Daily Themed Crossword December 16, 2017 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 16, 2017 grid, in puzzle order.
December 16, 2017 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Brand of engine additive | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Make a few purchases at the mall | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | ___ polloi (the common people) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | "For crying ___ loud!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Actor Chris from "Guardians of the Galaxy" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Lost traction while driving | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Took an unoccupied chair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Actor Alan of "M*A*S*H" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Prepare to hit a golf ball: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Clenched ___ (what you throw a punch with) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Little white lie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Slushy treat with a polar bear mascot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Bull's opposite in the stock market | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | ___ de France (annual bike race in July) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | "I'll do it ___ it takes forever..." (despite the fact): 2 wds. | Show answer | 6 | |
| #16 | Talk show host DeGeneres | Show answer | 5 | |
| #17 | Called off like a NASA mission: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | What makes up glaciers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Bread used in gyros and falafel sandwiches | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Audio and ___ (rhyming parts of a film) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Huge body of water | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | 2015 Australian drama starring Geoffrey Rush and Miranda Otto (birthday today) that won multiple AACTA awards: 2 wds. | Show answer | 11 | |
| #23 | Saintly glow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Type of cable for high-quality media: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | What a sunbather acquires | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Like two peas in a ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | "A Nightmare on ___ Street" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Flightless Outback bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "The Simpsons" bartender | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Big ornamental vase | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "Behind Blue Eyes" rock band ___ Bizkit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | 1970s TV production co. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ Beta Kappa (college honor society) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Word before "Ooh didn't mean to make you cry" in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Singer/songwriter DiFranco | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Movie studio whose mascot is Leo the Lion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Egyptian cobra | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | "The ___: The Two Towers" a 2002 New Zealand fantasy adventure where Miranda Otto played Eowyn: 4 wds. | Show answer | 14 | |
| #39 | Bombs that don't explode | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Capture as one's attention | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | What's to be paid to a landlord | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | List of options at a restaurant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Where to dig for coal or gold | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Mischievous little kid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Actor/rapper Mos ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Flows back like the tide | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | In a wild state as a mad cat | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Bearded antelope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Self-mover's rental | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | What someone writes about in their autobiography | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | "What ___" a 2000 American horror film starring Harrison Ford where Miranda Otto played one half of a troubled couple: 2 wds. | Show answer | 11 | |
| #52 | Clickable image on a PC screen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Eagle-___ (sharp-sighted) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Long river running through Egypt | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Green with ___ (very jealous) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Slippery like winter roads | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "___ it on!" ("Challenge accepted!") | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Off yonder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | One way to swing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Back then | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "The One I Love" group | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Enemy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Healing ointment | Show answer | 5 | |
| #64 | Addict's bugbear | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | "At the ___ of the day..." (Ultimately) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Writer Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Hang over one's head | Show answer | 4 |
How the December 16, 2017 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 16, 2017, a Saturday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is LORDOFTHERINGS at 14 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 5 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2017 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 16, 2017 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 16, 2017 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 67 clues with answers from 3 to 14 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2017 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 16, 2017 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue 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 8, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.