Daily Themed Crossword January 9, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 9, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
January 9, 2025 — 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 | ___-esteem (pride in oneself) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Curtain holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Mother lovingly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Cookie often dunked in milk | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | In ___ of (be amazed) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Alpha ___ gamma | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Orange discard | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Lana Del ___ singer of Doin' Time | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | What's ___ for me? (What do I get?): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Fabricate facts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Don't Go in the ___ 1980 horror movie whose title warns Turn back! Don't enter this abode! | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Took the trophy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ No Evil 2006 slasher film whose title may warn Don't catch a glimpse of wrongdoing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Red-nosed circus character like Pennywise | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Lara Croft: ___ Raider | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | That lady | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ Brown The Da Vinci Code author | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | 2020 thriller-horror movie whose title warns Sprint now and flee! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Lithium-___ battery | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Addition result | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Supervillain's opponent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Hit the brakes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Pink Floyd for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | ___ My Name song by Destiny's Child | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Foldable nap site | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Don't ___ Now 1973 horror movie whose title warns Don't dare to glance! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Winter bug | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Use your ears | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Slender woodwind instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Get ___ 2017 psychological thriller whose title warns Go away! Leave now! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Canyon rebound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Bowling ball target | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Word after New Year's or Christmas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Quaker's grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | ___ up (absorb) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Poetic before | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Bruce ___ martial artist and actor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___ Me 2020 mystery movie that commands you to Come along! | Show answer | 6 | |
| #39 | ___ medium or well done | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | I ___ you one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Susan ___ of L.A. Law | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Restaurant's food book | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Redding singer who is the King of Soul | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Check follower for a chess move | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | CV inclusion for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Holiday ___ hotel chain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Sewn edge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Damaged as a result of much use | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Post-office purchase | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Massive amount of time | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | ___-Town (nickname for the Windy City) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Zodiac lion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Don't ___ 2016 crime-horror movie whose title warns Do not exhale! | Show answer | 7 | |
| #54 | Dynamic twosome | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Ash container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Non-verbal yes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Hog's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Euphoria airer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | For heaven's ___! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Coming ___ (film trailer words) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ as a button (adorable) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Chop off as a branch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Kimono sash | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Friend or ___? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Affectionate word on a candy heart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | ___-warrior (green activist) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Kind of moment if you get it? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Go bad as food | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 9, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 9, 2025, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BREATHE 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 1 clue carries 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for January 9, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 9, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 9, 2025 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 January 9, 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.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 9, 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, 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.