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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 22, 2024

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Monday, January 22, 2024

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, January 22, 2024. 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.

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

across

1. Begin to flower: BUD
4. In conflict: ATWAR
9. Basketball stats category: ASSISTS
16. Neckwear provided at some restaurants: BIB
19. Pikes Peak people: UTE
20. One-dish meal: CHILI
21. "You're playing with fire!": WATCHIT
22. Game night cry: UNO
23. "First, I founded an aerospace start-up, but I never …": GOTITOFFTHEGROUND
26. Messy room: STY
27. Make the first bet: OPEN
28. Go back over: REREAD
29. Proverbial hard workers: ANTS
30. Bourne's employer in "The Bourne Identity," in brief: CIA
31. Popular indoor tree: FICUS
33. Total revolution?: YEAR
34. Ardennes assent: OUI
35. Singer's asset: RANGE
37. Daughter of Muhammad: FATIMA
39. "When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we …": DIDNTSCALEWELL
43. Sensitivity: TACT
45. Common resolutions: DIETS
46. Squat, so to speak: SIT
47. Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!): SIA
48. Go back down: EBB
51. J. M. Barrie, for one: SCOT
53. What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of "Lord of the Flies": EGO
54. Betrays: FLIPSON
56. "Next, I pivoted into breakfast restaurants, but competitors …": POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES
61. Passages: CORRIDORS
62. Medal-earning mettle: VALOR
63. Purchase printout: Abbr.: RCPT
66. New Year's Day: ONEONE
67. Place of prayer: PEW
69. Sat ___ (GPS system): NAV
70. Behind: TUSHIE
72. Library section: TEEN
73. Broski: HOMIE
75. There are 768 of these in a gallon: TEASPOONS
77. "When I tried candlemaking, all my workers …": SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT
81. Section of the nosebleed seats: LASTROW
83. Poetic preposition: ERE
84. Lead-in to zone: EURO
85. Some music collectibles, for short: LPS
86. Whiz: ACE
87. Counterpart of science, they say: ART
88. Freight, e.g.: GOODS
90. Uncles, in Uruguay: TIOS
92. "I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we …": RANOUTOFRUNWAY
96. Goes first: STARTS
100. Wrote, as a bad check: KITED
101. Moose's mating season: RUT
102. Universal donor's designation, informally: ONEG
104. Betray one's standards: STOOP
105. Bridge component: BID
106. "We'll see": IMAY
108. Backdrop: LOCALE
110. Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybe: YOLO
111. Creature that swallows its prey whole: BOA
112. "Finally, I decided to buy a grocery store on an intersection, but a rival had ...": CORNEREDTHEMARKET
115. "Wise" one: OWL
116. "Enjoyed" some humble pie: ATECROW
117. Bolting Bolt: USAIN
118. Union contract?: IDO
119. Counterpart of "thx": PLS
120. Corrupting influence: BADSEED
121. Full ___: MONTY
122. Over time period?: EON

down

1. "Leave me alone!": BUGOFF
2. Heaven on earth: UTOPIA
3. Pick up on: DETECT
4. State lines?: ACT
5. Hammer wielder of myth: THOR
6. The missus: WIFEY
7. ___ Butts, inventor of Scrabble: ALFRED
8. CVS competitor: RITEAID
9. Thunderstruck: AWED
10. Slump: SAG
11. Big name in jeans: STRAUSS
12. Quintessential: ICONIC
13. Turn (off): SHUT
14. Spam holders: TINS
15. Health class subj.: STD
16. Sloan or Wharton: BUSINESSSCHOOL
17. Opposite of relief, in printmaking: INTAGLIO
18. ___ wonder: BOY
24. Traditional makers of anoraks: INUIT
25. Like kale vis-à-vis lettuce: HARDIER
30. Call of a raven: CAW
32. Break, as a window: SMASHIN
34. Aid in getting a leg up?: OTTOMAN
35. Knot again!: RETIE
36. Pizazz: ELAN
38. Bow (to): ACCEDE
40. Desert bordering Sinai: NEGEV
41. Regarding: ASFOR
42. Harry Potter's mother: LILY
44. Hubbub: TODO
48. Disney theme park: EPCOT
49. Yankees manager Aaron: BOONE
50. Absolute minimum required: BAREESSENTIALS
52. Listlessness: TORPOR
55. Soul: PERSON
57. Portmanteau pastry: CRONUT
58. 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a command: USEME
59. "Allegory of the cave" philosopher: PLATO
60. 1956 Elvis hit whose title sounds like a command: LOVEME
64. Centerfold, say: PINUP
65. Bits of troubleshooting: TESTS
68. Football receiver: WIDEOUT
70. Yiddish word meaning "woe": TSURIS
71. Eradicates starting from the bottom: UPROOTS
73. Follow closely: HEWTO
74. Zac of "Baywatch": EFRON
76. Share a side: ABUT
78. Identity theft, for one: FRAUD
79. Snow day project: FORT
80. The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for one: REDWOOD
81. Bit of carefree fun: LARK
82. Trendy treat of Brazilian origin: ACAIBOWL
88. Swiss cheese: GRUYERE
89. Man cave, maybe: SANCTUM
91. Bacchanalian beast: SATYR
93. Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project: OED
94. Swiss "cheese": FRANCS
95. "Whatcha gonna do about it?": YEAHSO
97. Cub or colt: ROOKIE
98. "Holy ___!": TOLEDO
99. Perfect in every way: SPOTON
103. Extract: GLEAN
106. Tiniest bit: IOTA
107. Talking horse of '60s TV: MRED
108. Apt rhyme of "nude" and "crude": LEWD
109. Send off: EMIT
111. Catchy song, in slang: BOP
112. Thing to catch in a city: CAB
113. Tobiko or masago: ROE
114. ___ second: ANY

Hints and full breakdown for Jan 21

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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?.

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What is a rebus square?

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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.