Daily Themed Crossword December 16, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 16, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
December 16, 2021 — 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 | Wrinkly-faced pup | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Slumber party garb for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Nutella container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Arabian or Caribbean e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Magazine edition | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | "___ Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Bugs Bunny or Daffy informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Match as devices | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | ___ Mitchell character voiced by Abbi Jacobson in the 2021 film "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Sharp bend in a road (rhymes with "sink") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Tehran's land | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Nape's location | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Kit ___ (trick-or-treat item) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Burj Khalifa's country: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Kind of sauce or latte | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Length times width for a rectangle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Marla ___ con artist played by Rosamund Pike in the 2021 film "I Care A Lot" | Show answer | 7 | |
| #18 | Stretches on mats | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Mediator's skill | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Sixteenth of a pound | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | ___ Paget henchman played by Jamie Dornan in the 2021 film "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Squid's protection | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | ___ Lebowitz from "Pretend It's a City" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Illegally copy as a signature | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Honolulu's home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Actor Reynolds from "Free Guy" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Casino cube | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Fleming who created James Bond | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Warrior princess voiced by Kelly Marie Tran in the 2021 Disney film also starring Awkwafina | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | "Order in the court!" prop | Show answer | 5 | |
| #31 | Lady who starred in "A Star Is Born" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Drink for a happy hour | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Usnavi ___ bodega owner played by Anthony Ramos in the 2021 film "In The Heights" : 3 wds. | Show answer | 8 | |
| #34 | Tony Stark to Morgan Stark | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | "Long ___ and Far Away" (TV series) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Feature in "j" but not "J" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | "I figured it out!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Rickman who played the Potions Master | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Fragile self-image | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Sister with a rosary | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Miner's stuff | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | ___ the moon (elated) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Post's opposite | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | "The ___ thickens!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Like used chalkboard erasers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Jaden Smith's character in "Karate Kid" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Take in from a pet shelter | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | Palindromic constellation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Trim in Canva say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Character played by Emma Stone in the 2021 Disney film featuring dalmatians: 3 wds. | Show answer | 12 | |
| #51 | "___ Window" (Hitchcock thriller) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Lana Del Rey's "___ for Life" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Unknown chat room visitor slangily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Giant in furniture sales | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Optical device | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Crunch targets for shot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Greek God of war | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Card game or its shout | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Hawaii's ___ crater | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Small sea vessel | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Soup-soaked bread say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | ___-Z (colloquially called zoomers) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Light on one's feet | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Big blast letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | "___ in apple": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 16, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 16, 2021, a Thursday. It contains 65 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CRUELLADEVIL at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 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 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 16, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 16, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 16, 2021 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 12 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 16, 2021 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 16, 2021 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.