Daily Themed Crossword December 12, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 12, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
December 12, 2024 — 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 | ___ of expertise (field) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Powder from a fire | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Mr. and ___ (addresses for a married couple) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Big bad creature from Little Red Riding Hood | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Bathroom in London | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Enjoy a pizza say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | From ___ to right | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | It's not all ___ and games | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Electric guitar's enhancer for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Female sheep | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Lunch time often | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | ___ reef (underwater ecosystem) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Free from moisture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | ___ the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 movie where the Grinch sneaks into the fireplace to steal presents | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Cut off as a branch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | At a ___ for words (dumbstruck) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Ginger ___ (soft drink) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Montero rapper Lil ___ X | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Decay like stale food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Reduce to a pulp as potatoes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | ___ are you? (question of identity) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | University website ender | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Mel ___ baseball legend | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | First A in AKA | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's ___ 2001 movie where the wizards make use of the fireplace to magically travel to places | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Opus ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Try to pursue romantically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Mexican food truck staple | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Be Afraid of the Dark 2010 horror movie where monsters lurk in the fireplace | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Hospital sites for surgeries: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Do some stitching say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___ bit (tiny amount) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | UFO occupants: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Ernie ___ The Big Easy golfer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | 'Salem's ___ Stephen King novel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Hole-punching tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Sushi eggs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | North Pole assistant | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | The Day ___ Tomorrow 2004 sci-fi movie where the students burn books in the New York library fireplace to survive the freezing cold | AFTER | 5 | |
| #40 | Furry alien of the '80s | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | The ___ of Music (film that features the Solfege) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Maid of ___ (wedding figure) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Like the Grinch say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Aries zodiac symbol | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Engine additive letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___-Mart Stores (former retail chain name) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | ___ Musk founder of The Boring Company | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Olive ___ (Popeye's girlfriend) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | RC ___ (caramel-colored soda) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Has debts to pay | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Cuban sandwich meat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Fox's foot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Dunked cookie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Grassy lawn bit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Disco dude on The Simpsons | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Dark ___ 2012 dark fantasy movie where the fireplace conceals a secret passage | Show answer | 7 | |
| #57 | Well boo-___! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | The Grand ___ Opry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Explosive stuff: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Mock playfully | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | ___ Vicious of the Sex Pistols | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Arrange in order as laundry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Pregame coin flip | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | O ___ the day! (Miranda's exclamation in The Tempest) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Pixar Studios frame | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Nocturnal bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | ___-noir (movie genre) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Big celebration in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 12, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 12, 2024, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SHADOWS at 7 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. 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 12, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 12, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 12, 2024 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 12, 2024 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 12, 2024 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.