "biography" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Thing to pick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Sprinted | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Kuala Lumpur continent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Pirate's "Stop!" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Contributes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Cut off as branches | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Bela ___ actor who portrayed Count Dracula in the 1931 film "Dracula" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Ctrl+Z command | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | First second or reverse | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Homer's neighbor in "The Simpsons" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Follower of "Formula" or "Air Force" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Traveler's rest stop | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Tennis winner's hurdle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | "What ___ I tell you?" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Popular American pancake chain: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Inspiron computer maker | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Cuddling in public say: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | 35 is the minimum for a U.S. president | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | "The Morning Watch" author James | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Fireplace remnants | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Catch a glimpse of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Poet's planet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Arrow launcher | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | ___ of war | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Maintenance cost | Show answer | 6 | |
| #45 | Bullring cheer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Run a tab say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Odd and peculiar | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Typo say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | "How to Win Friends and Influence ___" self-help book written by Dale Carnegie which is one of the best-selling books of all time | PEOPLE | 6 | |
| #50 | Eyed wolfishly | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Skin opening | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | "The ___ of Positive Thinking" self-help book written by Norman Vincent Peale which suggests techniques to improve quality of life | POWER | 5 | |
| #53 | "That hurt!" expression | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Beer barrel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Thanksgiving starch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Uncle Sam poster word | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "Dies ___" (Latin hymn) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Needless fuss | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Lad's partner | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Fireman's chopping tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Place for a chemical peel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Grass roll | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Joan of ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Went on a motorcycle say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Convention center event | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Slangy word of indifference | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Cancel as in a plan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | Battery drained down to 0% | Show answer | 4 |
How the January 3, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 3, 2020, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MEANING at 7 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 1 clue carries 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 3, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 3, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 3, 2020 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 7 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 3, 2020 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 3, 2020 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.