Daily Themed Crossword February 20, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the February 20, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
February 20, 2022 — 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 | Chooses with for | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Desert-like (barren) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Baseball equipment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ Dreams 1994 documentary film based on two boys pursuing their basketball dreams | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Jazz singer Simone of Feeling Good | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Specialized hospital area: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Widely shared image perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Yemen's Gulf of ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ Arbor Michigan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Remind incessantly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Water inlet between Africa and Asia: 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | The ___ Effect 2017 documentary based on a Toronto Raptors player | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | General ___'s chicken (Chinese dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Leave open-mouthed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Participated in a marathon say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___ You See Me 2013 film starring Mark Ruffalo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Prohibit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Sign that's yet to come | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Drake's Best I ___ Had | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Chris ___ singer of 1986's Driving Home for Christmas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Palindromic failure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Suffix used with Japan or Vietnam | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ Cried (1962 hit) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | On the Shoulders of ___: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of 2011 documentary on an all-black basketball team | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Second of the two say | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | It stiffens locks? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Roses ___ red... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Like some excuses perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Mini or air for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Upper house of Congress for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Future attorney's exam: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Not manual for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Create lace | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Adjust a clock say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Design detail for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Unit of resistance | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Poet Edgar Allan ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Actor Holland of Spider-Man: No Way Home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Used up as funds | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Teach to cheat e.g. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | Got ___ of (dumped) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Chemically active | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Actress Claire of Homeland | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Without ___ 2009 documentary on a basketball superstar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Teen affliction | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Fish used in a sandwich | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Lead-in to plane | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | One & ___ 2016 documentary on basketball player Ben Simmons | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Vehicle that can be hired | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Wage ___ of words (debate): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Actress Russo of The Thomas Crown Affair | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Eddard Stark fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Masterchef appliance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Once Upon a Time in the ___ (1968 movie) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Lumps of gold | Show answer | 7 | |
| #56 | Lo-___ (image quality) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Halifax clock setting: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Yahtzee rollers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Gordon Ramsay's ___ Kitchen | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Free up space perhaps | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Jennifer Garner's 2001 thriller film | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | The ___ Dance 2020 documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Tri-state ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Camping essential | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | It's usually found outside a door | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Young seal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Had lunch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | What's Up ___? (1950 animation) | Show answer | 3 |
How the February 20, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for February 20, 2022, a Sunday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ANAGRAM 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 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 February 20, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
February 20, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the February 20, 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 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 February 20, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the February 20, 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.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.