Daily Themed Crossword January 22, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 22, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
January 22, 2026 — 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 | No ___ ands or buts! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Location for a luxurious massage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ Fridays (restaurant chain): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Decompose as food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Fireplace wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Black chimney dust (rhymes with foot) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Tofu source | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | On the summit of | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ one's own horn (boast about yourself) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Braying beast | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Julie drifted ___ out of consciousness all night: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | ___ School Musical teen drama starring Zac Efron as a musically-inclined jock that celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | ___ City aka Vegas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Company that owns Facebook and Instagram | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Speed ___ (telephone feature) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Vinyl albums: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | College seniors' test: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Large coffee dispenser | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | XXX counterpart in tic-tac-toe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Palindromic parent celebrated in May | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Tattered cloth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | ___ Up teen drama starring Channing Tatum as a hip-hop dancer that celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Brand of pens and lighters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | ___-turn (road sign): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Prefix with pressure or puncture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Washington ___ Rip Van Winkle writer | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Animated film about talking vehicles featuring Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen that celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 | CARS | 4 | |
| #28 | Bench supports | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Soil-turning tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Prefix with present to mean everywhere at once | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Tennis legend Arthur ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Eggs in a fertility lab | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Little ___ Sunshine tragicomedy road film starring Abigail Breslin as an aspiring beauty queen that celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 | MISS | 4 | |
| #34 | Scholastic book fair organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Course number? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Organization that collects taxes: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Dave Grohl's band ___ Fighters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Muddy pen for pigs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Separator represented by / | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Flower ___ (plant containers) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Four score and seven years ___ ... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Goofy or Bugs Bunny e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | The ___ Shepherd spy film starring Matt Damon as a CIA officer that celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Cousin from The Addams Family | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ Lee of Marvel Comics | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Leaning Tower of ___ (Italian landmark) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Businessman Prince ___ Khan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Zero in sports matches | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Anti-___ (Taylor Swift song with the lyric It's me hi I'm the problem it's me) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Couple in paparazzi lingo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ Grand Las Vegas hotel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Count ___ (vampire in a horror novel by Bram Stoker) | Show answer | 7 | |
| #53 | Suffix with floor or roof | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Car's parking area | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | The Fall of the House of Usher writer Edgar Allan ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Soak up as gravy with bread | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Acid that's linked to gout | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Spacious family car: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | On a need-to-know ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | ___ at the Museum fantasy film starring Ben Stiller as a museum watchman that celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Are they coming by road ___? (taking a boat): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Chain famous for its flapjacks: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Bossa ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Reverse e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Dot follower in URLs usually | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Parisian pal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | ICU attendants: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Psychic's mind-reading skill: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 22, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 22, 2026, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is DRACULA at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 9 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 22, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 22, 2026 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.
Keep the streak going
The 2026 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 22, 2026 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.