Daily Themed Crossword December 7, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 7, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
December 7, 2018 — All 64 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sweaty weather | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Plant with medicinal benefits | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | "Hitch" actress Mendes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Dreamy phase of your sleep: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Timeout | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | La ___ Mundial (The World Cup) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Most common website address suffix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Overweight | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | "The movie opened to ___ reviews." (good and bad) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Hill-like feature in a desert | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Dance party headliners: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | "Get Out of ___ Free" card from the game "Monopoly" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Give off your produce in exchange for money | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Game ___ (game-ending frame) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Japanese sash that's a part of the kimono outfit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Middle Eastern country whose capital is Abu Dhabi: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Domesticate a dog say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Grammy-winning "Sweet Love" singer Baker | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Highest point | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | No value | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | English novelist who published only one novel in her lifetime "Black Beauty" which is one of the top ten best selling children's novels: 2 wds. | ANNASEWELL | 10 | |
| #22 | At close proximity | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Las Vegas resort and casino | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | French Christmas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Japanese stock market index | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Prefix used in relation to Asia's third-largest country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Beer barrels | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Suffix with 3d to mean a cure | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "The ___ and only.." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | "The app ___ up the battery pretty quickly." (drained) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Nightmarish street | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | CNN's main program segment | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Tale of heroic deeds | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | 1949 film "She ___ a Yellow Ribbon" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Cook a steak with intense heat | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | American writer who completed only one novel in his lifetime "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket": 3 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #37 | "I need to ___ favor." (need help): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Big soup server | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | "The sauce was just ___ spicy." (little bit): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | "After his fantastic speech I was at a ___ for words." (speechless) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Wrestler's pad | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Savings plan for the later years: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Dennings from "2 Broke Girls" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Quarrel over a topic | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Silly nobody | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Someone who does salsa or hip-hop | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | Nestle's candy "Rainbow ___" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Reveals a secret say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Irish poet and playwright who wrote only one novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in his lifetime: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #50 | Prune a plant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Prolonged state of unconsciousness | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | "The soup tastes so bland because there is no salt ___.": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Card game where the name of the game matters a lot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | All things hereditary are passed down through this | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Reckless driving say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | To give mental or physical pain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Genre of movies like "Interstellar" and "Godzilla" ___-fi | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Sewn edge of a cloth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Apple CEO Cook | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Illusionist Geller from Israel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | "Roll the ___" (in a game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Place to put your feet up and get a good massage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Suffix with "in" to mean incompetent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Opposite of 6d | Show answer | 4 |
How the December 7, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 7, 2018, a Friday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is EDGARALLANPOE at 13 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 6 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 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 7, 2018 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 7, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 7, 2018 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 64 clues with answers from 3 to 13 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 7, 2018 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 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 7, 2018 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.
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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.