CodyCross December 16, 2024 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 27 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 27 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Abbreviation for electromagnetic fields | EMFS | 4 | |
| #2 | Acronym, a major military alliance formed in 1947 | NATO | 4 | |
| #3 | Actors father James and son Scott | CAAN | 4 | |
| #4 | At or near the kidneys | ADRENALLY | 9 | |
| #5 | Being the same as something else | IDENTICAL | 9 | |
| #6 | Bird's home, perhaps made with sticks | NEST | 4 | |
| #7 | Carpets, mats | RUGS | 4 | |
| #8 | Computer company that went private in 2013 | DELL | 4 | |
| #9 | Consumed food | ATE | 3 | |
| #10 | Egyptian goddess of fertility, hunting and war | ANAT | 4 | |
| #11 | Finish something with great haste | ASAP | 4 | |
| #12 | Initialism for standard temperature and pressure | STP | 3 | |
| #13 | Insurance company slogan "You're in Good Hands" | ALLSTATE | 8 | |
| #14 | Largest island in the Caribbean | CUBA | 4 | |
| #15 | Liquid in a pen | INK | 3 | |
| #16 | Lisa in the famous da Vinci painting | MONA | 4 | |
| #17 | Mr. Driver who plays this Mr. Sackler on Girls | ADAM | 4 | |
| #18 | One layer of tissue or wood | PLY | 3 | |
| #19 | Person, athlete not expected to win | UNDERDOG | 8 | |
| #20 | Portable desk from Renaissance Spain | BARGUENO | 8 | |
| #21 | Sheena Easton duet with Prince, __ the Look | U GOT | 5 | |
| #22 | Small, biting fly | GNAT | 4 | |
| #23 | System whereby customers do the work of cashiers | SELF SCAN | 9 | |
| #24 | Three letters texting someone that you miss them | IMU | 3 | |
| #25 | Tool used on farms for turning soil | PLOW | 4 | |
| #26 | Understood, had the facts about | KNEW | 4 | |
| #27 | Written abbreviation of negative | NEG | 3 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fashion brand by Donna from the Big Apple | DKNY | 4 | |
| #2 | Haute-__ French dept, sounds like Austrian capital | VIENNE | 6 | |
| #3 | Kristoff's reindeer sidekick in Frozen | SVEN | 4 | |
| #4 | Metal toy spring that can descend the stairs | SLINKY | 6 | |
| #5 | Official representatives of national governments | ENVOYS | 6 | |
| #6 | Peepers | EYES | 4 | |
| #7 | Short French word to indicate woman's maiden name | NEE | 3 | |
| #8 | Singer who released Diamond Life | SADE | 4 | |
| #9 | Spoken sentence in a play | LINE | 4 | |
| #10 | Tool used to sift items | SIEVE | 5 | |
| #11 | __ Domini, what AD stands for in dates | ANNO | 4 |
December 16, 2024 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for December 16, 2024, 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 ADRENALLY 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 16
December 16, 2024 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for December 16, 2024?
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