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Daily Themed Crossword December 3, 2020 Answers

All 68 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the December 3, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.

68Clues
8Longest
3Shortest
5Abbreviations
Answers

December 3, 2020 — 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 Did the karaoke? Show answer 4
#2 Verb often used with table or alarm Show answer 3
#3 "Night" author Wiesel Show answer 4
#4 Shred Show answer 4
#5 Spine-chilling Show answer 5
#6 Eminem's "The Real ___ Shady" Show answer 4
#7 Magna cum ___ Show answer 5
#8 Wayside stop Show answer 3
#9 Bumped into Show answer 3
#10 Coming ___ (film trailer words) Show answer 4
#11 Title for Isaac Newton Show answer 3
#12 "Love" actress ___ Apatow Show answer 4
#13 High-___ image Show answer 3
#14 Draft beer choice Show answer 3
#15 Walking stick Show answer 4
#16 Potato informally Show answer 4
#17 ___ spot (point of contention) Show answer 4
#18 Actress ___ Long of "Empire" Show answer 3
#19 Mother's sister Show answer 4
#20 Parisian's peas Show answer 4
#21 Caitlin ___ actress who played Imogen Rainier in the 2018 horror flick "Insidious: The Last Key" Show answer 6
#22 Central Asian sea Show answer 4
#23 Wayfarer maker Ray-___ Show answer 3
#24 "Hot Cross ___" (children's song) Show answer 4
#25 "The Catcher in the ___" Show answer 3
#26 ___ Moines Iowa Show answer 3
#27 Type of bod or joke Show answer 3
#28 Cool ___ cucumber: 2 wds. Show answer 3
#29 "Dancing Queen" palindromic pop group Show answer 4
#30 "Incidentally" in textspeak: Abbr. Show answer 3
#31 "Toodles!" Show answer 3
#32 Put away Show answer 4
#33 Elizabeth Warren's designation for short Show answer 3
#34 "We ___ it!" (accomplished) Show answer 3
#35 Spanish for "day" Show answer 3
#36 Outrage Show answer 3
#37 Alias preceder: Abbr. Show answer 3
#38 Salon pros Show answer 8
#39 "I" in ILO for short Show answer 4
#40 "___ no evil hear no evil..." Show answer 3
#41 Flying toy with a tail Show answer 4
#42 ___ Acevedo actor who played Ted Garza in the 2018 horror flick "Insidious: The Last Key" Show answer 4
#43 Amazement Show answer 3
#44 Prefix with "natal" or "classical" Show answer 3
#45 Flash of inspiration Show answer 4
#46 Beauty pageant wear Show answer 4
#47 Josh ___ actor who played Gerald Rainier in the 2018 horror flick "Insidious: The Last Key" Show answer 7
#48 "Five Feet ___" Show answer 5
#49 Hold the ___ (control) Show answer 5
#50 Aleque ___ actress who played Anna in the 2018 horror flick "Insidious: The Last Key" Show answer 4
#51 ___ Madrid (soccer club) Show answer 4
#52 Pancake ingredients Show answer 4
#53 Spies through a keyhole say Show answer 5
#54 Walk back and forth Show answer 4
#55 Like cotton candy Show answer 4
#56 "Saving Private Ryan" craft: Abbr. Show answer 3
#57 Runners Show answer 4
#58 "Truthfully speaking" in textspeak: Abbr. Show answer 3
#59 Pad ___ (noodle dish) Show answer 4
#60 ___ polloi (common public) Show answer 3
#61 Mimic someone Show answer 3
#62 Boarding pass info: Abbr. Show answer 3
#63 "She heaved a ___ of relief" Show answer 4
#64 Gaga's "___ This Way" Show answer 4
#65 Film director's cry Show answer 3
#66 Six-pointers in NFL for short Show answer 3
#67 Billboard chart-toppers Show answer 4
#68 Epilogue's placement? Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the December 3, 2020 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 3, 2020, a Thursday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is STYLISTS at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.

Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 3, 2020 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, 2020 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 3, 2020?
The December 3, 2020 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 STYLISTS at 8 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 5 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for December 3, 2020 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, 2020 and December 4, 2020.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the December 3, 2020 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 8 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, 2020 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, 2020 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
8longest 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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