Tuesday · December 3, 2019 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword December 3, 2019 Answers

All 68 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the December 3, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.

68Clues
6Longest
3Shortest
2Abbreviations
Answers

December 3, 2019 — All 68 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 Educational topic for short Show answer 4
#2 Unhappy Show answer 3
#3 Classic Diana Ross hairdo Show answer 4
#4 Knob site Show answer 4
#5 Geography buff's book Show answer 5
#6 "Dancing Queen" band Show answer 4
#7 Frontiersman Daniel who has lent his name to many U.S. counties Show answer 5
#8 ___ Pettit basketball player who won the MVP 2 times between 1956 to 1959 Show answer 3
#9 Drink sold in pints Show answer 3
#10 Alien vehicle: Abbr. Show answer 3
#11 Screwdriver for one Show answer 4
#12 Sound like a donkey Show answer 4
#13 What you do to a candle on a cake Show answer 4
#14 On the ___ (fleeing) Show answer 3
#15 Santana's "___ Como Va" Show answer 3
#16 "The Grand Budapest Hotel" director Anderson Show answer 3
#17 Sibling for sis Show answer 3
#18 Studded part of an ear Show answer 4
#19 "The Martha ____ Show" of 1950s TV Show answer 4
#20 Michael ___ basketball player who won the MVP 5 times between 1988 to 1998 Show answer 6
#21 Bug for payment Show answer 3
#22 Month before the shortest month for short Show answer 3
#23 LeBron ___ basketball player who has won the MVP 4 times between 2009 to 2013 Show answer 5
#24 Fair ___ (copyright issue) Show answer 3
#25 Figure on an ATM receipt for short Show answer 3
#26 "Transformers" director Michael Show answer 3
#27 Folding bed Show answer 3
#28 Nickel or a dime Show answer 4
#29 Have student loans say Show answer 3
#30 Roadside stopover Show answer 3
#31 ___ Keane "The Family Circus" cartoonist Show answer 3
#32 Declare off-limits Show answer 3
#33 Place with lots of animal enclosures Show answer 3
#34 ___ code (number on a letter) Show answer 3
#35 "___ be back!" Show answer 3
#36 Warsaw country for short Show answer 3
#37 "Mind your ___ business!" Show answer 3
#38 To-do list entry Show answer 4
#39 Work hard Show answer 4
#40 Liquid from olive or sesame Show answer 3
#41 Cowboy boot attachment Show answer 4
#42 One-person performance Show answer 4
#43 Number of sides on a decagon Show answer 3
#44 Have a bug say Show answer 3
#45 Opinion survey Show answer 4
#46 Shoulder muscle informally Show answer 4
#47 High-tech connection letters Show answer 3
#48 Expertise in a field Show answer 5
#49 Disco ___ (character on "The Simpsons") Show answer 3
#50 Fortuneteller's card Show answer 5
#51 "The Big Bang Theory" network: Abbr. Show answer 3
#52 Rosy face part Show answer 5
#53 Cry said twice before "hooray!" Show answer 3
#54 ___ Gold Alan Cumming's "The Good Wife" role Show answer 3
#55 ___ Abdul-Jabbar basketball player who won the MVP 6 times between 1971 to 1980 Show answer 6
#56 "Have you ___ wondered ...?" Show answer 4
#57 Dublin country poetically Show answer 4
#58 "Das Kapital" author Karl ___ Show answer 4
#59 ___ Russell basketball player who won the MVP 5 times between 1958 to 1965 Show answer 4
#60 Dog's "hand" Show answer 3
#61 Two of a kind Show answer 4
#62 Singer Grande's nickname Show answer 3
#63 Word meaning "traveling through" Show answer 3
#64 Barbecue rod Show answer 4
#65 Folk singer Guthrie Show answer 4
#66 Make a goof Show answer 3
#67 ___ Chamberlain basketball player who won the MVP 4 times from 1960 to 1968 Show answer 4
#68 "Toy Story" dinosaur Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the December 3, 2019 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 3, 2019, a Tuesday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is JORDAN at 6 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. 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 2019 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 3, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

December 3, 2019 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 3, 2019?
The December 3, 2019 grid has 68 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 68 clues. The longest answer is JORDAN at 6 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 2 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for December 3, 2019 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including December 2, 2019 and December 4, 2019.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the December 3, 2019 Crossword

01

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 6 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for December 3, 2019 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 3, 2019 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, 2026
Numbers

Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

68clues on this board
6longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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