Daily Themed Crossword April 12, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the April 12, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
April 12, 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 | Lip ___ battle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | N in NDA | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Narrow fissure in a rock (anagram of frit) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Toy that spins on a string: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Yes captain! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Colored eye ring | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Like limes and some grapes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Greatly annoy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Knocked it out of the ___ baseball idiom that may be used at work to indicate success | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Old-fashioned no | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | If not now ___ when? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Made a wish on a birthday cake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Grace ender | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Laissez-___ (economic system) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | On the ___ (fleeing town) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Attack with a ray gun | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ or nothing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Sn in a chemistry textbook | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Novelist Levin who wrote Rosemary's Baby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | The Haunting of ___ Manor (TV series) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___-ching! (sound a cashier hears) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Pass the ___ track race idiom that may be used at work to refer to handing over responsibilities | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Deep misfortunes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Green Day's American ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Got some shut-eye | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Attempt to impress romantically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | ___ Mary football idiom that may be used at work to refer to last-resort methods | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Prefix with graph or pen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Football idiom that may be used at work to refer to pushing work to another day | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Like cricket fields often | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Origami or pottery e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Nirvana e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Tiara highlight | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | It may be said with a shrug | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Part of a kindergartener's routine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | S in iOS for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___-hoo drink with a double fudge flavor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Campus in the Big Apple: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | You have someone in your ___ boxing idiom that may be used at work to refer to having managerial support | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Shade of blue that's also a military branch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Santana's ___ Como Va | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___ up football idiom that may be used at work to refer to colleagues stepping in during a staffer's absence: 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #43 | Turn from green to red as tomatoes | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Tehran's country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Tree with presents in December | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Tongue-clicking sound of disapproval | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Stunned state | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Tailor's border | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Behind the eight ___ pool idiom that may be used at work to refer to a bad situation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Flower with pond pads? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Miscreant's moniker | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | The ___ Four (The Beatles) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Often-baked pasta | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Cowboy's suffix with buck | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Breathe like a hot hound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Take one for ___ sports idiom that may be used at work to refer to making sacrifices for the good of your peers: 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #57 | One who may ask for your license and registration informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Visible part of a private Instagram account for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ don't shop (anti-breeder movement) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Where water may be drawn from | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Build a safety net perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Actor Neeson of The Ice Road | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | He's ___ me | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Harley-Davidson bike to a biker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Post's opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Large coffee server | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Peeples of Pretty Little Liars | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Fill up a drink with off | Show answer | 3 |
How the April 12, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for April 12, 2022, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is NEXTMAN at 7 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 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 April 12, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
April 12, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the April 12, 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 April 12, 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 April 12, 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.