Daily Themed Crossword December 12, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the December 12, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
December 12, 2025 — 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 | Number that follows nine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Double-helix genetic material: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Put money on a race say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Mi ___ (Spanish for my love) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Alley-___ (NBA play) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | King Kong for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Ballerina's costume | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Through thick and ___ (under all circumstances) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Shop ___ You Drop popular game show | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___-cone (cold treat) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Lay eyes on | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Word that means to make a difference ... or when used with white pale tissue of the brain and spinal cord | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | ___ de toilette (lightly scented perfume) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Four score and seven years ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Dial-up internet alternative: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Chest bones | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Summertime Sadness singer ___ Del Rey | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Opposite of in ... or a word with white to mean a dangerous weather condition when snow severely affects visibility | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Dedicated to the ___ Love: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | ___ room (fun and activities room informally) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Offer a price at an auction | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | The Situation Room channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Event hosts: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Opposite of dark ... or a word with white to mean a form of electromagnetic radiation that looks colorless but contains all colors | LIGHT | 5 | |
| #25 | Remarkable achievement (rhymes with seat) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Trio after K | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Largest association of doctors in the US: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Lil Wayne's genre | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Smallest unit of life ... or when used with white disease-fighting component of blood also called a leukocyte | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Word before profile or blow | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | X-___ large (tee size perhaps) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Vowels between a and u | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Hamlet to Gertrude | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Wee backward | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | The in French | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Tit for ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Australian bird that's the world's second-largest after the ostrich | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | ___ so fast mister! (Slow down!) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Play-___ (children's clay toy) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Unpleasant sound ... or a word with white to mean a low humming sound that results from many combined frequencies | Show answer | 5 | |
| #41 | Sleep ___ (disorder that makes it hard to breathe) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Nocturnal mammal that hangs around in a cave | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Prefix with center or dermal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Graham Bell's patent for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Sign of oxidation ... or a word with white to mean a fungal plant disease with white spores | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Upper body part often depicted in sculptures | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Father of Todd and Rod Flanders on The Simpsons | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Currency in France | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Negative prefix with nourished or nutrition | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Gelatin in a petri dish (anagram of raga) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Don't take that ___ with me! (Don't speak to me like that!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | ___ dub (heartbeat sounds) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Waistline unit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Like one's knee when proposing | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | Sloth or gluttony for one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Wile E. Coyote's TNT supplier | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | Cash register | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | ___ sum (Chinese dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | A la ___ (menu option) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Unwavering unblinking look | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Health supplement chain: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Young deer | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Pacino and Gore for two | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Utterance from an uddered one | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Pet's furry foot | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Slippery swimmer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Make a dishonest statement say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | ___ Alamitos California | Show answer | 3 |
How the December 12, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 12, 2025, a Friday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MATTER at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 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 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for December 12, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
December 12, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the December 12, 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 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 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 12, 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 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 12, 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.