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Daily Themed Crossword December 19, 2021 Answers

All 68 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the December 19, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.

68Clues
8Longest
3Shortest
0Abbreviations
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December 19, 2021 — 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 Damage the surface of Show answer 3
#2 Groan's partner Show answer 4
#3 Kimono belt Show answer 3
#4 Subject where "x" is found for short Show answer 3
#5 Without cooling cubes? Show answer 4
#6 Smiling face with heart eyes e.g. Show answer 5
#7 Eden lady Show answer 3
#8 Moving day vehicle Show answer 3
#9 Prefix with "center" or "pen" Show answer 3
#10 "When in" city Show answer 4
#11 Lamb's father Show answer 3
#12 "Dancing Queen" singers Show answer 4
#13 ___ of honor (wedding VIP) Show answer 4
#14 Possessing the skill Show answer 4
#15 Atlas component Show answer 3
#16 Spot for shots? Show answer 3
#17 ___ tea trendy drink from 2021 that has tapioca balls Show answer 4
#18 Trendy pasta from 2021 that got a "Funkytown" parody Show answer 8
#19 Just an iota Show answer 3
#20 Prefix with "vert" or "dextrous" Show answer 4
#21 ___ Mahal Agra Show answer 3
#22 Automated Twitter account Show answer 3
#23 Baked item that got a trendy "Cloud" version in 2021 Show answer 5
#24 Unusable tire Show answer 4
#25 Celebrity's devotee perhaps Show answer 3
#26 Enveloping glow Show answer 4
#27 "In the ___ of time!" Show answer 4
#28 San ___ California Show answer 5
#29 Creme de la creme Show answer 5
#30 Bit at a comedy club Show answer 3
#31 "Echame la Culpa" singer ___ Fonsi Show answer 4
#32 "Murder ___ Wrote" (TV series) Show answer 3
#33 Foamy cafe drink Show answer 5
#34 ___ Wrap Hack viral food trend from 2021 Show answer 8
#35 "And therefore..." Show answer 4
#36 Prefix with "angel" or "nemesis" Show answer 4
#37 Wall Street order Show answer 3
#38 "Go ___ or go home" Show answer 3
#39 Planets to poets Show answer 4
#40 Hairdo on a hot day perhaps Show answer 3
#41 Monkey ___ monkey do Show answer 3
#42 Kind of restaurant order that became more popular in 2021 Show answer 7
#43 Hockey legend Bobby ___ Show answer 3
#44 Teeny battery size Show answer 3
#45 Make a case in court Show answer 5
#46 Salinger's "The Catcher in the ___ " Show answer 3
#47 Perform penance Show answer 5
#48 Bunch of bills Show answer 3
#49 Chlorophyll ___ trendy plant-based drink that was from 2021 Show answer 5
#50 Nails as a quiz Show answer 4
#51 A or Z in Scrabble Show answer 4
#52 Alter an article Show answer 4
#53 "___ happy returns!" Show answer 4
#54 Start of a rhyming cocktail? Show answer 3
#55 Corrosive chemical Show answer 4
#56 ___ Meal trendy McDonald's meal from 2021 created in collaboration with a popular K-Pop band Show answer 3
#57 ___ constrictor (big reptile) Show answer 3
#58 Aah's kin Show answer 3
#59 Caterpillar's snack Show answer 4
#60 Moray for one Show answer 3
#61 "___ Maria" Show answer 3
#62 Coldplay's "___ You" Show answer 3
#63 Place for a quick bite Show answer 4
#64 Colossal weight Show answer 3
#65 Strauss in the jeans section Show answer 4
#66 Prepare as a table for dinner Show answer 3
#67 Unlikely to send the first text perhaps Show answer 3
#68 Selena Gomez's "Wizards of Waverly Place" role Show answer 4
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About this puzzle

How the December 19, 2021 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 19, 2021, a Sunday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is RIGATONI at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.

None of the clues on this grid carry abbreviation or multi-word flags, so every answer is a single word spelled out in full.

Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 19, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

December 19, 2021 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 19, 2021?
The December 19, 2021 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 RIGATONI at 8 letters and the shortest runs to 3.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for December 19, 2021 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including December 18, 2021 and December 20, 2021.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the December 19, 2021 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 19, 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.

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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 19, 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, 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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