On a scale of one to ___ — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the January 17 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
TEN
3 letters
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Start of a countdown
TEN
3
How many tickles it takes to make an octopus laugh?
TEN
3
Double of five
TEN
3
1991 album by Pearl Jam with the hit single "Jeremy"
TEN
3
What "X" meant to 23d
TEN
3
Number of years in a decade
TEN
3
First double-digit number
TEN
3
Number of lords a-leaping in a Christmas song
TEN
3
"X" amount?
TEN
3
1991 album by Pearl Jam with the hit single Jeremy
TEN
3
Number of digits on one's hands
TEN
3
1991 album by Pearl Jam with the hit single Jeremy
TEN
3
Camp beds (rhymes with "dots")
COTS
4
Curved shape, like that of a rainbow
ARC
3
Mediterranean ___ (Greece's beach waters)
SEA
3
Leave out on purpose
OMIT
4
Sound on a dairy farm
MOO
3
Grandma, affectionately
NANA
4
Bones in a chest cage
RIBS
4
Ctrl+___+Del (PC reboot combo)
ALT
3
The ___ Tour (Taylor Swift's nostalgic tour)
ERAS
4
___-in-chief (newspaper head)
EDITOR
6
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