Daily Themed Crossword December 5, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 5, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
December 5, 2020 — All 65 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fellow slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "___ Miserables" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Direction opposite of WNW: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Breaks into a million pieces | Show answer | 8 | |
| #5 | Up to the task | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | On point | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ Leith from "The Great British Bake Off" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Royal betrayal? | Show answer | 7 | |
| #9 | Fairytale creature that turned into a prince | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Tom Cruise's "A ___ Good Men" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Continental currency | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Moistens | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Baseball bat wood | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Shiverer's sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Bemoan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | "Breaking Bad" group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Have a good weep | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | What you are reading right now | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | ___ Newtons (cookies) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Kid's shelter made with pillows and sheets | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | 1986 American Western comedy film starring Steve Martin as Lucky Day: 2 wds. | Show answer | 11 | |
| #22 | "Hold it" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | "Welcome" floor piece? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Line on a baseball? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | "___ put" (don't move) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Droop | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Student support system: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Drink garnish | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Total amount | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Boozer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | The Doors' lead vocalist Jim ___ | Show answer | 8 | |
| #32 | Traveler's chart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Be next to | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Feel sorry for | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Sour? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | "___ from Heaven" 1981 American musical romedy starring Steve Martin as Arthur Parker | Show answer | 7 | |
| #37 | "Unintended" joke? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Trot or canter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Mongolian desert | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Early hours: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Furrow maker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Skirt's edge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | "Stuck in ___": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | "___ and smell the roses." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | "My boy" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Bruce or Laura of Hollywood | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | "___ Rotten Scoundrels" 1988 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as Freddy Benson | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | "Oktober" or "Slug" follower | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Buckle up like a seatbelt | Show answer | 6 | |
| #50 | Sharp pain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Equipped with shoes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Wool ball? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Himalayan Snowman | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Reverberating sound | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Bridge support shaped like a letter: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Bleat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Parked on a park bench say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | New York's capital for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Lipton product | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | "Little ___ of Horrors" 1986 American dark comedy musical film starring Steve Martin as Orin Scrivello | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Make bread? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Grand ___ Opry Nashville (live music venue) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | English cricketer ___ Dexter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Jose or Francisco starter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Slam dunk organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 5, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 5, 2020, a Saturday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is THREEAMIGOS at 11 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 2 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 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 5, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 5, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 5, 2020 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 65 clues with answers from 3 to 11 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 5, 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.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 65 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 5, 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, 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.