CodyCross December 20, 2022 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 24 midsize and 10 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 24 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A tiny clownfish who had to be found, Finding __. | NEMO | 4 | |
| #2 | Actress Elisabeth who sounds like footwear. | SHUE | 4 | |
| #3 | Aussie greeting. | GDAY | 4 | |
| #4 | Bean also known as edamame. | SOY | 3 | |
| #5 | Becoming less intense, like a dying hurricane. | ABATING | 7 | |
| #6 | Country bordering Thailand, capital is Vientiane. | LAOS | 4 | |
| #7 | Emit a beam of coherent monochromatic light. | LASE | 4 | |
| #8 | Exclamation upon a lightbulb moment. | AHA | 3 | |
| #9 | Gem Guild mutant enemy of the Fantastic Four. | OCCULUS | 7 | |
| #10 | How you'd tell someone leave me alone, online. | LMA | 3 | |
| #11 | Human father of comic book offspring. | STAN LEE | 8 | |
| #12 | Job for a freelancer. | GIG | 3 | |
| #13 | Lessened the altitude of a plane. | LOWERED | 7 | |
| #14 | Many deaf people use this language in the UK. | BSL | 3 | |
| #15 | Mont Blanc is in this range. | ALPS | 4 | |
| #16 | Oop-a-doop as said by cartoon character Betty. | BOOP | 4 | |
| #17 | Poet and writer Edgar Allan, of The Raven. | POE | 3 | |
| #18 | Relaxation location, often with hot springs. | SPA | 3 | |
| #19 | She led Lewis and Clark across the country. | SACAGAWEA | 9 | |
| #20 | Small, cylindrical battery with a triple letter. | AAA | 3 | |
| #21 | Someone striking a deal with the Devil makes one. | PACT | 4 | |
| #22 | Vinyl record albums. | LPS | 3 | |
| #23 | What Communists want workers of the world to do. | UNITE | 5 | |
| #24 | Young females gather up at tennis matches. | BALLGIRLS | 9 |
Small Crossword — 10 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Being extremely angry at something or someone. | IRATE | 5 | |
| #2 | Dickens' novel that starts A Christmas. | CAROL | 5 | |
| #3 | Erikson who reached America before Columbus. | LEIF | 4 | |
| #4 | Length relevant to a sharp photo. | FOCAL | 5 | |
| #5 | Missing, gone astray. | LOST | 4 | |
| #6 | Plane landing times. | ETAS | 4 | |
| #7 | Short- and long-__ are species of this owl. | EARED | 5 | |
| #8 | Shoulder muscle, for short. | DELT | 4 | |
| #9 | Slytherin son of Lucius, Narcissa Malfoy. | DRACO | 5 | |
| #10 | Three letters for a liquid crystal display screen. | LCD | 3 |
December 20, 2022 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for December 20, 2022, a Tuesday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 34 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is SACAGAWEA 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 20
December 20, 2022 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for December 20, 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