Daily Themed Crossword December 26, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 26, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
December 26, 2022 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Man-made water body barrier | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Score-increasing tennis serve | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | I Have a Dream activist: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Middle-___ (in one's 40s or 50s) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | It's freezing in here! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | ___ McKellen Mr. Holmes actor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Well-___ as a steak | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Tot's teddy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me ___ turtle doves... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Story one shouldn't believe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ Mouse Float On band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel The Mark on the Wall | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Electron's and neutron's partner | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | ___ or con | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | My Chemical ___ Helena band whose name is inspired by a collection of novellas by Irvine Welsh | Show answer | 7 | |
| #15 | Spanish bar snack (anagram of a tap) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Kimono sash | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Hansel and Gretel witch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Bundle of banknotes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Heavy ___ (Iron Maiden's genre) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | The Boo ___ Wake Up Boo! band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird | Show answer | 7 | |
| #21 | Salsa or chimichurri e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Take to court | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ Dan Do It Again band whose name is inspired by William S. Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Bicycle accessory that goes ding! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Cry to a lifeguard perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Pants part | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Work as a chef say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | ___ Coast (New York's place) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Eggs to a biologist (anagram of avo) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Polish as skills | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | ___ mode (dessert menu phrase): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Catch red-handed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Actress Ryan of Kate & Leopold | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Father's Day parent affectionately | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | One year ___ (12 months back) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Of Mice and ___ Restoring Force band whose name is inspired by a John Steinbeck novel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | President who gave the Gettysburg Address lovingly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Runner's painful muscle spasm | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Trial and ___ (method) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | Itty-bitty parasite | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Rules broken by criminals | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Tie the ___ (get married) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Fourth Greek letter (anagram of dealt) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Where to park oneself at the park | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Charged particle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | URL punctuation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Highschooler's dance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Sauna wraparound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Not bother to mention | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Body part with a lobe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Feeling of wonder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Settle a bar tab | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Disney+ commercials for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ station (road trip stopover) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Highly skilled (anagram of taped) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | ___ Dicky Freaky Friday rapper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Adapt a film in a new language | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Blood-sucking worm | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | M-Train band who shares its name with a 1935 William Faulkner novel | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Beauty products butter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Green-blue color | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Idina Menzel's Frozen role | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Weaver's apparatus | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Like a reclusive wolf | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Actress Longoria of Arthur Christmas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Gift from a chatterbox? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Beer party haul | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 26, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 26, 2022, a Monday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ROMANCE at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 26, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 26, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 26, 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 67 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 26, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 26, 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.