Daily Themed Crossword December 19, 2022 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 19, 2022 grid, in puzzle order.
December 19, 2022 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ___ the season to be jolly... | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Every dog ___ its day | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Coke's partner at a bar | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Friendly dog in Garfield | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | ___ and crafts | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Spanish cheer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | How Andy Williams describes Christmas in a 1963 song? It's the Most ___ Time of the Year | Show answer | 9 | |
| #8 | Corporate bigwig: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Get on the nerves | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Slightly crooked as a painting on the wall | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | What the color of Bing Crosby's Christmas is in a 1942 song? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #12 | Pointed edge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Good Samaritan's offer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Participate in a blood drive say | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | Shine like a firefly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | What Mariah Carey wants for Christmas in a 1994 song? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Communicate via SMS | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Jazz icon Fitzgerald | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Commit a blunder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Cheerleader's cheer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ tuned! (TV host's dialogue) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Who Jimmy Boyd saw Santa Claus kissing in a 1952 Christmas song? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #23 | Adhesive or duct e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Drink through a straw | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Weekday opener for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | What Justin Bieber shares a kiss under in a 2011 Christmas song? | Show answer | 9 | |
| #27 | ___ up (confess) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Facebook jab | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Cylindrical soda containers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Forensic evidence: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Click with one's fingers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Grey's Anatomy character for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___-away zone (no parking area) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Did ___ something wrong?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Biblical no-no | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | ___! The Herald Angels Sing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Scooby Doo's bark | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Letters that follow R | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | What Bobby Helms says Jingle Bell does in a 1957 Christmas song? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | ___ Jackson (role played by Peter Fonda in a 1997 movie) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Cat's cry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Make changes to an essay | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Killed as a dragon | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Before to Coleridge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Minor squabble | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Weekly or hourly salary | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Ed Sheeran's Castle on the ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Popular K-pop celeb | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | ___ de France (annual bike race) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Hunky-___ (going well) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Four years for a US president | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Final ___ (end of school year assessment) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Bee's stinging cousin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Affirmative vote | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Love ___ neighbor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Part-time workers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Husband's parent: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Crude oil group: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Where Santa Claus is coming according to Bruce Springsteen in a 1985 Christmas song? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Into the Woods actress Kendrick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Choreography move | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Make changes to your car for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Electrically charged particle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Reggae's kin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Just a ___ (wee bit) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Japanese singer Yoko | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Top-left PC key | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 19, 2022 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 19, 2022, a Monday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is WONDERFUL at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 4 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 2022 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 19, 2022 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 19, 2022 — Questions
What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 19, 2022?
How many clues are in this puzzle?
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Where can I find other dates?
Other Crossword Boards
3 Tips for the December 19, 2022 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 67 clues with answers from 3 to 9 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 19, 2022 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 19, 2022 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.