Daily Themed Crossword December 17, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 17, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
December 17, 2018 — All 63 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Unruly crowd | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "____ Doubtfire" (movie featuring Robin Williams) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Singer Carly ____ Jepsen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Home for piggies | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Per ____ (yearly) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | "Much ____ About Nothing" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ tape | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Half plus half | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Set free as pigs | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Constellation that looks like a bear | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Backside | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Prefix relating to China | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | A-Rod's "A" (the Yankee baseball player) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Grain in Quaker cereals | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Sister who sounds like "none" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Actor who plays Barney Stinson ____ Patrick Harris | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | American singer with 22 Grammy Awards famous for her album "Dangerously in Love" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #18 | Grigory ___ conspirator against Peter III | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Window ___ (window section) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Day-in and day-out pattern | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Prefix with phobia that refers to dislike of foreign people | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Pioneer in photocopying | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Word to express impatience or disgust | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Biblical song of praise | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Satisfy or fill to the bursting point | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | "It's been ___ since I saw you..." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Like grass in morning | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Spot for lions or thieves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Villain in "Othello" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Titanic's icy undoing (when suffixed with "ice") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Affleck who plays Batman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Sharply defined | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Female who wears a natural wool coat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | "What ___ you thinking?" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Greek counterpart of 36a | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | American singer with 25 Grammy Awards famous for his song "You Are the Sunshine of My Life": 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #37 | Like summer tea | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | "The Book of ___" book between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | "____ Just Not That Into You" (2009 movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Weep | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Farming prefix | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | What actors have to remember (dialogues) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | You break one on a dance floor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "On the ____ hand ..." | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | "Absolutely!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | "C" in ICU | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Valentine's day symbol | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Word that follows 36d in ICU | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Bishop of Rome | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Forehead feature of Harry Potter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Beatles bassist ____ Sutcliffe for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Unknown source for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Take revenge legally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Al ___ American recording engineer with 20 Grammy Awards for his work with Quincy Jones and Steely Dan | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Annoy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Common result in soccer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Product from Santa's workshop | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Fruit fit for picking | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Neighbor of Oman: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Brazil's capital until 1960 for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "Vous ____ ici" ("you are here" in French) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Go wrong | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Each lock has one | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 17, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 17, 2018, a Monday. It contains 63 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is STEVIEWONDER at 12 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 2 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 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 17, 2018 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 17, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 17, 2018 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 63 clues with answers from 3 to 12 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for December 17, 2018 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 63 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 17, 2018 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 9, 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.