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Daily Themed Crossword January 16 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the Daily Themed Crossword for January 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Prefix with "angle" or "pod"31 AcrossReveal answer → "___ me with your best shot!" ("Do your worst!")34 AcrossReveal answer → Letters after "D"37 AcrossReveal answer → "Finding ___ Tin Tin" (movie starring a German Shepherd)310 AcrossReveal answer → ___ of spades311 AcrossReveal answer → Gymnast's floor cover312 AcrossReveal answer → Pops a question413 AcrossReveal answer → "Under ___" (David Bowie and Queen hit)815 AcrossReveal answer → Mexican currency417 AcrossReveal answer → "Skyfall" and "Hello" singer518 AcrossReveal answer → "___: Miami" (police drama): Abbr.319 AcrossReveal answer → Happy as ___ at high tide (happy and carefree): 2 wds.521 AcrossReveal answer → Stephen ___, astrophysicist who famously disagreed and wagered with fellow scientist John Preskill over the black hole information paradox725 AcrossReveal answer → Not bad, but not great: Hyph.429 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish diminutive330 AcrossReveal answer → Got up from a chair531 AcrossReveal answer → "Cobra ___" (TV show starring Ralph Macchio)334 AcrossReveal answer → Messy person, informally435 AcrossReveal answer → Charles ___, scientist known for his theory of evolution who both collaborated and debated with his contemporary Alfred Wallace637 AcrossReveal answer → "Live ___!" (Taco Bell slogan)339 AcrossReveal answer → Thick blackish liquid used on roads342 AcrossReveal answer → Isaac ___, scientist known for identifying gravity who famously argued with his contemporary Leibniz over who invented calculus first643 AcrossReveal answer → What a genie gives you three of446 AcrossReveal answer → Marley in "Marley & Me," e.g.349 AcrossReveal answer → Monopoly company, for short450 AcrossReveal answer → Collage maker's adhesive452 AcrossReveal answer → Fix the result of354 AcrossReveal answer → Margaret ___, anthropologist known for her work with youth whose book was heavily contested by David Freeman455 AcrossReveal answer → Runs well456 AcrossReveal answer → 12-month periods, for short357 AcrossReveal answer → H.S. graduation attendees, for short358 AcrossReveal answer → One in a rainforest459 AcrossReveal answer →

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Equipment used to catch a mouse, often seen in "Tom and Jerry"41 DownReveal answer → "___ and shine!" ("Wake up!")42 DownReveal answer → Calligrapher's fluids43 DownReveal answer → "Die ___" (Bruce Willis movie)44 DownReveal answer → Drink brand with a polar bear mascot45 DownReveal answer → Nikola ___, scientist after whom Cybertruck's brand is named, who also rivaled Thomas Edison's DC electric system56 DownReveal answer → Australian flightless bird37 DownReveal answer → ___ and wide (over a large area)38 DownReveal answer → Former telecom giant (anagram of "get"): Abbr.39 DownReveal answer → Foot covering often worn often with a shoe414 DownReveal answer → Emulate Vincent van Gogh, say515 DownReveal answer → Parts of a minute, for short416 DownReveal answer → Elizabeth, to Ashley Olsen, for short320 DownReveal answer → Character played by Tom Hiddleston in "The Avengers"422 DownReveal answer → "Wise ___ owl": 2 wds.423 DownReveal answer → French for "me"324 DownReveal answer → "He is ___ father's son after all"325 DownReveal answer → The Braves, on scoreboards326 DownReveal answer → Try to win over romantically327 DownReveal answer → Zeus or Thor, e.g.328 DownReveal answer → Quaker bit332 DownReveal answer → Attract, as attention433 DownReveal answer → Audi rival: Abbr.336 DownReveal answer → ___ brothers (siblings who were the first to take flight in an airplane)638 DownReveal answer → "Up and ___" (wake-up call): 2 wds.440 DownReveal answer → Sneaker's bottoms541 DownReveal answer → Spider-___ (black-and-white character from "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse")443 DownReveal answer → "Do not put all your ___ in one basket"444 DownReveal answer → ___ beer (low-alcohol beverage)445 DownReveal answer → Talk while drunk447 DownReveal answer → David ___, Enlightenment-era philosopher whose views were fiercely criticized by his contemporary Thomas Reid448 DownReveal answer → Like toast without butter349 DownReveal answer → '90s music collector's stack: Abbr.351 DownReveal answer → Ending for "Japan" or "Vietnam"353 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, January 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.