Daily Themed Crossword December 26, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 26, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
December 26, 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 | ___ bear (mother bear) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | ___-fi (Avatar genre) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Flutter like a bird's wings (rhymes with slap) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Singer ___ Clapton of Layla | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Charged particle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Volcanic flow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Jack and Jill ___ up the hill ... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | How-___ (instruction manuals) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Leave off the list | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | ___ nearly time get ready! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | The Parent ___ (Lindsay Lohan movie) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Hot chocolate drink with marshmallows | Show answer | 5 | |
| #13 | ___ capacity property of water that makes it a good warmth storage medium | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | ___ double (daredevil on a film set) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Dig into food | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___-tac-toe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Frozen block of water with the unique property of being less dense than the water that was used to make it | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Kilt-wearing boy perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | U.S. medical insurance group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Color akin to aqua or cyan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Shelled slow mover in the garden | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Missy Elliott's genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Boiling ___ the hot spot of liquid water where it starts vaporizing and escapes as steam | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Formal wear often paired with trousers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Smoked meat maybe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Standout color of the sea that is caused by water selectively absorbing colors and scattering this cool shade | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | System ___ Down (hard rock band): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Throat-clearing word | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ up with (tolerates) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Not negative for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Title for a lady in Spain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | All Star Mr & ___ (show hosted by Phillip Schofield) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Mermaid's realm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Freaks director Browning whose name is an anagram of dot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Kitten's cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___ you ready for this? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Part of an hour for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Capillary ___ property of water whereby it can climb up thin tubes or plant stems all on its own | Show answer | 6 | |
| #39 | Relaxes in a chair say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Sound of a dove | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | She walked to school ___ of taking the bus | Show answer | 7 | |
| #42 | What bugs and water striders do on water due to the property of its high surface tension | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Aladdin's treasure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Bird-related prefix (anagram of via) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ on the back (approval) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Rat-a-___ (drum sound) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Cheese-loving pest | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | ___: Miami (procedural TV show): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Medicines bought without a prescription: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Billiards stick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Recover medically speaking | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Bangkok cuisine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ love with you (romantic declaration): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Young stallion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Portable computers | Show answer | 7 | |
| #56 | Gives it a shot | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Musical gift | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Place for a pedicure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Wanderer without a permanent address | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Talk drunkenly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Humble homes sometimes made of grass | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Every problem ___ solution: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Heart rate count: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Bad guy to the hero | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Chili pepper or magma descriptor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Brian ___ singer of By This River | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Ticked off | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 26, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 26, 2025, a Friday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is INSTEAD at 7 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 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 26, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 26, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 26, 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 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 26, 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 26, 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.