Daily Themed Crossword January 31, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 31, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
January 31, 2022 — All 70 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Divisions in Shakespeare's plays | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Who Wants to ___ Millionaire?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Officially forbid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Banana peel accident | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Whole Lotta ___ hit song by Led Zeppelin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Put money in the bank for later | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | A few but not all | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Part of the eye or type of flower | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Soften in the sun as ice | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Ayo ___ song by 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland | Show answer | 10 | |
| #11 | An autograph is one for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Buckingham ___ London | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | Bone-chilling | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Semi-solid food | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Song by Rihanna that was co-written by Justin Timberlake | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | It's a ___! (fraud) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | From square one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | The moon for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Suffix with Beatle to mean extreme enthusiasm for a '60s band | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | ___ Maiden legendary British metal band | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Puzzle solver's cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Song by Snoop Dogg featuring Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Tiny skin openings | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Nobel-winning physiologist von Euler or hockey's Samuelsson | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Eucalyptus eater | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Yesterday's tense | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Bus or potent prefix | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Convent occupants | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ vera (food for the skin) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | One way to serve whiskey | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Fodder for a computer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Deserves a medal say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Explosive stuff: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ & Tie song by Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Donkey kin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Thicken as blood | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Until the End of ___ song by Justin Timberlake that was re-recorded as a duet with Beyonce | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Eyeglasses informally | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Brooklyn or Manhattan for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Bad to the bone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | The Tortoise and the Hare author | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | ___ humbug | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | When They See Us director DuVernay | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Brand ___ duet by Pharrell Williams and Justin Timberlake | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ franca (common language) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #46 | Gangnam ___ (song by Psy) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | That fellow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Needle-toothed fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Sailors' greeting | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | C in ICU | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Recedes slowly as a tide | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Suffixes with organ and critic | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Spiced Indian beverage | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Yin's partner | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Sound heard in a barbershop | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Damsel in distress rescuer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | 4 ___ song by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland | Show answer | 7 | |
| #58 | Song by Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake: 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #59 | Silent communication system: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | New prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Hourglass grains | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Helvetica or Times New Roman e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Party in Kauai | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Word before virus or biotic | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Cub's foot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Henry V to Henry IV | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | ___ in Black | Show answer | 3 | |
| #69 | Rebellion leader Turner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #70 | Took to the couch | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 31, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 31, 2022, a Monday. It contains 70 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is TECHNOLOGY at 10 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 31, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 31, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 31, 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 70 clues with answers from 3 to 10 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 31, 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 70 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 31, 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.