"Mind your head!" — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the December 5 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
DUCK
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
December 5 2025
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword December 5 2025
DUCK
Cricket term that shares its name with a common river-wading bird, which refers to a batsman's dismissal with a score of "zero"
DUCK
4
Web-footed quacking bird ... or a verb that means to quickly lower your head to avoid getting hit by something
DUCK
4
Quacking waterbird
DUCK
4
Web-footed water bird that makes waves as the mascot for Anaheim's NHL team
DUCK
4
Word repeated before "goose" to make a classic circle game where one taps heads and then runs to avoid getting caught
DUCK
4
Donald or Daffy of cartoons
DUCK
4
"Quacking" swimmer
DUCK
4
*Lame ___ (unsuccessful endeavor)
DUCK
4
Daffy ___, animated black-and-yellow bird seen in "Looney Tunes" who had human-like traits
DUCK
4
Quacking bird whose scientific name is Anatidae anseriformes
DUCK
4
Quacking waterbird
DUCK
4
"It takes ___ to tango"
TWO
3
Mouse catcher
TRAP
4
"___! You're it!" (child's cry)
TAG
3
Titanic, e.g.
SHIP
4
Actor's part in a play
ROLE
4
"Ben-___" (epic historical film starring Charlton Heston)
HUR
3
"Stay in your ___!" ("Mind your own business!")
LANE
4
Takes advantage of
USES
4
"It's ___-or-die situation!": 2 wds.
ADO
3
Actor Wilson of "Marley & Me"
OWEN
4
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