Sunday · December 15, 2024 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword December 15, 2024 Answers

All 67 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the December 15, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.

67Clues
9Longest
3Shortest
8Abbreviations
Answers

December 15, 2024 — All 67 Clues

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

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#1 Place for a massage Show answer 3
#2 Baby lion Show answer 3
#3 Red root veggie Show answer 4
#4 Colored part of the eye Show answer 4
#5 Air Force ___ (POTUS-carrying plane) Show answer 3
#6 It's ___ him (It's his decision): 2 wds. Show answer 4
#7 Fish that needs Finding? Show answer 4
#8 Family member for short Show answer 3
#9 Kidney or lima e.g. Show answer 4
#10 Protruding shark feature Show answer 3
#11 Common piercing spot Show answer 4
#12 Uncle ___ Wants You Show answer 3
#13 ___ that glitters is not gold Show answer 3
#14 Secret mail inclusion: Abbr. Show answer 3
#15 *Brrr* Create this museum masterpiece using flowers or twigs frozen in an ice cube Show answer 3
#16 Aspiring singer's tape informally Show answer 4
#17 Cold-weather ailment Show answer 3
#18 Pigeon's sound Show answer 3
#19 Dead-___ (road that leads to nowhere) Show answer 3
#20 Took a tumble Show answer 4
#21 The Big Apple's main newspaper: Abbr. Show answer 3
#22 Aunt in Spanish Show answer 3
#23 Pay-___-view Show answer 3
#24 *Brrr* Dragon's ___ try this frozen dessert dipped in liquid nitrogen that will give the illusion of the dessert's name Show answer 6
#25 Item on a handyman's belt Show answer 4
#26 Lower as headlights Show answer 3
#27 Post-OR room: Abbr. Show answer 3
#28 First ___ kit Show answer 3
#29 *Brrr* Take an ice cube lay a thread on it and drop a pinch of ___ to pick the cube with just the thread! Show answer 4
#30 Place to get a whiskey on rocks perhaps Show answer 3
#31 Move over snow Show answer 3
#32 The k in kg Show answer 4
#33 Eden maiden Show answer 3
#34 Hang ___ (surfing maneuver) Show answer 3
#35 Cake measuring units: Abbr. Show answer 3
#36 Envy or lust e.g. Show answer 3
#37 ___-K (school for tots) Show answer 3
#38 Archer's asset Show answer 3
#39 Popped movie theater snack Show answer 4
#40 A in French Show answer 3
#41 Twilight protagonist who is the mother of Renesmee Show answer 5
#42 *Brrr* Make an ice ___ by blowing a solution of cold water soap and glycerin and burst it Show answer 6
#43 Fencing sword Show answer 4
#44 In-flight announcement: Abbr. Show answer 3
#45 Cargo unit Show answer 3
#46 Couch potato's spot Show answer 4
#47 Apple desktop Show answer 4
#48 The good ___ days Show answer 3
#49 *Brrr* Carve out a ___ from a big block of ice to create a stunning piece Show answer 9
#50 Closest pal: Abbr. Show answer 3
#51 Suffix with arti or parti Show answer 3
#52 ___ Howard who starred in Happy Days Show answer 3
#53 Yo-Yo or Rubik's Cube e.g. Show answer 3
#54 Mark Zuckerberg's company Show answer 4
#55 I'm working ___: 2 wds. Show answer 4
#56 Well lah-di-___! Show answer 3
#57 Sun sign before Virgo Show answer 3
#58 Uncertain on a TV schedule: Abbr. Show answer 3
#59 Cook a turkey in the oven say Show answer 5
#60 Enter at your own ___ Show answer 4
#61 Letter dispatched digitally Show answer 5
#62 Facebook thumbs-up Show answer 4
#63 May ___ excused?: 2 wds. Show answer 3
#64 Cleveland player for short Show answer 3
#65 Unpleasant noise Show answer 3
#66 Attorney's degree: Abbr. Show answer 3
#67 How-___ (instructional manuals) Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the December 15, 2024 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 15, 2024, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SCULPTURE at 9 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 3 clues carry 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 15, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

December 15, 2024 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 15, 2024?
The December 15, 2024 grid has 67 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 67 clues. The longest answer is SCULPTURE at 9 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 8 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for December 15, 2024 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including December 14, 2024 and December 16, 2024.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the December 15, 2024 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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 9 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 15, 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 15, 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, 2026
Numbers

Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

67clues on this board
9longest 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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