Daily Themed Crossword December 23, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 23, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
December 23, 2018 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Batman's great-great-grandfather | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Hydrochloric or sulphuric e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | "Catch a Falling Star" singer Perry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | "___ My Life" song by Imagine Dragons: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Jeans material | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Inferior band of EM waves: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Cold war country which is actually cold: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Belgrade citizen | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Smell organ slangily | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Sylvester Stallone character in Vietnam | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Giga predecessor in data storage | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Movie studio with a roaring lion: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Stacy of Spiderman | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Viral funny image on the web | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Part of the ear | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Actress Headey of "300" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | One having a little lamb like Mary | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Prayer ending word | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | "Start ___ scratch" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Precious stone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Something that pops up on your phone for short | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Give up a poker hand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Creator of Gotham hero Bat-Man which was later changed to Batman: 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #24 | District in Hawaii that grows coffee | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Mother | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Cheese companion | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | "Batmobile can convert into a Batpod ___" (also) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Secretly keep in the email loop: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Friend for a lifetime: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Toy magnate ___ Schwarz | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Government hydroelectric group dissolved in 1977: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Chemist's workplace | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Top of a woman's swimsuit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | El ____ (Pacific phenomenon) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | "____ solemnly swear ...": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Not vintage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Extractable natural resource | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Batman's famous nickname apart from Dark Knight and World's Greatest Detective: 2 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #39 | Individually | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Match official for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Time period | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | ___-Cola | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Rock concert blaster | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Have a mortgage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Bed in barracks | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | "Batman ___ confidence in front of Robin" (exudes) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Certain fairy's procurement | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | "Batman is at ___ with Green Arrow in terms of intelligence" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | NASCAR competitor | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | British singer Ora | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Street orphan whom Batman adopts as his second son in the comics: 2 wds. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #52 | "The Joker is the ___ character in Batman's story" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Unit of force | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Ready to come off the stove | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Baby caretaker | Show answer | 5 | |
| #56 | Sniffer organ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | School sports regulatory group: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | The middle word in FYI | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Brown Cornell or Harvard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Type of 1940s suit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Small amount | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Designer Chanel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Its atomic number is 50 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Italian volcano | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Isaac's older son | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Brewed drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Lawn mower's spot | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | Kind of admiral | Show answer | 4 |
How the December 23, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 23, 2018, a Sunday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CAPEDCRUSADER at 13 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 5 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 23, 2018 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 23, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 23, 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 68 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 23, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 23, 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.
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.