CodyCross December 17, 2022 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 24 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 24 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "To the" in French, goes before "mode". | A LA | 4 | |
| #2 | An after-afterthought in a letter. | PPS | 3 | |
| #3 | Biblical figure offed by his brother. | ABEL | 4 | |
| #4 | Britain's oldest remaining overseas territory. | BERMUDA | 7 | |
| #5 | Canadian tree used for making syrup. | MAPLE | 5 | |
| #6 | Caustic compounds, found at the top of the pH scale. | ALKALIS | 7 | |
| #7 | Ergophobia is the fear of the __. | WORKPLACE | 9 | |
| #8 | Federico __, Italian director of La Dolce Vita. | FELLINI | 7 | |
| #9 | Flanders, lives next door to Homer Simpson. | NED | 3 | |
| #10 | Formula One team based in Kannapolis. | HAAS | 4 | |
| #11 | German supermarket. | ALDI | 4 | |
| #12 | Goes after "oom" for a brass band sound. | PAH | 3 | |
| #13 | Horror film franchise named after a tool. | SAW | 3 | |
| #14 | It means "or best offer". | OBO | 3 | |
| #15 | Japanese noodles made from buckwheat. | SOBA | 4 | |
| #16 | Music partner of Art Garfunkel. | PAUL SIMON | 10 | |
| #17 | Seriously lacking healthy red blood cells. | ANAEMIC | 7 | |
| #18 | Slang for sweet fruit drink, like with lemon. | ADE | 3 | |
| #19 | Tea enjoyed sweet and cool. | ICED | 4 | |
| #20 | The "Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma. | ENID | 4 | |
| #21 | The loneliest number. | ONE | 3 | |
| #22 | Three squared. | NINE | 4 | |
| #23 | Tragic Twilight Zone actor __ Morrow. | VIC | 3 | |
| #24 | Type of bean also known as the broad bean. | FAVA | 4 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Band with the 2001 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. | WILCO | 5 | |
| #2 | Ice shelter built by Inuit in Arctic regions. | IGLOO | 5 | |
| #3 | Internet acronym for "for what it's worth". | FWIW | 4 | |
| #4 | Mickey Mouse's very first film: Steamboat __. | WILLIE | 6 | |
| #5 | Stephen __, king of the deadpan one-liner. | WRIGHT | 6 | |
| #6 | To go with someone; anagram of "sector". | ESCORT | 6 | |
| #7 | To move rapidly; often used before the word wind. | WHIRL | 5 | |
| #8 | To search someone for hidden items. | FRISK | 5 | |
| #9 | Wrestling network with SummerSlam and WrestleMania. | WWE | 3 | |
| #10 | __ & The Gang, sang Get Down On It. | KOOL | 4 | |
| #11 | __ Offensive, military campaign of the Vietnam War. | TET | 3 |
December 17, 2022 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for December 17, 2022, a Saturday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 35 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is PAUL SIMON 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 17
December 17, 2022 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for December 17, 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