Daily Themed Crossword December 5, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 5, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
December 5, 2024 — 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 | Not old | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Third month for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Like the numbers 3 5 or 7 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Honeycomb dweller | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | 8 ___ 2002 movie that earned Eminem an Oscar | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | Costing zero dollars say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Ice ___ animated film with a cold title about a mammoth and his band of friends | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Quaker grains | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | The ___ Housewives of Beverly Hills | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Juicy fruit with a pit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | ___ World fantasy film with a cold title about a cartoonist who finds himself in a cartoon-like universe | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Prefix with corn to mean a mythical horned equine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Show ___ (entertainment industry informally) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | No ___ Gwen Stefani's band with the hit Don't Speak | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Thanos to the Avengers | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Tax-auditing organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Palindromic Swedish group | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Pixar clownfish who goes missing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | Golly ___ whiz! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Last three vowels | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Where ___ I go wrong? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Door feature that twists | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | The Winter ___ film with a cold title about a grieving novelist who rents a lakeside cabin in a remote place | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Yes ___ 2008 movie starring Jim Carrey and Bradley Cooper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Natural source of light | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Chip's cartoon pal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Snow White and the ___ fantasy film with a cold title based on a classic fairytale | Show answer | 8 | |
| #28 | Aura that one can sense say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Redding of R&B | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Have debts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Double-helix code that decides the color of your eyes: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Vietnamese end-of-year celebration | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Hedwig to Harry Potter | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | LeBron's organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Scan for brain waves: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Cry bitterly say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | ___ Heat Kevin Love's basketball team | Show answer | 5 | |
| #38 | Spacebar neighbor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Hi-___ audio | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Cookie that is twisted before licking | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Distribute as a deck of cards | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Keyboard key for erasing for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Cold ___ epic period film with a frigid title that is based on a novel by Charles Frazier | Show answer | 8 | |
| #44 | Animated Disney film with a cold title about two sisters and a magical kingdom trapped in eternal frost | Show answer | 6 | |
| #45 | ___ dub (heart sounds) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | AFL-___ federation of U.S. unions: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Art student's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Shovel dirt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Raw rock before mining | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | ___ as directed (instruction on creams perhaps) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Ghost's greeting | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Friend informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Letters usually found at the end of a college's web address | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Prefix with spell or judge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Keats' favorite type of poem perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Joint with a cap | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Humble dwellings with thatched roofs | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Clip-___ (certain earrings) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Common street name starter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Jessica ___ (Dark Angel actress) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Sulky mood | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Physical movie storer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | The opposite of the theme of this puzzle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Sport-___ (all-purpose vehicle) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Tool to clean spills on the floor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Speechless feeling | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Mesh for trapping fish | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 5, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 5, 2024, a Thursday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is HUNTSMAN at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 7 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 5, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 5, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 5, 2024 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 8 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 5, 2024 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 5, 2024 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.