Daily Themed Crossword December 12, 2019 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 12, 2019 grid, in puzzle order.
December 12, 2019 — 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 | Put five and five together | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Common intruders in apps for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Dr. with Grammys | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | "___ man walks into the bar...": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | "___ We Go" 2009 comedy-drama film directed by Sam Mendes starring Allison Janney | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Beast of burden | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Michael of R.E.M. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | More achy or painful | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | "Right away!": Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | "Million years ___" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | "The ___ on the Train" 2016 American mystey thriller drama film directed by Tate Taylor starring Allison Janney | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Fairytale opener | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | "___ Dead Gorgeous" 1999 American comedy film directed by Michael Patrick Jann starring Allison Janney | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Socket insert | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Global commerce group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Greed or gluttony for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Business agreement | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Broadcast on TV say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Circle segment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | "Pretty ___" 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by Tate Taylor starring Allison Janney: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #21 | Hodges and Gerard | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | "Star Wars" princess | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Twistable cookie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Animal doctors briefly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Salad item informally | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Sound effect in a cave | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Mess up or cause an error | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Make a wrong move | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Environment friendly prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Piece of fiction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Call off | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Prepare a text for publication | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Make a sketch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Sitting around doing nothing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Bulgarian monarchy title | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | "A ___" 2012 American comedy drama film directed by Brian Robbins starring Allison Janney: 2 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #37 | Sport-___ (vehicles) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Layer that accumulates on forgotten books say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Shoemaker's strip | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | As ___ as a feather | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Outstanding amount say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Pie ___ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Palindromic female in a flock | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Has on as clothes | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Piano key wood | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Not as fast as the rest | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | Courtroom cry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Short breaks taken in a hammock | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | 2000 American comedy film directed by Neil LaBute featuring Allison Janney: 2 wds. | Show answer | 10 | |
| #50 | Ctrl+Z command | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | "Deadpool" actor Reynolds | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Israeli flyer to Tel Aviv: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Whatever number | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Early internet pioneer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Barely makes a living with "out" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Kit ___ (chocolate bar) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Inflated sense of self | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Tax form ID: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Kissing in the park: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Protein building molecule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Zigs' counterparts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Daughter's opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Word segment or part of speech for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Significant amount | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 12, 2019 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 12, 2019, a Thursday. It contains 64 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THOUSANDWORDS at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 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 2019 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 12, 2019 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 12, 2019 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 12, 2019 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 12, 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.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 64 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 12, 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, 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.