Monday · December 15, 2025 · Crossword

Daily Themed Crossword December 15, 2025 Answers

All 69 Clues Solved

Every clue and answer from the December 15, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.

69Clues
7Longest
3Shortest
2Abbreviations
Answers

December 15, 2025 — All 69 Clues

Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.

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#1 Cry loudly Show answer 3
#2 Fake hairpiece Show answer 3
#3 NHL great Bobby ___ Show answer 3
#4 Fill-in-___-blank Show answer 3
#5 Bicycle tire filler Show answer 3
#6 Cow's call Show answer 3
#7 Liquids used for cooking or for massages Show answer 4
#8 ___ de Janeiro Brazilian city known for its carnival Show answer 3
#9 San Francisco's ___ Hill (rhymes with cob) Show answer 3
#10 North Star Show answer 7
#11 The ___ Stripes garage rock duo known for Seven Nation Army who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 Show answer 5
#12 Tac and Toe's buddy Show answer 3
#13 Letters after L Show answer 3
#14 ___ Cocker blues singer known for Up Where We Belong who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 Show answer 3
#15 ___ Where's My Car? (2000 comedy) Show answer 4
#16 Actress Kudrow of Friends Show answer 4
#17 ___ Taylor popular clothing retailer Show answer 3
#18 Acorn-dropping tree Show answer 3
#19 ___-eye steak Show answer 3
#20 Repair as old clothes Show answer 4
#21 Coca-___ (soft drink) Show answer 4
#22 Woodcutter's chopper Show answer 3
#23 That's so gross! Show answer 3
#24 What you get from lying in the sun Show answer 3
#25 Big brand in contact lens care Show answer 4
#26 Shortest month for short Show answer 3
#27 Egg ___ yung (omelet dish) Show answer 3
#28 Ridesharing app like Lyft Show answer 4
#29 ___-N-Pepa hip hop group known for Push It that was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 Show answer 4
#30 Garten of the Food Network Show answer 3
#31 My man! Show answer 3
#32 Thanks for the loan letters Show answer 3
#33 ___ Company hard rock band known for Can't Get Enough that was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 Show answer 3
#34 Root vegetable with a purple variety Show answer 3
#35 Info on a driver's license: Abbr. Show answer 3
#36 Cut it out! Show answer 4
#37 Cincinnati's home Show answer 4
#38 Thom ___ record producer known for the Philadelphia soul genre who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 Show answer 4
#39 Star ___ (fantasy series with Jedi masters) Show answer 4
#40 3 in Roman numerals Show answer 3
#41 ___-up (adult) Show answer 5
#42 Prefix with potent or present Show answer 4
#43 Tree anchor Show answer 4
#44 Judge's gown Show answer 4
#45 Humpty Dumpty ___ on a Wall (nursery rhyme) Show answer 3
#46 Get ___ of (eliminate) Show answer 3
#47 Critical hospital ward: Abbr. Show answer 3
#48 Fourth of July or Easter for short Show answer 3
#49 McDonald's has a Happy one Show answer 4
#50 Fruity bread spread Show answer 3
#51 ___ Piece (Japanese manga series) Show answer 3
#52 Letter after emm? Show answer 3
#53 Cock-a-doodle-___ Show answer 3
#54 Setting for Ben Affleck's Argo Show answer 4
#55 Half of a dozen eggs Show answer 3
#56 Honest White House resident familiarly Show answer 3
#57 Oscar winner Winslet Show answer 4
#58 ___ date (essay deadline) Show answer 3
#59 ___ Checker rock and roll singer known for The Twist who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 Show answer 6
#60 Bearded African antelope Show answer 3
#61 Tummy muscles for short Show answer 3
#62 Place for a pothole Show answer 4
#63 Start ___ scratch (begin again) Show answer 4
#64 Tell a lie Show answer 3
#65 I'm ___ tight schedule!: 2 wds. Show answer 3
#66 Period for Taylor Swift? Show answer 3
#67 Word following legal or hearing Show answer 3
#68 Restroom to a Londoner Show answer 3
#69 Ice cream unit sometimes Show answer 3
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About this puzzle

How the December 15, 2025 Grid Breaks Down

This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for December 15, 2025, a Monday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is POLARIS at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.

Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 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 15, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.

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FAQ

December 15, 2025 — Questions

What are the Daily Themed Crossword answers for December 15, 2025?
The December 15, 2025 grid has 69 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed in the table above, in the order they appear in the puzzle.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
There are 69 clues. The longest answer is POLARIS at 7 letters and the shortest runs to 3. 2 clues are flagged as abbreviations.
Is there a mini puzzle for this date?
Yes — the mini crossword for December 15, 2025 has 10 clues and is archived separately.
Where can I find other dates?
The daily archive holds 3,216 dates in total, including December 14, 2025 and December 16, 2025.
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Pro tips

3 Tips for the December 15, 2025 Crossword

01

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.

02

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.

03

There is a mini board for this date too

Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for December 15, 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.

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How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify this board

The 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the December 15, 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, 2026
Numbers

Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers

69clues on this board
7longest answer
6,030boards archived
240,941clues indexed
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How to play

How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword

How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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