Friday · December 30, 2022 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword December 30, 2022 Answers

All 68 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the December 30, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.

68Clues
7Longest
3Shortest
4Abbreviations
Answers

December 30, 2022 — All 68 Clues

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

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#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
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About this puzzle

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.

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FAQ

December 30, 2022 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 30, 2022?
The December 30, 2022 grid has 68 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 68 clues. The longest answer is SLAINTE at 7 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 4 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for December 30, 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 29, 2022 and December 31, 2022.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the December 30, 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 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.

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 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.

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How we check

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, 2026
Numbers

Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

68clues on this board
7longest 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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