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MONDAY · 14 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 32 ACROSS · 36 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 12 2022 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 12, 2022 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A "I ___ your pardon!" BEG 3 4A Facebook image, for short PIC 3 7A Publish, as on Instagram POST 4 11A "The Diary of a Young Girl" writer ___ Frank ANNE 4 13A "Much ___ About Nothing" ADO 3 14A "He's ___ no good": 2 wds. UPTO 4 15A White ___ (US President's quarters) HOUSE 5 17A "Going to California" band ___ Zeppelin LED 3 18A Red carpet attendee STAR 4 19A ___ Blair, "Hellboy" actress SELMA 5 21A Once in a ___ (sometimes) WHILE 5 22A "Mr. ___ & the Big Steppers," 2022 music album by Kendrick Lamar that debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 MORALE 6 25A Hen, in the past CHICK 5 26A "Macbeth" or "Hamlet," e.g. PLAY 4 27A Carnegie ___ University, Pittsburgh MELLON 6 30A "___ Jude" (Beatles classic) HEY 3 31A Layered cookie OREO 4 32A "The Good Wife" network: Abbr. CBS 3 35A 2022 music album by Beyonce that debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 RENAISSANCE 11 39A Villain's domain EVIL 4 41A "Lose Yourself" rapper whose name sounds like a brand of chocolate EMINEM 6 42A 2022 music album by South Korean group BTS that debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 PROOF 5 43A Flynn who played Robin Hood ERROL 5 45A The "U" in CPU UNIT 4 46A Student advocacy group: Abbr. PTA 3 47A Heredity units GENES 5 51A Nervous twitch TIC 3 52A Country ___ (lodging option) INN 3 53A "___ FM," 2022 music album by the Weeknd that debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 DAWN 4 54A Informal summer wear TEE 3 55A Rock band Jimmy ___ World EAT 3 56A Hairstyling gunk GEL 3
Down
1D "___, humbug!" BAH 3 2D Music producer Brian ___ ENO 3 3D Bearded beast of Africa GNU 3 4D Beach plant with dates PALM 4 5D "I have no ___!" ("Don't ask me!") IDEA 4 6D Atlantic ___ (fish) COD 3 7D "___ P," 2022 collaboration between Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug that debuted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 PUSHIN 6 8D ___ nerve (related to the eye) OPTIC 5 9D Plant stem STALK 5 10D Ripped a shirt, say TORE 4 12D English class composition ESSAY 5 16D Slithery fish EEL 3 20D Fruit that's an anagram of "melon" LEMON 5 21D You-know-___ (aka Lord Voldemort) WHO 3 22D Speed-limit letters MPH 3 23D Soccer chant OLE 3 24D Bit of sunshine RAY 3 25D "Hold Me ___," 2022 collaboration between Britney Spears and Elton John that debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 CLOSER 6 28D Disco ___ (early '70s) ERA 3 29D Floral Oahu wear LEI 3 32D "Inside Politics" network: Abbr. CNN 3 33D Pre A.D. letters BCE 3 34D Academic year division, for short SEM 3 35D Laugh ___ (very funny person) RIOT 4 36D North Pole worker ELF 3 37D Urban haze SMOG 4 38D Had the flu, say AILED 5 39D Orange muppet from "Sesame Street" who is Bert's partner ERNIE 5 40D "The ___" (singing show with blind auditions) VOICE 5 42D Gentle golf stroke PUTT 4 43D Sicily's active volcano ETNA 4 44D ___ and rave (complain angrily) RANT 4 46D "Sweetest ___," 2022 collaboration between Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa that debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 PIE 3 48D Keep pestering NAG 3 49D One with a wool coat? EWE 3 50D NBC's popular skit show: Abbr. SNL 3
Solved grid14 x 13 · 136 letters
1B
2E
3G
4P
5I
6C
7P
8O
9S
10T
11A
N
N
12E
13A
D
O
14U
P
T
O
15H
O
U
S
16E
17L
E
D
18S
T
A
R
19S
E
20L
M
A
21W
H
I
L
E
22M
23O
24R
A
L
E
25C
H
I
C
K
26P
L
A
Y
27M
28E
29L
L
O
N
30H
E
Y
31O
R
E
O
32C
33B
34S
35R
36E
N
A
I
S
37S
38A
N
C
E
39E
40V
I
L
41E
M
I
N
E
M
42P
R
O
O
F
43E
44R
R
O
L
45U
N
I
T
46P
T
A
47G
E
48N
49E
50S
51T
I
C
52I
N
N
53D
A
W
N
54T
E
E
55E
A
T
56G
E
L

The completed 14 x 13 grid for December 12, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 12, 2022 puzzle

The December 12, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 14 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 32 across and 36 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Monday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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