Daily Themed Crossword January 17 2026 Answers (1/17/26)

Our Daily Themed Crossword January 17, 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 17, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Themed Crossword on 1/17/26, 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	Camp beds (rhymes with "dots")
5A	Curved shape, like that of a rainbow
8A	Mediterranean ___ (Greece's beach waters)
11A	Leave out on purpose
12A	Sound on a dairy farm
13A	On a scale of one to ___
14A	Grandma, affectionately
15A	Bones in a chest cage
16A	Ctrl+___+Del (PC reboot combo)
17A	The ___ Tour (Taylor Swift's nostalgic tour)
18A	___-in-chief (newspaper head)
20A	Bernice the ___, barnyard bird whose "lucky" feathers seemingly powered Popeye before he started eating spinach in the comics
22A	Capture, as a suspect
23A	Rite ___ (pharmacy chain)
26A	Throw a ball
28A	"___ Wonderful Life" (1946 Christmas film): 2 wds.
32A	Swipe, like Swiper from "Dora the Explorer"
34A	Fluffy footwear brand that sounds like "ugh"
37A	Bait ___ switch
38A	"Donkey ___," Nintendo arcade game featuring Mario that was originally meant to be a Popeye game
39A	___ Man, "The Wizard of Oz" character
40A	Cape ___, Massachusetts
41A	Thumb drive port: Abbr.
44A	Long-snouted fish
46A	___ of Popeye, figurine erected in Crystal City, Texas, in recognition of the character's beneficial impact on the spinach industry
49A	Substantial amount
51A	"___ whiz!"
52A	Paper quantity
54A	Quote, as a source in an article
57A	Swee'___, Popeye's son who is actually a foundling child adopted by him
58A	Put ___ words (express one's thoughts)
59A	Single-serve coffee container: Hyph.
60A	YouTube annoyances, for short
61A	"Strike a ___" (photographer's request)
62A	Monster from Himalayan legend
1D	Pine ___ (autumn decor)
2D	Actor Epps of "House"
3D	___ Turner who sang "Proud Mary"
4D	Squirrel's hoard of nuts (rhymes with "brash")
5D	In the center of
6D	___ Williams, comedian and actor who played the titular role of Popeye in a 1980 live-action film
7D	___ Rica, Central American country
8D	Sky twinkler that disappears on a cloudy night
9D	As slippery as an ___ (evasive)
10D	Hardworking six-legged insect
15D	Nevada casino city
19D	___-Wan Kenobi (Anakin Skywalker's mentor)
21D	Letters after "Pur" for a hand sanitizer
23D	Make a request, with "for"
24D	"Am ___ simply believe that?": 2 wds.
25D	Man cave
27D	"... nothing ___ the truth"
29D	"Tic" and "toe" connector
30D	___-Jet (winter vehicle brand)
31D	"Plus" sign action
33D	Spanish for "water"
35D	___ economy (labor market favoring freelancers)
36D	Pest in a swarm
42D	Las Vegas ___ (famous road)
43D	"Good," in Spanish
45D	Frank "___" Fiegel, laborer from Illinois who is believed to have inspired the character of Popeye
46D	Plant's tiny and humble beginning
47D	Lipton products
48D	Uber ___ (app to order food)
50D	"Well played!"
51D	High school senior's statistic: Abbr.
53D	"The Simpsons" bar owner
55D	King ___ (ancient Egyptian pharaoh, affectionately)
56D	Prefix with "graph" to mean an inscription

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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