Daily Themed Crossword December 9, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 9, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
December 9, 2019 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Shrill bark | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Houston Rocket star Ming | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Leave dumbstruck | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Cheer for a matador | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Lovelace of early computing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Summertime coolers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Small Jazz band | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Commercial prefix with foam | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Connecticut Ivy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | "Now That I Found ___" 2019 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Dedicated" and is co-produced by Captain Cuts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | "The Wizard ___" (1939 musical fantasy film): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Strong craving | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Tools for cobblers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Speak indistinctly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Part of a colon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Congo's continent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Lemon zest source | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Grammy winner Winehouse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Yule ___ cake (traditional dessert serverd near Christmas) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Eurasian fish-eating duck | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | "___-Ca-Dabra" (magician's cry) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Light gentle wind | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Prepare for publication | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Herman ___ author of the historical fiction "The Caine Mutiny" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | 2015 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Emotion" and is co-produced by Scooter Braun: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #27 | Teenage skin woe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Cake part | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | R&B's ___ Hill | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "What's up ___?" (Bugs Bunny line) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Notable period of time | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Colored part of the eye | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Word form for "rose" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | "If ___ suggest...": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Game-match connector | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | 2015 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Emotion" and is co-produced by Shellback: 4 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #37 | CEO's aide for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Home of Baylor University | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Tehran's country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Instruments strummed at Luau for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Hearing organ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Breakfast cereal grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | 2009 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Tug of War" and is produced by Josh Ramsay: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #44 | Floating fuel carrier | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Students with the motto "From the Earth to the Sun" informally | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | "Coming up ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | ___ brown (side dish) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Intensely agitated | Show answer | 6 | |
| #49 | Grander than grand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | ___-Alt-Del | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Number that comes before two | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Fitting or well-suited | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Honorary law degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | American company that makes multichannel audio technologies: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | December 25 informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Miss Piggy tagline | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Shooter's need? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Sault ___ Marie Michigan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Title for Arthur Conan Doyle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Have lunch say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "Hop ___" (move quickly): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Stomach acid: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | ICU attendants: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | The Beatles song "___ Mine": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 9, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 9, 2019, a Monday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is RUNAWAYWITHME at 13 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 7 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 2019 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 9, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 9, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 9, 2019 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 64 clues with answers from 3 to 13 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 9, 2019 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 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 9, 2019 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.