CodyCross December 12, 2022 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 27 midsize and 11 small clues.
Midsize Crossword — 27 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 1993 puzzle video game set on an island. | MYST | 4 | |
| #2 | A French sauce made from meat juices. | JUS | 3 | |
| #3 | Add insult __; make a bad situation worse. | TO INJURY | 9 | |
| #4 | Airport code for Hong Kong International Airport. | HKG | 3 | |
| #5 | Another name for margarine. | OLEO | 4 | |
| #6 | Baseball refs. | UMPS | 4 | |
| #7 | Be cheeky or rude. | SASS | 4 | |
| #8 | Beavers might build this water stopper. | DAM | 3 | |
| #9 | Brings a civil legal action against. | SUES | 4 | |
| #10 | Captured someone's piece on a chessboard. | TOOK | 4 | |
| #11 | Chichen __, Mayan pyramid found in the Yucatan. | ITZA | 4 | |
| #12 | Clothing labels. | TAGS | 4 | |
| #13 | Computer software logo to click on. | ICON | 4 | |
| #14 | Food of the gods. | AMBROSIA | 8 | |
| #15 | In-group language designed to confuse outsiders. | CANT | 4 | |
| #16 | Injures without breaking the skin. | CONTUSES | 8 | |
| #17 | Input field on many forms in the U.S.. | SSN | 3 | |
| #18 | Marilyn Monroe movie, The Seven Year __. | ITCH | 4 | |
| #19 | Painting technique to make wood black. | EBONIZING | 9 | |
| #20 | Puts a snack away. | EATS | 4 | |
| #21 | Right now, to a doctor. | STAT | 4 | |
| #22 | Ruining something, wrecking it. | SPOILING | 8 | |
| #23 | Suitable, fitting. | APT | 3 | |
| #24 | Yellow wind storm originating in Mongolia or China. | ASIAN DUST | 10 | |
| #25 | You square the length of square's side to find it. | AREA | 4 | |
| #26 | __ Lanka. | SRI | 3 | |
| #27 | two cups. | PINT | 4 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Chemical formula for hydrobromic acid. | HBR | 3 | |
| #2 | EA battle royale game __ Legends. | APEX | 4 | |
| #3 | Enclosed freight container on a train. | BOXCAR | 6 | |
| #4 | Fake, fraud. | SHAM | 4 | |
| #5 | Initials of The Hobbit author Tolkien. | JRR | 3 | |
| #6 | Large piece of metal made by continuous casting. | SLAB | 4 | |
| #7 | The L in the autoimmune disease SLE. | LUPUS | 5 | |
| #8 | The Scream painter. | MUNCH | 5 | |
| #9 | Thrust with a knife. | STAB | 4 | |
| #10 | Weaving, Chavez, Boss. | HUGO | 4 | |
| #11 | Will Smith character in Men in Black. | AGENT J | 7 |
December 12, 2022 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for December 12, 2022, a Monday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 38 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is ASIAN DUST at 10 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 12
December 12, 2022 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for December 12, 2022?
What is the difference between the small and midsize grids?
Does the daily crossword reset?
Where can I find another date?
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