CodyCross December 16, 2023 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 24 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 24 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bernini sculpted the __ of Saint Teresa. | ECSTASY | 7 | |
| #2 | Californian city and river that starts as Santa. | ANA | 3 | |
| #3 | Chemical formula for silver hypoiodite. | AGIO | 4 | |
| #4 | Cinderella's helper and Jaq's best mouse friend. | GUS | 3 | |
| #5 | Contender thought to have little chance of winning. | UNDERDOG | 8 | |
| #6 | Currency code letters for British pounds. | GBP | 3 | |
| #7 | ESA-built research place onboard space shuttles. | SPACELAB | 8 | |
| #8 | Earth fortification. | BANK | 4 | |
| #9 | Eric who Always Looks on the Bright Side of Life. | IDLE | 4 | |
| #10 | False excuse, ruse. | PRETEXT | 7 | |
| #11 | Fine, average, like thumbs up. | OKAY | 4 | |
| #12 | Flanders, lives next door to Homer Simpson. | NED | 3 | |
| #13 | For a threat to reduce in scope. | ABATE | 5 | |
| #14 | French banking group, __ Paribas. | BNP | 3 | |
| #15 | Getting frisky around lots of people. | PDA | 3 | |
| #16 | Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, initialism. | LGBT | 4 | |
| #17 | Medical tube inserted into a vein to keep it open. | STENT | 5 | |
| #18 | Mortar used for grinding writing pigments. | INKSTONE | 8 | |
| #19 | Popular arcade game, rival of Space Invaders. | GALAXIAN | 8 | |
| #20 | Solid medicine tablet. | PILL | 4 | |
| #21 | Sum of money borrowed from a bank. | LOAN | 4 | |
| #22 | The name of the operating system for iPhones. | IOS | 3 | |
| #23 | Unhappy. | SAD | 3 | |
| #24 | __-Seltzer, indigestion medication. | ALKA | 4 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "Alright __, collaborate and listen". | STOP | 4 | |
| #2 | Abbreviation for "spinal cord injury". | SCI | 3 | |
| #3 | Admit defeat, surrender. | CEDE | 4 | |
| #4 | Aid a criminal. | ABET | 4 | |
| #5 | Black powder found in chimneys. | SOOT | 4 | |
| #6 | Greek version of Agnes. | INES | 4 | |
| #7 | Internet abbreviation for take your time. | TYT | 3 | |
| #8 | Jane who wrote Emma, Pride and Prejudice. | AUSTEN | 6 | |
| #9 | Johnny __; 1958 hit for Chuck Berry. | B GOODE | 7 | |
| #10 | Runs off to marry. | ELOPES | 6 | |
| #11 | The Good, the Bad, and the __. | UGLY | 4 |
December 16, 2023 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for December 16, 2023, 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 UNDERDOG at 8 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 16
December 16, 2023 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for December 16, 2023?
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