CodyCross December 11, 2021 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 21 midsize and 10 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 21 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Before, poetically. | ERE | 3 | |
| #2 | Big Australian birds. | EMUS | 4 | |
| #3 | Demands for compensation. | CLAIMS | 6 | |
| #4 | Dostoyevsky novel in which Prince Myshkin features. | THE IDIOT | 9 | |
| #5 | Golf ball platform. | TEE | 3 | |
| #6 | Jails, institutions for convicted criminals. | PRISONS | 7 | |
| #7 | Jay Z's music streaming service. | TIDAL | 5 | |
| #8 | Mini Hawaiian guitar. | UKULELE | 7 | |
| #9 | Minnie the __, Cab Calloway hit of the 1930s. | MOOCHER | 7 | |
| #10 | Mount where Moses received the Ten Commandments. | SINAI | 5 | |
| #11 | Norse trickster god. | LOKI | 4 | |
| #12 | Prefix meaning three. | TRI | 3 | |
| #13 | Red-haired orphan of Green Gables. | ANNE | 4 | |
| #14 | Secretly watch someone. | SPY | 3 | |
| #15 | Sushi unagi. | EEL | 3 | |
| #16 | The ability to keep on going for a very long time. | STAMINA | 7 | |
| #17 | The place after penultimate. | LAST | 4 | |
| #18 | Type of tree that can have a Dutch disease. | ELM | 3 | |
| #19 | Yang's partner. | YIN | 3 | |
| #20 | __ Dew, a popular non-alcoholic drink from America. | MOUNTAIN | 8 | |
| #21 | __ Offensive, military campaign of the Vietnam War. | TET | 3 |
Small Crossword — 10 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A period of unrestrained activity, like shopping. | SPREE | 5 | |
| #2 | A sports defense where players defend an area. | ZONE | 4 | |
| #3 | Impeccably clothed, dressed to the __. | NINES | 5 | |
| #4 | Missing, gone astray. | LOST | 4 | |
| #5 | Out in the open, not concealed. | OVERT | 5 | |
| #6 | Refillable metal lighter brand, launched in 1933. | ZIPPO | 5 | |
| #7 | Relieve pain or tightness. | EASE | 4 | |
| #8 | Small cylindrical fried pieces of potato, tater __. | TOTS | 4 | |
| #9 | Takes a lid off a jar, for instance. | OPENS | 5 | |
| #10 | Tony Soprano's mother. | LIVIA | 5 |
December 11, 2021 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for December 11, 2021, a Saturday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 31 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is THE IDIOT at 9 letters.
The daily crosswords sit entirely outside the world-and-group structure of the main game: finishing them does not advance your world progress, and they use their own clue pool. They also lean harder on general knowledge than the themed worlds do, so the letter count shown on each row is often the fastest way in — match the length first, then the meaning.
Neighbouring dates are linked below, and the full daily archive holds 2,014 dates. For the main game, the world index covers 108 worlds and 10,716 puzzles.
Dailies Around Dec 11
December 11, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for CodyCross
The board is the whole puzzle
Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.
Place the longest answer first
Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.
Neighbouring levels are the best hint
Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.
How to Solve a CodyCross Level
The order that clears a board fastest.
Read what you are given
Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.
Anchor with the answers you are sure of
Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.
Work outwards
Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify these answers
Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 7, 2026