Daily Themed Crossword December 26, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 26, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
December 26, 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 | Wiggly foot part | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Deviled item | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Fedora for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Big bird from Australia | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Scalp covering? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Did they have a boy ___ girl?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Knight's title | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Hard-to-resist feeling | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Coffee source | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Johnny ___ blazing superhero from Fantastic Four who'd make a toasty winter pal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Opposite of nay | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Klutzy fellow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Actor Hawke of Dead Poets Society | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Bridget with a diary? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | ___ Rider Marvel character with a flaming skull who'd make a toasty winter pal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Not yet decided in a TV schedule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Take home the trophy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Warning heard in a library often | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Blue-flamed god of the underworld from Disney's Hercules who'd make a toasty winter pal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Sheriff's symbol | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Chicago ___ International Airport | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | ___-school (school for tots) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | I in TGIF | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Fire-powered character from Elemental who'd make a toasty winter pal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | When repeated baby from The Incredibles who can burst into flames making him a toasty winter pal: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Defrost as Christmas lunch leftovers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Tigers' school: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | I'll take that as ___: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Video counterpart for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | ___ Auto (former Volkswagen slogan) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | The Good the ___ and the Ugly (Clint Eastwood movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Place where one would find pillows and blankets | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ feeling (intuition) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | ___ of the d'Urbervilles (novel by Thomas Hardy) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Leave out on purpose | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Currency in France | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | It's often lent in a therapist's office | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Job for a rock band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Jean ___ X-Men's fire-wielding Phoenix who'd make a toasty winter pal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Gardening tool used to break up soil | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | The Altar constellation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Summer skin tone? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Earth-dweller | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Rubber ducky's place perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Young marsupial from Down Under | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Brain activity test: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Opposite of many | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Firefighters use this | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Gray powder from flames | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | To the ___ degree (utmost) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | ___ Pinkett Smith actress from The Matrix Reloaded | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Brother or sister for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | However informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | ___ humbug! (Ebenezer Scrooge's cry) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Cat's afternoon snooze | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan's character in Black Panther) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Ready ___ go! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Sketched with a pencil | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Jewel in a ring | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Pierce with a knife | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Empire State ___ for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Jacob's biblical twin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Reddish metal corrosion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Quick punch in boxing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | ___ de Armas (Knives Out actress) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Fish often used in fish and chips | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Tint or shade | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Use a plus sign | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 26, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 26, 2024, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is STORM at 5 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 26, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 26, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 26, 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 5 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 26, 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 26, 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.