Daily Themed Crossword December 25, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 25, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
December 25, 2021 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ the hook (no longer in trouble) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Master Melvin of baseball | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | ___ la la | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | ___ Mosby character from "How I Met Your Mother" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Kitchen faucet | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Scottish flat hat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Actors Arkin and Driver | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Excessive enthusiasm | Show answer | 5 | |
| #9 | ___ Goodman actor who voiced Santa Claus in "It's a Spongebob Christmas!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | 9-to-5 ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Woodwind instrument | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Binary digit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ Astaire actor who played Santa Claus in the 1979 TV movie "The Man in the Santa Claus suit" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | "___ Santa" (start of a Christmas list) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | ___ Lovelace computing genius | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___-Wan Kenobi from "Star Wars" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Disappear slowly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | "Need for ___" video game series | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | Spick and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Like freshly baked cookies | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Stage sound booster for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Company with a roaring lion mascot: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | A.A. ___ creator of "Winnie the Pooh" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | City on the Rhone in France | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Al ___ American politician | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | ___ Buza actor who played Santa Claus in the 2015 movie "A Christmas Horror Story" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #27 | Black-___ Peas group behind the hit "Mamacita" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Cassini of fashion | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Jason Derulo's "Whatcha ___" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Popeye's love Olive ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Actress Ryan from "When Harry Met Sally" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Tonic's partner | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Unpleasant smell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | "It's a ___!" (agreed) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Prefix with "science" or "presence" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | ___ learning (memorizing) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | "Mudbound" director Dee | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Close with wax | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Lower as headlights | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | The "M" in MPH | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Missing fish in a Pixar movie | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | A cube has twelve of them | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | "Trick up one's ___" (secret plan) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #44 | "___ something in the bud" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ talk | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Marching insect | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Ice bucket challenge cause: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Super slow pace? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | ___ Nielsen actor who played Santa Claus in the 1991 movie "All I Want for Christmas" | Show answer | 6 | |
| #50 | French fries and potato wedges for two | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Legendary Yankee to fans: Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Tim ___ actor whose stunt double Steve Lucescu played Santa Claus in the 1994 movie "The Santa Clause" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #53 | Antonym of "profit" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Prefix with "graph" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Thanksgiving indulgence | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Unbeatable in e-sports games for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "I'm all ___" (listening) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Aries' symbol | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ vu | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Adam's biblical counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Aniston from "The Morning Show" fondly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Louvre item | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Siri runs on it | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Traveling through | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | "Never have I ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Op-___ (newspaper columns) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Sturdy shade tree | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Parcel's shipping status | Show answer | 4 |
How the December 25, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 25, 2021, a Saturday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is GEORGE at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out. 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 25, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 25, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 25, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 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 25, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 25, 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.