Daily Themed Crossword December 21, 2017 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 21, 2017 grid, in puzzle order.
December 21, 2017 — All 61 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Education support group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "___ Fiction" a 1994 dark comedy film for which Samuel L. Jackson (birthday today) received an Academy Award nomination | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Hesitant sounds | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Back muscle briefly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Highly religious and god-fearing | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | ___ Baldwin "The Departed" and "The Aviator" star | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Fitting as a tribute | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Victoria Beckham in the Spice Girls | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ Shakur subject of the 2017 film "All Eyez on Me" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | A 1986 action film starring Jason Gedrick and Louis Gossett Jr.: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #11 | "Letters from ___ Jima" a 2006 movie directed by legendary star Clint Eastwood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | "Blood and ___" a 1996 crime drama starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Linear for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Muay ___ a form of martial arts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Velvet Underground rocker ___ Reed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___ Tin Tin German Shepherd who was a motion picture star | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | "Regarding..." in a memo: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Sixth sense for short: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | "Rogue ___: A Star Wars Story" a 2016 film set in the "Star Wars" universe | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | "Django ___" a 2012 Western directed by Quentin Tarantino in which Jackson starred as an old racist worker | Show answer | 9 | |
| #21 | Hasbro brand which shoots squishy balls | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | "Who's there?" answer: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Famed sci-fi writer Frederik ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Analyze as a sentence (dissect grammatically) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | "Woe is me!" exclamation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Delaying in progress or slowing down | Show answer | 9 | |
| #27 | A degenerative brain disease found primarily in athletes and was the focus of the 2015 film "Concussion": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Cry at a bullfight | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Ham on ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Similar word to 35-Across | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "Nightmare on ___ Street" horror movie franchise | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Potato bag | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Seed used in smoothies | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | "As seen on TV" record label: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | "The ___" a 2015 Western in which Samuel L. Jackson played a bounty hunter: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #36 | Online market for crafts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Qatari ruler | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Attorney-to-be's examination: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | "___! That tastes delicious!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | An untruth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Cape Town's home: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Intense pain | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | "An ___ Husband" a 1999 film starring Rupert Everett and Julianne Moore | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Critical times especially during military attacks: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | "Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | "The Hitman's ___" a 2017 action comedy in which Jackson stars alongside Ryan Reynolds | Show answer | 9 | |
| #47 | Ken ___ "Brothers & Sisters" actor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Titular beekeeper from the Peter Fonda film "___'s Gold" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Does sums | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | A 2001 biographical sports drama starring Will Smith as the titular boxer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | "No Country for ___ Men" a 2007 neo-western by the Coen brothers starring Tommy Lee Jones Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Sophocles tragedy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | ___ Johnson U.S Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013-17 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Brewpub offering | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Tee choices: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Recyclables container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ Stark patriarch of the Stark family from "Game of Thrones" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Do not do this in a library | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | ___ Lee "Life of Pi" director | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | "___ Man" a 2008 comedy-drama starring Jim Carrey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "___ All That" a 1999 romantic comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook | Show answer | 4 |
How the December 21, 2017 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 21, 2017, a Thursday. It contains 61 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HATEFULEIGHT at 12 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 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 2017 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 21, 2017 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 21, 2017 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 61 clues with answers from 3 to 12 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.
Keep the streak going
The 2017 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 61 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 21, 2017 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.