Daily Themed Crossword December 8, 2023 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 8, 2023 grid, in puzzle order.
December 8, 2023 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Limb with biceps and triceps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | TV channel that aired Punk'd and Jersey Shore: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Male sibling for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | By way of in a traveler's itinerary | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ Clapton who was a part of the supergroup Cream | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | The Twelve Days of Christmas fruit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Navigation assistant: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Red gemstone or popular name for a girl | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Stay in your ___ (mind your own business) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Werner ___ Nobel Prize-winning German physicist who was born in December | Show answer | 10 | |
| #11 | The Addams Family character Cousin ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Breaking Bad organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | See what I ___? (Do you get it now?) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Woodrow ___ 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | Nocturnal bird that hoots | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Barely manage. with out | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Legendary tale of adventure say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Mos ___ who rapped Oh No | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Saturn's largest moon | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Nickname letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Popular motor oil additive: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Hermann Joseph ___ Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who was born in December | Show answer | 6 | |
| #23 | We Didn't Start the Fire singer Billy ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Place to get a Bachelor's from for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Of low quality say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | I hold no ___ will (no hard feelings) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Faithful spring? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Arthur ___ Stadium Queens | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Formerly known as | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Farming prefix with industry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Lion's hideout | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Grasped as a lesson at school | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | (7/10) Brr! It's getting cold! Bring out this piece of winter wear to protect yourself from the chill! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | A in GPA for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Letters on a tombstone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Creamy potato side dish informally | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Basis for promotion | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | In God We ___ (U.S. motto) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Aura that one can sense say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Teddy ___ (cuddly stuffed toy) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Made a phone call | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Mining output | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Singer ___ Lauper of Girls Just Want To Have Fun | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Response to What's the magic word? | Show answer | 6 | |
| #45 | German for a | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___ Air (ritzy Los Angeles neighborhood) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Like a fashionista in the '60s | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Sheep-ish mother | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Furry alien of 1980s TV | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Like a slippery floor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Milky white gem with a multicolor shift | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Sportswear brand with a swoosh logo | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Suffix with kitchen that denotes small size | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Rudyard ___ Nobel Prize-winning English novelist who was born in December | Show answer | 7 | |
| #55 | Cable ___ (transit service on rails) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Lucky charm worn around the neck perhaps | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Sister with a habit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Like a bad loser | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Softer shade of purple | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Sir ___ Joseph Thomson Nobel Prize-winning British physicist who was born in December | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Place to jot down notes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Sugary suffix with sucr- or fruct- | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Constellation where Regulus is the brightest star | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Often-fragile sense of self | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Longtime Notre Dame coach ___ Parseghian | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Winner's take in poker | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 8, 2023 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 8, 2023, a Friday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HEISENBERG at 10 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. 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 2023 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 8, 2023 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 8, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 8, 2023 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 10 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 8, 2023 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 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 8, 2023 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.
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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.