Daily Themed Crossword December 18, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 18, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
December 18, 2024 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Altar promise: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Unhappy feeling | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Mesh for catching fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | At this instant! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Wide-mouthed reaction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Ripped apart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Prom attendee age-wise | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Travel like a bird | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Die ___ movie starring Bruce Willis | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | President Lincoln's nickname | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Ooh and ___ (admire something say) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | ___ Dinkley character with a bob haircut from the Scooby-Doo franchise who wears a baggy orange sweater | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | Fuzzy green fruit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Visitor in sci-fi films | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Before in poetry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Waiter's reward | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Fluids filled in pens | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Day after Tuesday for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | ___ Cowell The X Factor judge | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Follows orders say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Too ___ cooks spoil the broth ... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | ___ Pines character from the TV series Gravity Falls who wears a variety of colorful sweaters | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Bad mannered child | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Will Smith starrer ___ in Black 3 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | ___ Funnie character from the eponymous TV series about a shy boy who wears a green sweater vest | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | ___-Wan Kenobi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Dot counterpart in Morse | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Strong impulse | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Feel unwell | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Furious rage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Some microwave ovens: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | I love you ___! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Crater's edge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Bank account earning for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Buck's mate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | I ___ you one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ and sound (out of danger) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Leatherworker's tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Susan ___ from L.A. Law | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Ark builder in the Bible | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | ___ on the side of caution | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___ Talks (influential speeches) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Cuisine from Bangkok | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | What's in a ___? (Juliet's words) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Prohibit legally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | That is super cool! | Show answer | 7 | |
| #47 | Dye container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Wallach from The Misfits | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | ChapStick targets | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | ___ McCormick character from the TV series South Park who wears an orange parka | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Provoke someone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Charged particle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Spider's fly catcher | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Organ that helps us see | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | High-speed internet connecting letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | JPEG or PNG e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Yoga class necessity | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Yawn inducer like a lecture | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Persian floor coverings | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | ___ Murphy title character of a Disney series about a descendant of Murphy's law who wears a red striped sweater vest | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Used a shovel say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Bit of horse feed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Instagram personal info for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Balloon filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Asia's ___ Lanka | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Skirt's bottom line | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 18, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 18, 2024, a Wednesday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is AWESOME at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 18, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 18, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 18, 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 67 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 18, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 18, 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.