CodyCross December 21, 2024 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 24 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 24 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A weakening or wasting away of a part of the body | ATROPHY | 7 | |
| #2 | Abbreviation for autism spectrum disorder | ASD | 3 | |
| #3 | Abbreviation for the European Central Bank | ECB | 3 | |
| #4 | Aka a bitmap file | BMP | 3 | |
| #5 | An air-to-air missile for short | AAM | 3 | |
| #6 | Buddies | PALS | 4 | |
| #7 | Chef Jet __, Food Network regular | TILA | 4 | |
| #8 | Cow sound | MOO | 3 | |
| #9 | Fashion company known for graffiti art, rhino logo | ECKO | 4 | |
| #10 | In short, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine | DTP | 3 | |
| #11 | Key typed with Ctrl and Del | ALT | 3 | |
| #12 | Language created for the TV show Game of Thrones | DOTHRAKI | 8 | |
| #13 | Places where people worship and relics are kept | SHRINES | 7 | |
| #14 | Rabbit breed with a wooly mane | LIONHEAD | 8 | |
| #15 | Rock and __ | ROLL | 4 | |
| #16 | Shortest day in winter and longest day in summer | SOLSTICE | 8 | |
| #17 | Six (Spa.) | SEIS | 4 | |
| #18 | Smack in the face | SLAP | 4 | |
| #19 | Small glass container for holding medicine | VIAL | 4 | |
| #20 | The United States' largest association of doctors | AMA | 3 | |
| #21 | To remove all the coverings from, e.g. a bed | STRIP | 5 | |
| #22 | Vagabond feline | ALLEY CAT | 9 | |
| #23 | Vertebrate class consisting of birds | AVES | 4 | |
| #24 | Would you give someone your last one of these? | ROLOS | 5 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Author Cabot, who wrote the Princess Diaries | MEG | 3 | |
| #2 | French cheese with brown rind or French count | COMTE | 5 | |
| #3 | Kids author of best-selling The Ice Cream Machine | RUBIN | 5 | |
| #4 | Letter from an ancient Germanic language | RUNE | 4 | |
| #5 | Loosen one's shoes | UNTIE | 5 | |
| #6 | Old word for a fever | AGUE | 4 | |
| #7 | Phrase associated with Dickens' Scrooge "Bah __!" | HUMBUG | 6 | |
| #8 | Red cosmetic used to add flush to cheeks and lips | ROUGE | 5 | |
| #9 | Shack made out of grass | HUT | 3 | |
| #10 | Someone older than 12 and younger than 20 | TEEN | 4 | |
| #11 | Study hard right before a test | CRAM | 4 |
December 21, 2024 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for December 21, 2024, 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 ALLEY CAT 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 2,013 dates. For the main game, the world index covers 108 worlds and 10,716 puzzles.
Dailies Around Dec 21
December 21, 2024 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for December 21, 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 6, 2026