Daily Themed Crossword January 16 2026 Answers (1/16/26)

Our Daily Themed Crossword January 16, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Daily Themed Crossword is available as a mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. It has become a popular crossword app due to its regular crossword offerings and difficulty level (not too easy, not too difficult, generally). They release a new crossword each day, every day of the year, and each crossword has a theme and allows for hints in case an answer involves a more obscure word.

Daily Themed Crossword January 16, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Themed Crossword on 1/16/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Prefix with "angle" or "pod"
4A	"___ me with your best shot!" ("Do your worst!")
7A	Letters after "D"
10A	"Finding ___ Tin Tin" (movie starring a German Shepherd)
11A	___ of spades
12A	Gymnast's floor cover
13A	Pops a question
15A	"Under ___" (David Bowie and Queen hit)
17A	Mexican currency
18A	"Skyfall" and "Hello" singer
19A	"___: Miami" (police drama): Abbr.
21A	Happy as ___ at high tide (happy and carefree): 2 wds.
25A	Stephen ___, astrophysicist who famously disagreed and wagered with fellow scientist John Preskill over the black hole information paradox
29A	Not bad, but not great: Hyph.
30A	Spanish diminutive
31A	Got up from a chair
34A	"Cobra ___" (TV show starring Ralph Macchio)
35A	Messy person, informally
37A	Charles ___, scientist known for his theory of evolution who both collaborated and debated with his contemporary Alfred Wallace
39A	"Live ___!" (Taco Bell slogan)
42A	Thick blackish liquid used on roads
43A	Isaac ___, scientist known for identifying gravity who famously argued with his contemporary Leibniz over who invented calculus first
46A	What a genie gives you three of
49A	Marley in "Marley & Me," e.g.
50A	Power plant output, for short
52A	Collage maker's adhesive
54A	Fix the result of
55A	Margaret ___, anthropologist known for her work with youth whose book was heavily contested by David Freeman
56A	Sings without words
57A	12-month periods, for short
58A	H.S. graduation attendees, for short
59A	One in a rainforest
1D	Equipment used to catch a mouse, often seen in "Tom and Jerry"
2D	"___ and shine!" ("Wake up!")
3D	Calligrapher's fluids
4D	"Die ___" (Bruce Willis movie)
5D	Drink brand with a polar bear mascot
6D	Nikola ___, scientist after whom Cybertruck's brand is named, who also rivaled Thomas Edison's DC electric system
7D	Australian flightless bird
8D	___ and wide (over a large area)
9D	Former telecom giant (anagram of "get"): Abbr.
14D	Foot covering often worn often with a shoe
15D	Emulate Vincent van Gogh, say
16D	Parts of a minute, for short
20D	Elizabeth, to Ashley Olsen, for short
22D	Character played by Tom Hiddleston in "The Avengers"
23D	"Wise ___ owl": 2 wds.
24D	French for "me"
25D	"He is ___ father's son after all"
26D	The Braves, on scoreboards
27D	Try to win over romantically
28D	Zeus or Thor, e.g.
32D	Quaker bit
33D	Attract, as attention
36D	Audi rival: Abbr.
38D	___ brothers (siblings who were the first to take flight in an airplane)
40D	"Up and ___" (wake-up call): 2 wds.
41D	Sneaker's bottoms
43D	Spider-___ (black-and-white character from "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse")
44D	"Do not put all your ___ in one basket"
45D	In close proximity
47D	Talk while drunk
48D	David ___, Enlightenment-era philosopher whose views were fiercely criticized by his contemporary Thomas Reid
49D	Like toast without butter
51D	'90s music collector's stack: Abbr.
53D	Ending for "Japan" or "Vietnam"

Daily Themed Crossword is a popular online crossword puzzle game that is updated daily with new puzzles for players to solve. The game is developed by PlaySimple Games and is available on both iOS and Android devices.

The puzzles in Daily Themed Crossword are organized around a different theme each day, with clues and answers related to that theme. For example, the theme for a particular day might be movies, and all the clues and answers would be related to movies in some way.

The game is designed to be accessible to players of all skill levels, with puzzles ranging from easy to difficult. The game also includes helpful features such as hints and the ability to reveal individual letters or words to help players progress through more challenging puzzles.

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