Daily Themed Crossword December 30, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 30, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
December 30, 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 | Sleeping site | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Ctrl+C command | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Hazardous haze while driving | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Frozen cubes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Find the ___ of the square (geometry question) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Hyperlink address: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | I've solved the riddle! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Squirmy and wriggly soil residents | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | Last letter of the alphabet phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | What a singer sings | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | World's largest rainforest | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Skinny battery size | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ up (absorb) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Say Cheers! in Irish and Scottish Gaelic | Show answer | 7 | |
| #15 | On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me six ___ a-laying... | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | The ___ Man (Wizard of Oz character) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Changed one's hair color | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Spouse's mum: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Tough ___ to follow (impressive performance) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Say Cheers! in Spanish | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Annoy greatly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Answering machine sound effect | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Say Cheers! in French | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Pen drive's port: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Prefix with angle or athlete | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Section of a storybook | Show answer | 7 | |
| #27 | Musk's electric vehicles company | Show answer | 5 | |
| #28 | When doubled Cheers! in Italian | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Like a cucumber? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Piglet's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Tuber in a candied dish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Out there fashionably | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Prejudice or favoritism | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Empty chamber sound effect | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | University official | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Crow's shout | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Spanish for gold | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Only one ___ customer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Say Cheers! in Greek | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Frizzy mass of hair | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Bicolored cookie with cream | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Powell Top Gun: Maverick actor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Sign of air pollution | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Moo goo ___ pan (Cantonese-style dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Rainforest primate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | No ifs ___ or buts! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Right back ___! (You too!): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Pierce as with a toothpick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Scalp-bothering pest | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Poker player's stake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Electric swimmer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Radiate as light | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | How to address a king | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Antlered one in Yellowstone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Particles that build up on unused furniture | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Tavern game missile | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Baby beagle e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Nephew's sibling | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Instruction to a dog perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ Lugosi famed Count Dracula portrayer (anagram of bale) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Includes in an email chain: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | ___-or-miss | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | At ___ cost (no matter what) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Salted part of a shot glass | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Roll of lawn | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Captain's record-keeping book | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | ___ Raisman two-time Olympic gymnast (anagram of lay) | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 30, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 30, 2022, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SLAINTE at 7 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 30, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 30, 2022 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 30, 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 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 30, 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 30, 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.