Daily Themed Mini Crossword January 21, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 21, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
January 21, 2020 — All 10 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Actor Stonestreet from "Modern Family" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Pixie-like creature | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | "The Jay ___ Show" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Dental cord? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #5 | Take it easy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Opposite of manual | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Like Superman's vision: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | "The Fault ___ Stars" novel by John Green: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | ___ Rica (Central American country) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Sushi sauce? | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 21, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword mini puzzle for January 21, 2020, a Tuesday. It contains 10 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a mini grid. The longest answer is FLOSS at 5 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 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 2020 archive holds every mini puzzle from that year. There is also a full crossword for January 21, 2020 with 64 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 21, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 21, 2020 Mini 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 10 clues with answers from 3 to 5 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 full-size board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The full-size crossword for January 21, 2020 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 10 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 21, 2020 mini 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 6, 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.