Daily Themed Crossword December 27, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 27, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
December 27, 2020 — All 69 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Engage in retail therapy? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | ___ of Cortez | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Made for ___ other | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Voice above tenor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | ___ Watson Australian cricketer | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Close as an envelope | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Billie ___ singer who won five Grammy awards including Record of the Year in 2020 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #8 | "Jeopardy" host ___ Trebek | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Inc.'s cousin: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | "Donnie ___" 2001 sci-fi film starring Jake Gyllenhaal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Stay-at-home ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Carpet's floor calculation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Rihanna's "___ Stop the Music" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | "Shallow ___" 2001 Gwyneth Paltrow movie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Ed Sheeran's "Castle on the ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Baseballer turned "Shark Tank" shark: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Fawn's mother | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Halloween month for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Basketballer ___ Burks of the Philadelphia 76ers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Nevada's casino city | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Joaquin ___ "Joker" actor who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2020 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #22 | Popular red cheese from the Netherlands | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Britain's ___ Middleton | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | ___ Moines Iowa | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | 15% of the bill usually | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | First even number | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Ironically funny | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Record at the bank for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Magician's spell opener | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Sis's counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Persian e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Shampoo target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Egyptian viper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Cookie container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Traffic trouble | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Actor Butterfield of "Hugo" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ Pack (skincare product) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Speck of toast | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Double-decker e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Work undercover | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Sun Devils' school: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Wheel or gear tooth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Strike caller informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "M" in MLS | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Ratio involving height and weight: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___ Pitt "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor who won the SAG award for Best Supporting Actor in 2020 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | ___ Zellweger "Judy" actress who won the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Drama in 2020 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Mandela's home country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Chef's "star" spice | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Marksman's gift | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Microprocessor maker | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Beaver's creation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Shower affection | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | "Get ___ it already!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Actor Benicio del ___ of "Sicario" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | ___ Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier biochemists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 | Show answer | 8 | |
| #57 | Radiate as light | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Type of wage or trade | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Lake ___ one of the five Great Lakes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | "___ On Me" song by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande that won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year in 2020 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Direct-selling cosmetics brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Fail to mention | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | "The Altar" constellation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | ___ mortals (normal humans) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Greeting a judge | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Number after 22a in Rome | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Sushi eggs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Graham Bell's patent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #69 | Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 27, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 27, 2020, a Sunday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JENNIFER at 8 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. 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 27, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 27, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 27, 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 69 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 27, 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 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 27, 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.