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Daily Themed Crossword January 5, 2025 Answers

All 66 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the January 5, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.

66Clues
7Longest
3Shortest
2Abbreviations
Answers

January 5, 2025 — All 66 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 ___ for (choose) Show answer 3
#2 Houseplant's home Show answer 3
#3 Cutting tool with teeth Show answer 3
#4 Coral ___ (snorkeling spot) Show answer 4
#5 ___ de Janeiro Show answer 3
#6 Duet's number Show answer 3
#7 City ride that's yellow Show answer 4
#8 Bitter ___ (brew) Show answer 3
#9 Salty eye drop Show answer 4
#10 The countdown's over! Let's welcome 2025 the ___ Year is celebrated throughout this puzzle! Show answer 3
#11 Oscar or Grammy e.g. Show answer 5
#12 Skin breakout condition Show answer 4
#13 Five ___ five equals 25! Now that's a smart way to raise a toast to 2025! Show answer 5
#14 Hit Adele song from her album 25 that is one way to welcome 2025! Show answer 5
#15 Who ___ he think he is? Show answer 4
#16 Ron ___ Tarzan actor Show answer 3
#17 ___ Wayne of Annihilate Show answer 3
#18 What a dog wags Show answer 4
#19 ___ out a living Show answer 3
#20 Construction area Show answer 4
#21 Ghost's cry Show answer 3
#22 Tasty side for chips Show answer 3
#23 Oktober follower Show answer 4
#24 F on a test Show answer 4
#25 The Winner Takes It All pop group Show answer 4
#26 Common surveillance system: Abbr. Show answer 4
#27 25-cent coin that you can toss and start 2025 with a win! Show answer 7
#28 Quote as a source Show answer 4
#29 Ornamental vase Show answer 3
#30 Four score and seven years ___ Show answer 3
#31 Palme ___ highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival Show answer 3
#32 ___ Lee Life of Pi director Show answer 3
#33 Gift topper? Show answer 3
#34 Leftover morsel Show answer 3
#35 Green veggie that may roll off the plate Show answer 3
#36 ___-Mex cuisine Show answer 3
#37 Shrimp's relative Show answer 5
#38 Stir-fry necessity Show answer 3
#39 Big foot digit Show answer 3
#40 Hot vapor Show answer 5
#41 Not that I'm ___ of Show answer 5
#42 25 ___ or Less board game that you can play at parties in 2025 Show answer 5
#43 ___ Destination (horror movie franchise) Show answer 5
#44 Plot ___ (surprising story change) Show answer 5
#45 ___-friendly (Earth loving) Show answer 3
#46 Had breakfast say Show answer 3
#47 Make changes to a draft say Show answer 4
#48 ___-haw (donkey's cry) Show answer 3
#49 Antlered animal Show answer 3
#50 Harsh cleaning agent Show answer 3
#51 Bravo! at a Barcelona stadium Show answer 3
#52 Gloss target Show answer 3
#53 President Lincoln fondly Show answer 3
#54 Siri's platform Show answer 3
#55 Parking ___ Show answer 3
#56 ___ Jubilee 25th anniversary event that some may celebrate in 2025 Show answer 6
#57 Same here! Show answer 5
#58 So ___ so good Show answer 3
#59 Media regulating group: Abbr. Show answer 3
#60 Word after boric or citric Show answer 4
#61 Water-related prefix Show answer 4
#62 Scorch or roast to the extreme Show answer 4
#63 The Big ___ Theory Show answer 4
#64 Put it on my ___ (bar tally) Show answer 3
#65 Easily bruised trait Show answer 3
#66 A ___ of houses (line) Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the January 5, 2025 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 5, 2025, a Sunday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is QUARTER at 7 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. 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 5, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

January 5, 2025 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for January 5, 2025?
The January 5, 2025 grid has 66 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 66 clues. The longest answer is QUARTER at 7 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 2 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for January 5, 2025 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including January 4, 2025 and January 6, 2025.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the January 5, 2025 Crossword

01

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 7 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for January 5, 2025 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 5, 2025 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, 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

66clues on this board
7longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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