Daily Themed Crossword December 24, 2017 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 24, 2017 grid, in puzzle order.
December 24, 2017 — 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 | Everything | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Book for photographs | Show answer | 5 | |
| #3 | Unit of bread sold at a bakery | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Mr. Burns's teddy bear on "The Simpsons" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Computer operators | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Confused brawl | Show answer | 5 | |
| #7 | "Jane ___" (Charlotte Bronte novel) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Dead-___ street | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Film ___ (grim movie genre) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Where Emirates Airline is based | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Event where people might compete for a prize | Show answer | 7 | |
| #12 | Rapper 50 ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Olympics fencing sword | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Just a stone's throw away | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Letters on some explosives | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Not tight as some knots | Show answer | 5 | |
| #17 | "See ____ later" ("Bye") | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Unwrap as a gift | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Johnnie Walker Red ___ (blended scotch brand) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Bone in a "cage" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Orderly free of clutter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | "Shrek ___" a 2010 animated film starring an ogre where Ryan Seacrest (birthday today) voiced a minor character: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #23 | Flower holder | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Married woman in Munich? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | "Manchester by the ___" (Casey Affleck movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | St. Patrick's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Time between morning and night: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Music blaster at a concert | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Cattle sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Pea container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | "___ back and relax" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Poison ___ (Batman villain dressed in green) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | From head to ___ (all over the body) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Pro baseball player from Houston | Show answer | 5 | |
| #35 | Score where neither team is ahead | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Horizontal line in a grid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | The first counting number | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | "Jamie Oliver's ___" a 2010-11 TV series starring the celeb chef which was co-produced by Ryan Seacrest: 2 wds. | Show answer | 14 | |
| #39 | Exhibiting a great deal of variety | Show answer | 7 | |
| #40 | Raise as kids | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Place for an Easter egg hunt | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | "It's ___ for!" ("I love it!"): 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Senate thumbs-up | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Female animal in a pasture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Rip ___ Winkle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Final baseball inning usually | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | "Doctor ____" (BBC sci-fi series) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Rome has seven | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | Intense hatred | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Assistant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Singing TV show since 2002 created by Simon Fuller and hosted by Ryan Seacrest: 2 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #52 | Big name in faucetry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Italian "Bye-bye!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Canned dog food brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Universally: Prefix | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Beam with a bend | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Scooby-Doo or Odie for example | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Designer Christian ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Zilch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Neither-here-nor-there state | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Where Mindy's TV friend came from | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Some poems written by Keats and Shelley | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Keg attachment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Like the Bay of Rainbows | Show answer | 5 | |
| #65 | "The French Connection" actor Hackman | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | "Boo-___" (crying sound) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Smug smile | Show answer | 5 |
How the December 24, 2017 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 24, 2017, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is FOODREVOLUTION at 14 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 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 24, 2017 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 24, 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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 14 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 24, 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.