Daily Themed Crossword December 1, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 1, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
December 1, 2025 — All 69 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Singer ___ Dylan of Blowin' in the Wind | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___-ching! (cash register sound) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Feeling gloomy and unhappy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Prefix with dermis or center | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Rowboater's propeller | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Actress Jessica ___ of Into the Blue | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Tic-___-toe (game that if played well ends in a draw) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Prefix before biotic or virus | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Cake layer as seen in wedding cakes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Mixture of rain and snow (rhymes with fleet) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Sleepless in ___ (Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starrer) | Show answer | 7 | |
| #12 | Nintendo's Super ___ (retro gaming console): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Glide downhill on snow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Kind of cheese with curds that's a good source of protein | Show answer | 7 | |
| #15 | ___ Cooper singer of Under My Wheels whose name has a hint of cold tucked within | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Man's best friend as per a popular saying | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___-la-la! (humming syllables) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Bard of ___ (Shakespeare's title) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | ___ Girls Wannabe band with Posh and Scary whose name might supply the rocks for your drink | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Firepit residue | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Billion-year span | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Cleopatra's bane allegedly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Help! from a ship | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | The Late Show with Stephen ___ | Show answer | 7 | |
| #25 | Leave stranded by a winter storm ... or a description of the frosty theme words at 27a 35a 57a 3d and 42d: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Kind of history | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Roth ___ (savings option): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Give an Uber 5 stars say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___ Parade band of Eyes See Stars part of whose name might slip you up on a snowy day | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Corn throwaway | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Continent of India and Japan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Seek an answer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Some Men in Black characters: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Suppressed with up | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | All ___ are off (unpredictable outcome) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Milky white gemstone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Bo ___ singer of Blades of Glory part of whose name you might be able to figure skate on | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Debate side that is not pro | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Fedora and sombrero for two | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Sun sign with a ram as its symbol | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Narrow skirt opening | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Cain's brother | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Truth or ___ (party game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | ___ the Hun (5th century conqueror) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #45 | I ___ lot of food and I can't even move now (words after a good meal): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Cold season's busiest doctor perhaps: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Letters before a nickname | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | ___. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Musical purchases that can be burned: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Alley-___ (NBA move) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Letters before Fridays in a casual dining chain name: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Eventful period in history | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | ___ had it up to here! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Whisper sweet nothings | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Letter after emm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Braying beast of burden | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | The C of CNN | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Opposite of WNW: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ polloi (the general people) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Kelly ___ singer of It's Gonna Rain whose name conceals a fragment of winter | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Junkyard junk | Show answer | 5 | |
| #62 | Deep sleep | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Can you help me ___ it too much to ask for?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | For ___ of a better word ... | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Relaxed gait for a horse | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | ___ of access (accessibility system setting) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #67 | I feel ___ my bones: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | Cool! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #69 | Mountain-climber targets for short | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 1, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 1, 2025, a Monday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SEATTLE at 7 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, and 4 clues carry 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 1, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 1, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 1, 2025 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 69 clues with answers from 3 to 7 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 1, 2025 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 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 1, 2025 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.