Daily Themed Crossword December 18, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 18, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
December 18, 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 | Legendary gift-wrapper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Flight arrival info: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Neckwear with a knot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Opposite of subtract | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Shakespeare calls it a stage ("All the ___ is a stage...") | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Sci-fi hero "Doctor ____" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Partner of Dewey and Louie seen in "Duck Tales" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Bobby whose jersey number rhymed with his surname | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Finger next to your thumb | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Annoys and irritates | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Multiple color pattern of a horse | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Perry who roars and loves fireworks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Butter for the skin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Manhole cover | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | The "O" of SOS | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Biblical boat builder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Roger ___ Swiss tennis player who has held the world No. 1 spot for 310 weeks | Show answer | 7 | |
| #18 | "The FBI" star Zimbalist Jr. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | What "dd" stands for in "dd/mm/yy" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Take a jet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Brickmaker's furnace | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Nairobi's country | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Motel chain nickname | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Stash away complusively | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Getting ____ years (becoming old): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Tech brand in Road Runner cartoons | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Chunk of ice in the Arctic Ocean | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Make repairs to | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "Let us settle this ___ and for all" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Long-range nuclear weapon: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Feeling sick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | "You've got ___ nerve!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Aromatherapy place | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Part of the speech that is a substitute for a noun for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Poses a question | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | American tennis player who held the world No. 1 spot for 268 weeks: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #37 | Ivy League school | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Acrobatic spring from a supine position: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Number ___ (top of the chart) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Anagram of "Bea" which may refer to a president | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | "You all right?" response: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Disney World's ___ Center | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Nightmare street | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "An Essay ____" by Alexander Pope: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | "The store ___ at 8 in the morning" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Attack with a knife | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Outline of a person or a thing say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Proceeds from a robbery | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Midrange voice | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Dressy event | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Bearded antelope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Baby powder ingredient | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Tree juice | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Pete ___ American tennis player who held the world No. 1 spot for 286 weeks | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Cage on the upper torso | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Untouchable tennis serve | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Organ function that rhymes with a vast water body | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Modern prefix with fill | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Pie ____ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Hard water | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Ink stain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Frying ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Busy insect | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 18, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 18, 2018, a Tuesday. It contains 63 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JIMMYCONNORS at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are 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 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 18, 2018 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 18, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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.