Daily Themed Crossword January 21, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 21, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
January 21, 2024 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ carte (menu choice): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Videographer's tool for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Reserved like a wallflower | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Sprinted | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Are you ___? (Are you certain?) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Tamper with the truth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Wrestling surface | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | ___-B dental hygiene brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Bart's sister in The Simpsons | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Like a 4 am wakeup call | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Tiny thing to pick? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Toothless heavyweight baleen ocean mammal that often weighs over 200 tons | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Shower ___ (body wash) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Humble grass dwellings with thatched roofs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Toothless duck-billed Aussie mammal that lays eggs | Show answer | 8 | |
| #16 | The ___ of Innocence Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Mischief member? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Santa ___ Orange County | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Toothless shelled turtle cousin that can live over 100 years | Show answer | 8 | |
| #20 | White falling flakes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Resistance-measuring unit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Job for a rock band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Is he ___ coming with us? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Socrates' student | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Frosts as a cake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Bygone periods? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Wee fellow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Ribosomal ___: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ Angeles home Venice Beach | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | NASDAQ debut: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Barbie's beau | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Metric counterpart of miles: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ Delhi capital of India | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Limb you can find in farm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | When doubled the yellow Teletubby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Toothless termite hunter with a long nose and a tongue that can be up to 2-feet long | Show answer | 8 | |
| #37 | Hair ringlet say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Like ___ of sunshine (positive uplifting influence): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Actor Gibson of Braveheart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Narrow skirt opening | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Belonging to that boy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | I'm in agreement vote | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Like a bad throat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Flower with a pad | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Gore and Pacino for two | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Decade's number when read backwards | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Inquiry starter? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | ___ Boss luxury German fashion house | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Hinged garden entrance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | ___ and proper (well-behaved) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas Hunter S. Thompson novel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Toothless mammal with keratin scales that consumes thousands of insects every day | Show answer | 8 | |
| #53 | Card game where one's turn can get skipped | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Toothy tree-trimming tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Flip as a coin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Well well well cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Park yourself on a chair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Partner of solid and liquid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Unwanted skin visitor for a teen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Having minimal fat say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | High school dance night | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Glasgow girl | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Irritate greatly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Yellowstone grazer that bugles | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Intelligent primate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___ Jones Industrial Average US stock market index | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 21, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 21, 2024, a Sunday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PLATYPUS at 8 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 21, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 21, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 21, 2024 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 21, 2024 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 21, 2024 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 8, 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.