Daily Themed Crossword January 28, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 28, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
January 28, 2022 — All 71 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas" 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Ad-___ (improvises on stage) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Indignation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | "The Fresh Prince of ___-Air" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Animal-spotting expedition | Show answer | 6 | |
| #6 | Actress Jessica of "Dark Angel" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Eve's partner in Eden | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Six-sided Monopoly piece | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Fore's opposite on a ship | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | "Not impressed" expression | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Pleasant whiff | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Word after "going twice" at an auction | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | "___! I didn't see you there!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Tells a whopper | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Knight's lady | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Carpeting calculation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | What's missing on Mars | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Common smoothie seed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Narcissist's obsession | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | "Slouching Towards ___" 1968 collection of essays by Joan Didion | Show answer | 9 | |
| #21 | Prefix meaning "milk" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Therapists' organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Instagram upload slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Star ___ (Asian spice) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Booster on a concert stage for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Arcade game pioneer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #27 | Golf ball holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | What a lumberjack would swing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Stranded motorist's emergency signal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #30 | Trivia champ's tidbit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Cause of Cleopatra's demise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | "___ City Blues" 1959 poem by Jack Kerouac | Show answer | 6 | |
| #33 | Hedwig from "Harry Potter" e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | "Saving Private Ryan" craft: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Room freshener's target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Discoverer's cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | "I've ___ enough!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Lonely number? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Sound of letter before "Q" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Fly-swatting sound maybe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Sandwich meat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | "Wild Symphony" author Brown | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | "A Gentleman in ___" 2016 novel by Amor Towles | Show answer | 6 | |
| #44 | Wisdom tooth e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Mork's planet in "Mork & Mindy" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Back in time | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | "Welcome to my humble ___" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | "Goodbye to ___" 1939 novel by Christopher Isherwood | Show answer | 6 | |
| #49 | Warning that's often red | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | "Love" to Latin lovers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Bart Simpson's mom | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Very little in quantity | Show answer | 6 | |
| #53 | Joint that may be easily twisted | Show answer | 5 | |
| #54 | Iowa State University city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | "Looking for ___" 2005 debut novel by John Green | Show answer | 6 | |
| #56 | King Kong and his friends e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Neither's partner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Hired soldier for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | "Mansfield ___" 1814 novel by Jane Austen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Gardner of "On the Beach" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Gun as an engine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | "___ we forget" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Music producer Brian ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Plea from the sea | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Give it a shot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | "Therefore" in Latin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | Motorcycle daredevil Knievel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | "Are you ___ out?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #69 | Slow-cooked soupy dish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #70 | Control + S on a PC | Show answer | 4 | |
| #71 | Snoopy like some neighbors | Show answer | 4 |
How the January 28, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 28, 2022, a Friday. It contains 71 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BETHLEHEM at 9 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 2 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 28, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 28, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 28, 2022 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 71 clues with answers from 3 to 9 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 28, 2022 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 71 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 28, 2022 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.