Daily Themed Crossword December 3, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 3, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
December 3, 2021 — 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 | "Toothy" woodcutter? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Riverbank deposit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Tehran's country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Actor Jared from "Suicide Squad" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Diplomat's skill | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Relatives for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | The ___ Four (Beatles) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | "Now I get it!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Recycle ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | French "to me" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | United ___ Emirates | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Pressed the doorbell say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | The Gateway ___ Missouri | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Red veggie rich in iron for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | ___ of expertise | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Yellowfin tuna | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Female horse | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | "The Night ___" Louise Erdrich's book which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021 | Show answer | 8 | |
| #19 | Stitched line | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | "___ bitten twice shy" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | ___ to self (reminder) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | "___ the games begin" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | "The Mirror and the ___" Hilary Mantel's book which won the Walter Scott Prize in 2021 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Pancake syrup flavor | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | In the loop | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | ___ Anderson from "Baywatch" fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Gloss targets | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Spouse's male parent: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Stars and Stripes e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | ___ Gehrig of baseball | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | The "A" in Q&A for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Middle-eastern clock setting: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Cool one's heels say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Ground military force | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Daily Themed Crossword or Crossword Explorer for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Edgar Allan ___ author of "The Black Cat" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | The "P" in MPH | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Charged particles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Sound booster for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Fish eggs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Raven Leilani's book which won the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2021 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #42 | "She" in Portuguese | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Ali Smith's book which won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction in 2021 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #44 | Kyiv's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Spanish "tables" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Beirut's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | "At Night All ___ is Black" book by David Diop which won the International Booker Prize in 2021 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | ___ lime pie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Prayer-ending word | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | "Dancing Queen" band | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ necessity (basic need) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Threaded part of the face | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Liquid measuring units for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ list: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Sturdy furniture wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Actor Epps from "Love & Basketball" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Sports ___ (athleisure innerwear) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Peek-a-___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Dull pain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Murray ___ fish variety from Australia | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | ___ and cry (uproar) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | ___ on the shelf | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Prefix with "smith" to mean a popular rock band | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Reel's fishing partner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | ___-stirring (moving as a song) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | "I just ___ it was you!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | "Without further ___..." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Absolutely slangily | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 3, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 3, 2021, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is WATCHMAN at 8 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. 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 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 3, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 3, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 3, 2021 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 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 3, 2021 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 3, 2021 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.