Daily Themed Crossword December 31, 2024 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 31, 2024 grid, in puzzle order.
December 31, 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 | First digit in the year we're about to welcome: 2025 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Alphabet-starting trio | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Sound heard when opening a champagne bottle on New Year's | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Difficult situation (rhymes with find) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Woo-___! Here's to the new year! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Sailor's yes | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Poker pot starter | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Last three vowels | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | ___-Z (group after millennials) for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | What you score in soccer or hockey or resolutions that are set as a New Year's tradition | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Leg joint that bends | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Tombstone letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Pig's home | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Clock setting in New York that is key to the Times Square Ball Drop: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Online haha: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Flush out unhealthy substances from the body (a resolution for the New Year) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #17 | ___ cam big screen moment captured between innings or a New Year's tradition that is shared between loved ones | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | ___ list (List of resolutions to follow in the New Year perhaps): Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | In poor health | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Jacob's biblical twin | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Letters between T and X | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | DJ's stack that might contain old-school New Year's playlists: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Rank below sergeant: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Double-helix molecule: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Rallying words from fans in the stands or a cry to mark the New Year's tradition of raising glasses | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | Riff-___ (undesirable person) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Boston Celtics league: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | ___ ready to make this year my best yet?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Apple's voice assistant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Everything is in perfect condition.: Hyph. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Opposite of pro in a debate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Currency in Bulgaria | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | ___ to 2024 hello to 2025 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Language spoken in London for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | ___ you next year! (classic New Year's joke) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Not yet scheduled: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Sparrow's flying aid | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | ___ the next chapter... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Tuna from Hawaii | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Things people resolve to read more of in the New Year | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Crucial last moments in a game or a popular New Year's tradition that involves shouting numbers backwards | Show answer | 9 | |
| #42 | Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365 (common New Year's phrase) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Hey in Spain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Writing tool you may use to jot down your New Year's resolutions | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | First word in a letter usually | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Rapper ___ Wayne | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | This is a perfect ___ to watch the New Year's fireworks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Body part with a lid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Barely make a living with out | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Female sibling or someone to spend New Year's Eve with for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Airport screening group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | ___ Gehrig of baseball | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Nervous twitch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Out with the ___ in with the new (common New Year's idiom) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Big t-shirt sizes for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ is life | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Storage mediums for movies: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Zesty garnish in cocktails | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Horace's ___ Poetica | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Dessert that might get cut at New Year's parties | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Boxer's arena or a New Year's tradition that announces the beginning of the New Year (with in) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Feels sick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Young wild and ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Last digit in the New Year we're about to welcome: 2025 | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Capture as a thief | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Young male child | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 31, 2024 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 31, 2024, a Tuesday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is COUNTDOWN at 9 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 9 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 31, 2024 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 31, 2024 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 31, 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 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 31, 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 31, 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.