Daily Themed Crossword December 30, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 30, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
December 30, 2018 — All 60 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Home for Adam and Eve | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Body part with multiple piercings | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | A special glow that emanates from a person | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Go through a novel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | ___ up (absorb) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | "___ Loves you" (Beatles song) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Boo-___ (crying sound in a comic strip) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | "This year is about to ___." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Give credit where it's ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Pierce Brosnan's successor Daniel ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Video ___ (YouTube offering) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | National ___ bygone American humor magazine | Show answer | 7 | |
| #13 | Hospital section reserved for critical patients: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Words ___ minute (speed of a typist) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Joe ___ 46th President of the United States | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Timely blessing that rhymes with "moon" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Memorable period in history | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Marathon e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Music player from Apple | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 with Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege: 2 wds. | NADIAMURAD | 10 | |
| #21 | Dublin's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Agreement at sea | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Washington Irving's "___ Van Winkle" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Oscar-winning film "12 ___ a Slave" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | First name of George Clooney's wife | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | ___ of interest (banking number) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Tina Fey's old sketch comedy show: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Duke Ellington's "Take ___ Train": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Booker the one-off prize awarded in 2018 to Michael Ondaatje for "The English Patient" to mark the 50th anniversary of Booker Prize : 3 wds. | THEGOLDENMAN | 12 | |
| #30 | "...up above the world so ___..." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | To go on the ___ (flee) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Term for the transport of goods in the shipping industry | Show answer | 7 | |
| #33 | Actress Adams from "Sharp Objects" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Hawaiian yellowfin tuna | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | What you use to paddle a boat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | "A" in N.A.T.O: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Former actress and now Duchess of Sussex who tied the knot with Prince Harry in 2018: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #38 | Stock up unnecessarily | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | "You've got mail" company | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | "The athlete ___ fast as he could in the final lap.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | English playwright Thomas ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Gmail competitor whose name is an expression of joy | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | "Yippee!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | ___ Ocasio-Cortez who made history in 2018 by becoming the youngest woman to serve in Congress in United States | Show answer | 10 | |
| #45 | An expressive angsty rock music genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Gen ____ (one from the MTV Generation say) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Performs like Eminem | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Colored part of the eye | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Prayer conclusion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Mom and ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Channing Tatum starrer "___ John" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Alter ___ (as Bruce Banner to the Incredible Hulk) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | N.R.C. predecessor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ giga tera (metric prefix) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Biceps location | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Like fine whiskeys | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Rocks containing metals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Baked dessert often served on Thanksgiving | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Physician informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Nine-digit ID: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 30, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 30, 2018, a Sunday. It contains 60 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THEGOLDENMAN at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 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 30, 2018 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 30, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 30, 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 60 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 30, 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 60 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 30, 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.
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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.