Sunday · December 25, 2022 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword December 25, 2022 Answers

All 67 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the December 25, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.

67Clues
12Longest
3Shortest
3Abbreviations
Answers

December 25, 2022 — All 67 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 Gift accessory Show answer 3
#2 Fireplace residue Show answer 3
#3 Wordplay expertise Show answer 3
#4 Soapmaking process staple Show answer 3
#5 Corporate VIP: Abbr. Show answer 3
#6 ___-cancelling headphones Show answer 5
#7 Word of consent Show answer 3
#8 Gently touch as a mic Show answer 3
#9 Siri's company Show answer 5
#10 One of ___ days (soon) Show answer 5
#11 On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear ___... Show answer 4
#12 Much ___ About Nothing Show answer 3
#13 Place as bricks Show answer 3
#14 Bratty son on The Simpsons Show answer 4
#15 Joyeux ___ how to wish your French friend a Merry Christmas! Show answer 4
#16 ___ humbug! Show answer 3
#17 ___ Weihnachten how to wish your German friend a Merry Christmas! Show answer 5
#18 Numbered cube Show answer 3
#19 ___ de Janeiro Show answer 3
#20 Trend with a short shelf life Show answer 3
#21 Inc.'s UK counterpart briefly Show answer 3
#22 Female horse (anagram of ream) Show answer 4
#23 Filmmaker DuVernay Show answer 3
#24 Pod-protected green seed Show answer 3
#25 How to wish your Spanish friend a Merry Christmas!: 2 wds. Show answer 12
#26 Prepares for a rainy day say Show answer 5
#27 Hopping mad state Show answer 3
#28 Before to a poet Show answer 3
#29 Mars or Snickers alternative Show answer 4
#30 Kith and ___ Show answer 3
#31 God ___ how to wish your Swedish friend a Merry Christmas! Show answer 3
#32 Comedy show with holiday-themed sketches: Abbr. Show answer 3
#33 To the limit suffix Show answer 3
#34 Georgia's capital for short Show answer 3
#35 The Haunting of ___ Manor (horror miniseries) Show answer 3
#36 Santana's ___ Como Va Show answer 3
#37 Sunset direction Show answer 4
#38 Performed in a play Show answer 5
#39 'Tis the ___! Show answer 6
#40 Let's ___ for the best! (be optimistic) Show answer 4
#41 Dry with a towel say Show answer 4
#42 ___ of Skye Scotland Show answer 4
#43 ___-hee (giggle) Show answer 3
#44 Buon ___ how to wish your Italian friend a Merry Christmas! Show answer 6
#45 Country music's Grand Ole ___ Show answer 4
#46 Hell ___ no fury... Show answer 4
#47 Neckwear paired with a Hawaiian shirt Show answer 3
#48 Lifelong buddy: Abbr. Show answer 3
#49 The Altar constellation Show answer 3
#50 Word after fishing or lightning Show answer 3
#51 That's peculiar Show answer 3
#52 Undergarment with straps Show answer 3
#53 Unventilated room's lack Show answer 3
#54 Tool to remove weeds Show answer 3
#55 Presley who sang Blue Christmas Show answer 5
#56 Looney Tunes devil informally Show answer 3
#57 ___ tai (bartender's preparation) Show answer 3
#58 ___ Turner lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys Show answer 4
#59 Eiffel Tower's city Show answer 5
#60 It may be planned by a planner Show answer 5
#61 Baby Bambi e.g. Show answer 4
#62 Like a sinister smile Show answer 4
#63 Reebok's rival Show answer 4
#64 ___ vu Show answer 4
#65 Stuck in ___ (trapped): 2 wds. Show answer 4
#66 Big name in PCs (rhymes with fell) Show answer 4
#67 Horror filmdom's Elm and Fleet e.g. for short Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the December 25, 2022 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 25, 2022, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is FELIZNAVIDAD at 12 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 2 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 25, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

December 25, 2022 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 25, 2022?
The December 25, 2022 grid has 67 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 67 clues. The longest answer is FELIZNAVIDAD at 12 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 3 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for December 25, 2022 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including December 24, 2022 and December 26, 2022.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the December 25, 2022 Crossword

01

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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 12 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for December 25, 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 25, 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, 2026
Numbers

Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

67clues on this board
12longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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