Daily Themed Crossword December 29, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 29, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
December 29, 2023 — All 60 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | (3/5) Part of a New Year's countdown... or a trio's number | Show answer | 5 | |
| #2 | ___ humbug! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | The chickens have come home to ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #4 | Oral hygiene-promoting organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Provide schooling for as students | Show answer | 7 | |
| #6 | Hooded serpent with a supportive undergarment hidden in its name | Show answer | 5 | |
| #7 | Reality show judged by Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Pig's sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Lodging with a keeper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Letters that follow cees | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Solver of this clue? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Professor's classroom helpers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ Gatos California | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Popular sandwich fish with a Spanish number hidden in its name | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Handle clumsily? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Monotonous routine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Quick-witted | Show answer | 6 | |
| #18 | Like a room lit by a single candle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Sweetie informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Home to Beaver Stadium: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Furry hibernating mammal with a drummed organ hidden in its name | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Les Girls actress Taina | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Mane safari attraction with a physicist's particle hidden in its name | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | You can contact me ___ email (through) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Slender wind instrument similar to a Piccolo | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Cavity-fighting expert | Show answer | 7 | |
| #27 | A Kiss Before Dying novelist ___ Levin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Big blower in the sea with a hoppy beverage hidden in its name | Show answer | 5 | |
| #29 | Actor Dennehy from Peaky Blinders | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Of supreme quality say: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Tire pattern (rhymes with bread) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #32 | ___-podge (messy situation) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #33 | Postman's trail | Show answer | 5 | |
| #34 | PC bailout key | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Pilot's This is when we're landing: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Amy Winehouse's ___ to Black | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | It's ___ or die situation!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Ocean for a dolphin or bamboo forest for a panda | Show answer | 7 | |
| #39 | Santa's sackful | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Vowel triplet after a | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Single-stranded genetic messenger: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Reply to a question for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Tough ___ to crack | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Balkan resident informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Be in debt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___ Geller who is a self-proclaimed psychic | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Feeling nothing say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Tuxedoed Antarctic bird with a writer's tool hidden in its name | Show answer | 7 | |
| #49 | White hat wearer in the kitchen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Hang loose | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Private research university in Troy: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Desert mound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Roll of lawn | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Bottled water from France | Show answer | 5 | |
| #55 | Aircraft walkway | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Give stars to a movie say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Starring role | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Uno due ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Straight Outta Compton hip hop group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | However in text lingo | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 29, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 29, 2023, a Friday. It contains 60 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is EDUCATE at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 8 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 29, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 29, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 29, 2023 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 60 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 29, 2023 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 60 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 29, 2023 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.