Daily Themed Crossword December 17, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 17, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
December 17, 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 | "Grey's Anatomy" figures: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Facebook's new name | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Bard's "before" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Gentle touch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Room at the top | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Unresponsive state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Tai ___ (martial art form) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Bustling center | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Outraged state | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___ Gordon (NASCAR driver) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Month in 2021 when GameStop's stock prices soared after it was discussed on Reddit (for short) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | "I ___ Killer" (TV series): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Month in 2021 when Paul Rudd was named People's Sexiest Man Alive (for short) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | "Gosh darn it!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | "It'll be ___ little secret" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Angsty teen's music genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Month in 2021 when Bond film "No Time To Die" premiered after getting delayed for over 18 months | Show answer | 9 | |
| #18 | Tenth book of the New Testament for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Valentine's day flower | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Most preferred in texts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Letters on a hoppy beer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Reaction to a punch in the gut | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | "Good heavens!": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Month in 2021 when the "Friends" reunion screened 17 years after the show ended | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Month in 2021 when Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet got sold for $2.9 million | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Grace ender | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Provoke | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Skin woe that may be concealed | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Campfire remnants | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "___ audible?" (Zoom meeting question perhaps): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Keto or paleo e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Month in 2021 when the film "The Lost Daughter" released in the US | Show answer | 8 | |
| #33 | Call it quits | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Aaron ___ Hamilton's foe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | "The Time Machine" race | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Fishing ___ (device attached to a fishing rod) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Cheer like a cheerleader say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | London lavatories | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Wayfarer's roadhouse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Christmas season | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Prefix meaning "new" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Genesis garden | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Palindromic nickname for "grandma" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Eggs in a sushi bar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Month in 2021 when Facebook WhatsApp and Instagram shut down for almost 6 hours (for short) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Repeated cry at a beer party | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Month in 2021 when NASA's Ingenuity became the first powered aircraft to fly on Mars | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Fuzzy fruit with a pit | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | Month in 2021 when Jeff Bezos flew to space and back | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | "Drake and ___" old Nickelodeon show | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Double-reed instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Sixth month of the year | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Austen who wrote "Sense and Sensibility" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Moby-Dick hunter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Protective garment for a lobster dinner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | "Fella" informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "Out of the question!": Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Playboy Mansion VIP familiarly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | "I see ___ chance of that happening.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Winter bug | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Month in 2021 when Microsoft pulled the plug on Internet Explorer (for short) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Crew neck top | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | U.N. workers' group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | ___ Rowlands star of "The Notebook" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Hint for a crossword solver | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | "Rock-a-___ Baby" (lullaby) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Month in 2021 when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was chosen as the first woman Director-General of WTO (for short) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Mammoth-sized | Show answer | 4 |
How the December 17, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 17, 2021, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SEPTEMBER at 9 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, and 4 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 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 17, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 17, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 17, 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 9 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 17, 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 17, 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.
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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.