Daily Themed Crossword December 9, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 9, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
December 9, 2024 — 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 | Eden woman | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Owl's rodent prey | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | 24-hour period | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Product used to keep hair in place | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Alien vehicle: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Popular card game with a Spanish name | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Spherical space object | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Adult-to-be | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Restaurant list with dinner options | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Santa ___ 1953 hit by Eartha Kitt where she playfully asks Santa for extravagant presents | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Online encyclopedia anyone can edit for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Instagram or Snapchat for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | ___ and fauna | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Christmas tree color | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Here ___ Santa Claus 1947 song by Gene Autry that celebrates the arrival of Santa | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Former Giants quarterback ___ Manning | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Prepare to throw darts | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Visitors from another planet: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Substitute player's spot | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Meaty breakfast strip | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Santa's ___ 1964 song by The Beach Boys that tells the story of Santa's iconic facial hair | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Result of a sunny beach vacation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Street of nightmares? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | I Saw ___ Kissing Santa Claus 1952 holiday song by Jimmy Boyd that describes a child's surprise encounter with Santa | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Bird's enclosure | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | ___ of Capri (Italian island) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Period for Taylor Swift? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Fight Club actor ___ Pitt | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | Santa ___ Me 2014 pop song by Ariana Grande where she asks Santa for a long-term lover | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Madam's counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Pig's home on a farm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Key above Caps Lock on a keyboard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Unique ID for a U.S. citizen: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | I me myself issue? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Action word | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Actor Idris ___ who plays Heimdall in Thor | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Regret bitterly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Not many: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Author Morrison of The Bluest Eye | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Like homework that is pending | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | ___ Arbor Michigan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | 'Zat ___ Santa Claus? 1953 song by Louis Armstrong where the singer wonders if it is really Santa visiting him | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | A O or AB when talking about blood | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Actor ___ Ventimiglia of This Is Us | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Soap unit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Colonel Sanders' chain: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Pod member | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Superstitious sign | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | No longer working for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Braying farm animal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Chelsea Peretti's character in Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Writing part of a pen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Tide's retreat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Yoga necessity | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Apollo ___ Rocky Balboa's foe-turned-friend from the Rocky franchise | Show answer | 5 | |
| #57 | Cholesterol that must be high for good heart health: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Desert animal | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | John Lennon's wife Yoko ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Baker's hand protector | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Untidy room say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Magnetic scans for one's internal organs: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Knitter's ball | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | The Big Bang Theory network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Mona Lisa or Starry Night e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Happy and light-hearted | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Pirate's domain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Lawyer's degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 9, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 9, 2024, a Monday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is FLORA at 5 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 8 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 2024 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 9, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 9, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 9, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 5 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 9, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 9, 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.