Daily Themed Crossword Answers

Daily Themed Crossword — January 2, 2022 Answers

Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor·

Below you'll find the complete solved grid and every answer for the Daily Themed Crossword puzzle dated January 2, 2022. Click any clue to see more about that specific answer.

Solved Grid

66 clues13×13 grid31 across · 35 down
1M
2A
3R
4C
5M
6O
7O
8C
9H
10E
11T
12U
T
A
H
13I
O
N
14L
O
K
I
15M
E
N
A
16S
H
O
17W
E
R
E
D
18R
19A
T
20T
A
N
D
Y
21S
22A
23L
L
Y
24S
25O
O
N
26I
L
L
I
N
27O
I
S
28C
29A
30B
31L
O
B
E
32D
S
L
33L
I
C
E
34L
E
S
35I
S
O
36L
A
T
E
D
37P
38O
N
Y
39O
P
E
D
S
40C
41R
42I
E
D
43A
P
T
44H
A
N
D
D
45O
46W
N
47O
48M
49A
50N
51E
T
T
A
52D
O
N
53P
A
G
E
54R
E
L
L
55E
W
E
56S
T
E
W

Clues & Answers

Across

1A"I Need to Know" singer AnthonyMARC
5ACow's callMOO
8AJazz trumpeter Baker, familiarlyCHET
12AZion National Park's stateUTAH
13AParticle that may be positiveION
14AThor's "mischievous" adopted brotherLOKI
15A___ Massoud of "Aladdin"MENA
16ATook a bath, saySHOWERED
18ADirty rodentRAT
20AJessica ___, Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "Driving Miss Daisy"TANDY
21A___ Field, Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "Places in the Heart"SALLY
24AAny day nowSOON
26AChicago's stateILLINOIS
28AAuto for hireCAB
31ABrain sectionLOBE
32AHigh-speed Internet initialsDSL
33AHair-dwelling parasitesLICE
34ATom Hooper's "___ Miserables"LES
35ACompletely cut off, sayISOLATED
37ACarousel ridePONY
39AOpinion columns in a newspaper: Hyph.OPEDS
40AWeptCRIED
43AQuick to learnAPT
44APass on to a successor: 2 wds.HANDDOWN
47AMuscat's sultanateOMAN
51ABlues singer JamesETTA
52A"___ Jon," 2013 film starring Scarlett JohanssonDON
53AGeraldine ___, Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "The Trip to Bountiful"PAGE
54AFormer Connecticut Governor Jodi ___RELL
55AFarm femaleEWE
56ADish cooked in a potSTEW

Down

1D"Mother," in ManchesterMUM
2DMunched some lunchATE
3DFledRAN
4DLegendary silent film comedian, ___ ChaplinCHARLIE
5DVisibility reducer, for a driverMIST
6D"___ la la!"OOH
7DYoko ___, "Walking on Thin Ice" singerONO
8DRemove dirt, sayCLEAN
9DVehicle honkerHORN
10D___ out a living (barely managed)EKED
11DNeat and ___TIDY
17DInternational commerce group: Abbr.WTO
19DAuthor Rand who wrote "Anthem"AYN
21DWindow spot for a flower potSILL
22D___ veraALOE
23DU.K. attorneys' degrees: Abbr.LLBS
24D___ Spacek, Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "Coal Miner's Daughter"SISSY
25DNorway's capitalOSLO
27DMarvel character played by Anthony HopkinsODIN
28DQuote, as a source in a research paperCITE
29DPassed with flying colorsACED
30DResting placesBEDS
33DPortable computersLAPTOPS
36DLead-in to "sided" to mean leaning to one sideLOP
37DPower a bicyclePEDAL
38DLike all primes except twoODD
40DAcademy Award for Best Actress from "Moonstruck"CHER
41DPut on a scale of 1-10, sayRATE
42DLike some airports: Abbr.INTL
43DActress Hathaway of "Serenity"ANNE
45DPoet's tributeODE
46D"Awesome!"WOW
48D"Welcome" site?MAT
49D"Act your ___!"AGE
50DPartner of "improved"NEW
About Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor

Twelve years editing daily puzzle solutions. Themed crosswords, wordplay, and the occasional cryptic.