Daily Themed Crossword January 18, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 18, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
January 18, 2020 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ Vawter actor who plays Paul Krendler in the 1991 psychological thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Get ___ of (throw away) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Mike and ___ (fruity candy) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Hydropower plant locale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Word at the end of many prayers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Eyebrow's shape | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Grades a hotel say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Shipping container | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Belle's counterpart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Air gun pellets | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Native of London informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Pepper's partner | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | "Fine by me" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | First name of 54a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Damage the surface of | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Slice of history | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Pixar's clownfish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Flight's expected landing hour: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Feel unwell | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Co-producer of the Oscar-winning psychological thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #21 | Coup d'___ (overthrow) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | American poet Ogden ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (Aesop's fable) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | ___ California (Mexican state) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Capital of Colombia | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | "Well all right then": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | "I Just Wanna Stop" Canadian singer ___ Vannelli | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Dead or Arabian | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Yellowfin tuna | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Bonfire remnant | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "The time ___ come" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | The Great Barrier ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Actress Stone of "La La Land" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Radiate as light | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Ezra Pound's "Ballad of the Goodly ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Director of the Oscar-winning psychological thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #37 | Subject dealing with the structure of humans and animals for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | "Scream" actress Campbell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | College faculty head | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | "Smack That" singer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Catch a glimpse of something say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | International Space Station predecessor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | "Cool ___ cucumber": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Comes to a halt | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | "I ___ to the terms and conditions" (website agreements) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Obey an eviction notice | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | Tech news source | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Condescending sort | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Actor who plays Jack Crawford in the 1991 psychological thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #50 | Candy ___ (stick-like candy) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Woodwind instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | A Latvian in the old days | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Catch red-handed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Mined matter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Prepare a document for publishing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | "___ Another Day" (Bond film) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Country lodging | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | ___ Levine actor who plays Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb in the 1991 psychological thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | A Beatle bride | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Family cat e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Fork prong | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Buzzing insect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | "Game ___ and match" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Terminate | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 18, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 18, 2020, a Saturday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JONATHANDEMME at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 5 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 18, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 18, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 18, 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 64 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 18, 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 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 18, 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.