Daily Themed Crossword December 20, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 20, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
December 20, 2024 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Capture quickly as a thief | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Crepe-making utensil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Twinkler in the sky | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Winter illness that spreads easily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Bitter ___ (brew) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | White as a ghost | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Place for experiments for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | I'm ___ to hear that (pleased) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Dry as a desert | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Rock-a-___ Baby (lullaby) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | ___ it a lovely day! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Ram or bull's gender | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Did you know icebergs in the oceans aren't salty as they form from glacier bits made of this frozen ice form that falls as flakes? | SNOW | 4 | |
| #14 | Odd's opposite | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | ___ Croft: Tomb Raider | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Apt anagram of tap | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Filling station filler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Big family car: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Grand instrument with keys | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Give it a shot say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Did you know huge icebergs can cause waves when they do an upside down turn? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Kind of talk or rally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Every dog ___ its day | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Did you know you only see the tip of an iceberg on the surface as the rest 90% of it is ___ (under) the ocean? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | ___ vera (soothing succulent) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Once ___ a midnight dreary ... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Peppa ___ (animated series) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Rear to a sailor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Impose as tax | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Paleozoic or Mesozoic e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Sushi eggs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Busy pollen transporter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Captain's affirmative | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Plant container filled with soil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Denver Broncos' organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___ carte (menu words): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Did you know icebergs can make a fizzing sound sometimes when ___ (round air pockets) escape? | Show answer | 7 | |
| #38 | ___-turner (great read) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ Things Bright and Beautiful | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Organization for school teachers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Spick and ___ (shipshape) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Small fruit pie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Cherry's color | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Christian ___ (big name in fashion) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Currency in Japan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Exchange this for that | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Family Guy daughter lovingly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Singer ___ Max of Kings & Queens | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Soup-drinking sound | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Seafaring military force | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Word following pen or gal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Young Darth Vader's nickname | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ Gun (Tom Cruise movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Meat-and-vegetable dish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | ___ then what? (In that case): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Small horse | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Like a werewolf or Yeti | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Did you know some icebergs can look green due to this organism growing on them? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Idea symbolizer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Olympian sword | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | <3 emotion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Wyatt ___ of the Old West | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | ___ crab (tiny crustacean) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | ___ Fighters (rock band) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Vietnamese holiday | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 20, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 20, 2024, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is BUBBLES 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, and 2 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 20, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 20, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 20, 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 66 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 20, 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 20, 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.