Daily Themed Crossword December 24, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 24, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
December 24, 2022 — All 65 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ the night before Christmas... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Sleep phase with dreams: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Give it a go! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Roll of hay | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Spanish sports fan's yay! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Strongly regret | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Moneytalks band with an electric name | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #9 | Part of a rower's pair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | The Devil Wears ___ (Meryl Streep starrer) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Prefix for the environmentally-conscious | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Friendly aquatic mammal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Ketchup's yellow partner | Show answer | 7 | |
| #14 | ___ Christmas record-selling Bing Crosby song that first aired on December 25th 1941 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Quantity for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Great Barrier ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Solemn promise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Simpsons Roasting on an ___ Fire first episode of The Simpsons that aired as a Christmas special in 1989 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Sherlock Holmes's best friend | Show answer | 6 | |
| #20 | Actress Arthur of The Golden Girls | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Chi preceder in martial arts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Piece of land surrounded by water | Show answer | 6 | |
| #23 | Bagel middle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Christmas dessert in Little Jack Horner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Don't you ___! (threat) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Actor Idris of The Wire | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | I'm ___ place in my life where...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | ___ Sy Jurassic World Dominion actor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Common lunch hour | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Where Simba sleeps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | ENE opposite: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Like a neat room with nothing out of place | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Schedule not yet filled letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Texas city with the Cameron Park | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Alan ___ of M*A*S*H | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Confidential information | Show answer | 6 | |
| #37 | Lion's Beware! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | ___ Fitzgerald who sang Cheek to Cheek | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Grassland for grazing | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Singsongy lead-in to la-la | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Pina colada ingredient | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Vote of support | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Spot with soapy bubbles | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Sweating person's apt homophone of pour | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Fast & Furious vehicle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___ Inc. (pioneering DVR producer) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Prince William's boarding school (anagram of note) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | VCR's go back button briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Zedong who wrote Little Red Book | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Safe or Strike caller briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Sault ___ Marie Ontario | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Morning moisture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | The Truth about ___ Christmas first British radio play that aired on BBC on December 24th 1922 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #54 | Hoopsters' organization with Christmas Day games: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Lao-tzu's philosophy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ Night Christmas carol that was first sung on December 24th 1818 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Fund as a college | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | ___ apple (neck bump) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Apple tablet with apps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Web browser's destination | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Diet-friendly meat option | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | The Time Machine species | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Like cake batter or cookie dough | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | It's built at a gym informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | We didn't know ___ better | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 24, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 24, 2022, a Saturday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ALABAMA at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 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 24, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 24, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 24, 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 65 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 24, 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 65 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 24, 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.
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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.