Daily Themed Crossword December 3, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 3, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
December 3, 2022 — 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 | Filming device for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Nocturnal hooter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Half of a school year for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Fall behind on payments say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Word following iced or bubble | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Rolled breakfast grain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Foot treatment informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | ___ of the iceberg | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Off-roading four-wheeler: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Ogre or troll in Japanese folklore | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Wedding invite initials | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | ___ Trains and Automobiles 1987 comedy film directed by John Hughes starring Steve Martin | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | Singer Lana ___ Rey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Kind of rodent trap? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Portuguese for she | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Ferris Bueller's Day ___ 1986 teen comedy film directed by John Hughes starring Matthew Broderick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Fertility clinic eggs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Actor Gibson from Lethal Weapon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Post facial shine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | She's Having a ___ 1988 rom-com directed by John Hughes starring Kevin Bacon | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Superlative suffix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Video game initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Wooly female from the farm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Fairytale residence | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Comfortable t-shirt or bed sheet fabric | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Gallery hanging | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | ___-key affair (small scale affair) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Pride's noise | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Thailand's continent | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Lil ___ Vert (Silly Watch rapper) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Lawyer's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Uncle ___ 1989 comedy film directed by John Hughes starring John Candy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Big ___ (London attraction) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Actor Daniel ___ Kim from Lost | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Little legume in a pod | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Crime-fighting officer informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___-inspiring (impressive) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Doctor's field for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Netflix or Prime Video e.g.: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | ___ Science 1985 sci-fi movie directed by John Hughes starring Anthony Michael Hall | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Time-___ (photography technique) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Slippery bathroom bar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Gobble up a muffin say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Road Rules network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Physicist's charged particle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Ayurvedic tree from India | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | ___ of Wight | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | YouTube upload perhaps for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | No ___ (easy-peasy!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Volcanic outpour | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Run ___: 2 wds. (accumulate a bar bill) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Tavern drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Like coke without fizz | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | First April target? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Tiny amount | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | The best is ___ to come | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Blemish's mark | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Road smoothening material | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Around the ___ in Eighty Days | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | ___ Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown starrer) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | ___ in the dark (wild guess) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | The Breakfast ___ 1985 comedy-drama movie written by John Hughes starring Emilio Estevez | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Seep slowly like sap | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Mary-kate to Ashley | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | President Lincoln fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | How's it going slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | ___ cream (dessert) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Alias letters | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 3, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 3, 2022, a Saturday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is PLANES at 6 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 1 clue carries 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 3, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 3, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 3, 2022 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 6 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, 2022 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, 2022 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.