Daily Themed Crossword December 8, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 8, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
December 8, 2025 — 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 | Sunscreen lotion rating: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Opinion ___ (survey that rhymes with toll) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Alien's saucer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | One in line for the throne (anagram of hire) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Make changes to a manuscript | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | P in MPH | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Encouraging word before girl! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Tears apart | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Ice cream pattern | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | ___ Agassi (tennis legend) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Fall ___ Boy Centuries band who sang ... remember me for centuries which would be apt for a time traveler's playlist | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Cobra ___ (martial arts-based series) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ Want for Christmas Is You (song on every store's December playlist): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Keep ___ and Carry On (British poster words) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Ceiling spinner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Between 12-20 age-wise say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Do you have ___ money? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Supermodel Banks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Negative prefix with communication or fortune | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Quantity for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Taylor ___ Back to December singer who sang I go back to December all the time which may be apt for one time-traveling out of guilt | SWIFT | 5 | |
| #22 | 1914-1918 conflict: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Story of a person's life for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | ___ the beans (reveal a secret) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | ___ Morissette Hands Clean singer who sang We'll fast forward to a few years later which might be a time-traveler's plan | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Keep your ___ up! (encouraging words) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Will you be ___ to do it? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Expressive rock genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | ___ Floyd Coming Back to Life band who sang Lost in time which might be an apt song for a time-traveler who needs directions | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Director Howard of A Beautiful Mind | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | South in French | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Genetic messenger: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Turn brown as a banana | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Spring destination? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Ready ___ go! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Bread for a hummus spread | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | ___ my dear I don't give a damn (Gone With the Wind iconic dialogue) | Show answer | 7 | |
| #38 | Christina ___ A Thousand Years singer who sang Time stands still like a time-traveler would to stop time and spend it with a lover | PERRI | 5 | |
| #39 | Garfield dog | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | ChapStick target | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Ranks below captains: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Life is full of ___ and downs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Not many | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Baltimore ___ (MLB team) | Show answer | 7 | |
| #45 | Guard's Stop right there! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Permanently damage something | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | River blocker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Cash dispenser letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Welcome garland in Hawaii | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | ___ Cabello Havana singer who sang Take me back which would be apt for a time-traveler revisiting old memories | Show answer | 6 | |
| #51 | Tiny six-legged crawler | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Texter's Just so you know ...: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Dog bark sound in comics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Singer ___ King Cole of Wild Is Love | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | One a penny ___ penny ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Leatherworker's punch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ night holy night ... (Christmas carol lyric) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | ) in texts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Character from The Jungle Book who teaches Mowgli the law of the jungle | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Body part below the knee | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | If you like ___ coladas ... (popular lyric from Escape by Rupert Holmes) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Loch ___ Monster | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | ___ for the challenge (Bring it on): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Pop in some places | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Technique to breathe life into another: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | I'm so cold! sound | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 8, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 8, 2025, a Monday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is FRANKLY at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 7 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 8, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 8, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 8, 2025 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 8, 2025 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 8, 2025 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.