Daily Themed Crossword December 22, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 22, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
December 22, 2020 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sleeping spot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Swimsuit part for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Rocky ___ (ice cream flavor) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Start a pot as in poker | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Actor KJ ___ from "Riverdale" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Yelp or Tinder for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ New Guinea (Port Moresby's country) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | ___ release (PR stint) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Surrealist painter Salvador | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Without any moisture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ Crouser American shot putter who won the gold medal in shot put at the 2016 Olympics | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Tree that sounds like "you" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Extensive periods in Geology | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Taco topping | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Golf target | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Response from those in favor? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Processed material? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Cheesy corn chip | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Back of the neck | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | One of Newton's trio | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Alpha beta gamma ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Surfer's shade | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ Bolt Jamaican former sprinter who won the gold medal in 400 meters relay at the 2016 Olympics | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Hawaiian tuna | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Squid's ink holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | ___ Ketchum from the "Pokemon" franchise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Faux ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Carnivorous movie fish | Show answer | 7 | |
| #29 | Bachelor's last words?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Cool in the '90s | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Current unit for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Inventor's seed? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Grassy drop | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Easily bruised item? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Give it ___ (try): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Pioneering mathematician ___ Lovelace | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ McLeod Jamaican hurdler who won the gold medal in 110 meter hurdles at the 2016 Olympics | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | ___ Den Haag (Dutch soccer club): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Germany's "To the ___ and Wolves" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Sunny shelled deli item | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Carbonated water | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Mountain statistic for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | "Get a room" action say: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "Face/Off" director John ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Trio behind the song "No New Friends" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Loses hair like your pet | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | ___ Drouin Canadian track and field athlete who won the gold medal in high jump at the 2016 Olympics | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Excessive: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | "Dear Mama" rapper Shakur | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | ___ Verde National Park | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ Centrowitz Jr. American runner who won the gold medal in 1500 meters run at the 2016 Olympics | Show answer | 7 | |
| #52 | "Rent a car" giant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Aquarium need | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Free offering at a co-working space say: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Math or Social Studies for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Gaucho's tool | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | ___ Henderson American track and field athlete who won the gold medal in long jump at the 2016 Olympics | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Model ___ Amurri | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | News anchor ___ Burnett | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Dean Baquet's newspaper: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Haiku e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Astronaut Jemison | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Reason to confess | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | "___ the orders" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | ___ Romeo (sports car) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Pop the question | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Short comedy sketch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | Spot for an espresso | Show answer | 4 |
How the December 22, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 22, 2020, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PIRANHA at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 clues are 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 22, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 22, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 22, 2020 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 7 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 22, 2020 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 22, 2020 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.