Daily Themed Crossword December 21, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 21, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
December 21, 2025 — 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 | Funerary ash holders | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Morning droplets on a leaf | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Spherical celestial object | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Swimming site | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Now ___ seen it all! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Ask for divine guidance | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | ___-out (under a lot of pressure) | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | From ___ to right | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Roadside retreat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Memorable line usually seen within marks like ... | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Gawk creepily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | (1/5) Santa waits with gifts at the fantasy stop. Could the Magic School ___ be his ride? Nope that's Ms. Frizzle's transport. Let's try again at 36a | BUS | 3 | |
| #13 | Great Salt Lake state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Village People's dance hit involving spelling: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | It's c-c-cold! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | It's ___ my cup of tea | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Put together | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | ___ Ferrigno actor from Pumping Iron | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Mobile platform with Memojis | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | What you expect after asking a question for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Feels unwell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | ___ audible? (Zoom conversation starter): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | (2/5) Here comes Aladdin's Magic ___. Could this be Santa's ride? Nope it's Jasmine flying right past him. Let's try again at 42a | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | 1983 comedy film starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | You are on your ___ (I'm not helping) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | See you! in Italy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | (3/5) Santa spots a giant bunch of these colorful floaters holding up a house. But that's Carl from Up lifting off. Maybe the ride is at 50a | BALLOONS | 8 | |
| #28 | Do you want the chocolates packed separately ___ a single package?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | GI entertainment group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | ___ Lane Clark Kent's partner | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | (4/5) Honk honk! Santa looks up to find the classic car Chitty Chitty ___ (repeated twice). Still not his ride. Let's hope it's at 4d | BANG | 4 | |
| #32 | Confession topic | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Shower with love | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Life is full of ___ and downs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Decay as old fruit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Neither here ___ there | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | (5/5) Finally Santa hears the jingling bells! It's Santa's ___ pulled by magical reindeer! He hops on and sets off for the holiday delivery! | SLEIGH | 6 | |
| #38 | Walt ___ co-creator of Mickey Mouse | Show answer | 6 | |
| #39 | Night before Christmas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Day after Tuesday for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Twistable cookie treat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Whitewater vessel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | The B in GB | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | + sign | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | NBC's weekly sketch comedy show: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Thigh muscle targeted by a squat slangily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Quaker cereal grains | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Letters following A | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Prefix with cycle for a vehicle with one wheel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | This ___ shall pass! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Live ___ (Taco Bell slogan) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Spot on a radar screen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Part in a play | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Reddish-brown patch on a sheet of steel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Te ___ (Spanish I love you) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ 2000 Harry Potter's superfast broomstick | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | ___ Schwarzenegger star of the Terminator movies | Show answer | 6 | |
| #58 | Let's not fight ___ ourselves (between) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Punctuation mark written as : | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Shoemaker's need to punch holes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | ___ Sorvino actress who portrayed Marilyn Monroe in the film Norma Jean & Marilyn | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Guns N' Roses song November ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Kernel holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Do ___ say: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Letters used for hugs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Stop ___-picking (fault finding) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | U-turn from NNW: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 21, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 21, 2025, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is STRESSED at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 4 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 21, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 21, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 21, 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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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 21, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 21, 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 8, 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.