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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 23, 2022
Sunday, January 23, 2022
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, January 23, 2022. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.
Across clues & answers
- 47
- 72
- 86
- 92
- 110
Down clues & answers
- 19
- 79
- 90
- 100
- 102
- 105
- 107
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Saturday, January 22, 2022
across
- 1. Underlying: BASAL
- 6. Foggy: ADDLED
- 12. Thanksgiving and Pride both have one: PARADE
- 13. Person who lives on discarded food: FREEGAN
- 15. Dark-magic device with which to achieve immortality, in Harry Potter: HORCRUX
- 16. "Desperate Housewives" co-star: LONGORIA
- 18. Boo-boo: OUCHIE
- 19. Well done, in Italy: MOLTOBENE
- 20. Makeup of some canopies: TREES
- 21. Coarse flour: MEAL
- 22. Gentle giant on "Game of Thrones": HODOR
- 23. Heartless: COLD
- 24. Over and done with: PAST
- 25. Actress Phillipa of Broadway's "Hamilton": SOO
- 26. Lacto-___ vegetarian: OVO
- 27. Bordeaux et Bourgogne, par exemple: VINS
- 28. Icy drink: SLUSHIE
- 32. Cognitive contortions: MENTALGYMNASTICS
- 35. Words read with feeling: BRAILLE
- 36. Relieve: EASE
- 37. Abraham Lincoln, for one: Abbr.: REP
- 38. Enero o febrero, por ejemplo: MES
- 39. Speed of sound: MACH
- 40. Smallish branch: SECT
- 41. Scissors Palace, Anita Haircut or Do or Dye (all real places!): SALON
- 44. Hose problem: KINK
- 45. Man of the cloth: PADRE
- 46. Familiar soap opera device: PLOTTWIST
- 48. Scorches: SINGES
- 49. Creates: FASHIONS
- 50. An unrivaled champion, in slang: THEGOAT
- 51. [More details below]: SEENOTE
- 52. Comical character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream": BOTTOM
- 53. Brought (in): REELED
- 54. Secretly watch: SPYON
down
- 1. Home to the largest football stadium in Europe: BARCELONA
- 2. Like eyebrows: ARCHED
- 3. Mumbai wraps: SARIS
- 4. Together, musically: ADUE
- 5. Justinian law: LEX
- 6. Solvent: AFLOAT
- 7. Like some "Monty Python" humor: DROLL
- 8. Depression: DENT
- 9. Danish tourist attraction with multiple play areas: LEGOHOUSE
- 10. Result of a compliment, typically: EGOBOOST
- 11. Ventured: DARED
- 12. Kind of coffee made with a flask and a filter: POUROVER
- 14. Young hombre: NINO
- 15. Hair-straightening tool: HOTCOMB
- 17. Atmospheric prefix: AER
- 19. Like a breakup gone bad: MESSY
- 21. Animal skin ailment: MANGE
- 24. Tablets: PILLS
- 25. / or \: SLASH
- 27. One with a big heart?: VALENTINE
- 28. Chips, e.g.: SNACK
- 29. Gorilla with a job to do: HIREDGOON
- 30. Kind of sandwich: ICECREAM
- 31. Exercise with Zener cards: ESPTEST
- 33. Chalamet of "Dune": TIMOTHEE
- 34. Fated: MEANT
- 39. Shot an airball, say: MISSED
- 40. Serenaded: SANGTO
- 41. Screen rating, in brief?: SPF
- 42. Regrettably: ALAS
- 43. Schlump: LOSER
- 44. Kunta ___ ("Roots" role): KINTE
- 45. One of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, in Catholicism: PIETY
- 47. Warm covering: WOOL
- 48. Factory: SHOP
- 50. Venue for many TV reruns: TBS
More daily puzzle hints
- WordleGuess the five-letter word in six triesGuide & tips
- ConnectionsSort 16 words into four hidden groupsGuide & tips
- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
How the week is built
- Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
- Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
- Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
- Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
- Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Crossword-solving habits worth building
- Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
- Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
- Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
- Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
- Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.