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THURSDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 35 ACROSS · 33 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 12 2024 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 12, 2024 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 ___ of expertise (field) AREA 4 5A Powder from a fire ASH 3 8A Mr. and ___ (addresses for a married couple) MRS 3 11A "Big, bad" creature from "Little Red Riding Hood" WOLF 4 12A Bathroom, in London LOO 3 13A Enjoy a pizza, say EAT 3 14A From ___ to right LEFT 4 15A "It's not all ___ and games" FUN 3 16A Electric guitar's enhancer, for short AMP 3 17A Female sheep EWE 3 20A Lunch time, often NOON 4 22A ___ reef (underwater ecosystem) CORAL 5 24A Free from moisture DRY 3 25A "___ the Grinch Stole Christmas," 2000 movie where the Grinch sneaks into the fireplace to steal presents HOW 3 26A Cut off, as a branch LOP 3 28A At a ___ for words (dumbstruck) LOSS 4 32A Ginger ___ (soft drink) ALE 3 33A "Montero" rapper Lil ___ X NAS 3 35A Decay, like stale food ROT 3 36A Reduce to a pulp, as potatoes MASH 4 38A "___ are you?" (question of identity) WHO 3 40A University website ender EDU 3 41A Mel ___, baseball legend OTT 3 44A First "A" in AKA ALSO 4 46A "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's ___," 2001 movie where the wizards make use of the fireplace to magically travel to places STONE 5 48A Opus ___ DEI 3 49A Try to pursue romantically WOO 3 50A Mexican food truck staple TACO 4 52A "___ Be Afraid of the Dark," 2010 horror movie where monsters lurk in the fireplace DONT 4 56A Hospital sites for surgeries: Abbr. ORS 3 57A Do some stitching, say SEW 3 58A ___ bit (tiny amount) WEE 3 59A UFO occupants: Abbr. ETS 3 60A Ernie ___, "The Big Easy" golfer ELS 3 61A "'Salem's ___," Stephen King novel LOT 3
Down
1D Hole-punching tool AWL 3 2D Sushi eggs ROE 3 3D North Pole assistant ELF 3 4D "The Day ___ Tomorrow," 2004 sci-fi movie where the students burn books in the New York library fireplace to survive the freezing cold AFTER 5 5D Furry alien of the '80s ALF 3 6D "The ___ of Music" (film that features the Solfege) SOUND 5 7D Maid of ___ (wedding figure) HONOR 5 8D Like the Grinch, say MEAN 4 9D Aries zodiac symbol RAM 3 10D Engine additive letters STP 3 18D ___-Mart Stores (former retail chain name) WAL 3 19D ___ Musk, founder of The Boring Company ELON 4 21D Olive ___ (Popeye's girlfriend) OYL 3 22D RC ___ (caramel-colored soda) COLA 4 23D Has debts to pay OWES 4 25D Cuban sandwich meat HAM 3 27D Fox's foot PAW 3 29D Dunked cookie OREO 4 30D Grassy lawn bit SOD 3 31D "Disco" dude on "The Simpsons" STU 3 34D "Dark ___," 2012 dark fantasy movie where the fireplace conceals a secret passage SHADOWS 7 37D "Well, boo-___!" HOO 3 39D The Grand ___ Opry OLE 3 42D Explosive stuff: Abbr. TNT 3 43D Mock playfully TEASE 5 45D ___ Vicious of the Sex Pistols SID 3 46D Arrange in order, as laundry SORT 4 47D Pregame coin flip TOSS 4 49D "O, ___ the day!" (Miranda's exclamation in "The Tempest") WOE 3 51D Pixar Studios frame CEL 3 53D Nocturnal bird OWL 3 54D ___-noir (movie genre) NEO 3 55D Big celebration in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City TET 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 118 letters
1A
2R
3E
4A
5A
6S
7H
8M
9R
10S
11W
O
L
F
12L
O
O
13E
A
T
14L
E
F
T
15F
U
N
16A
M
P
17E
18W
19E
20N
O
21O
N
22C
23O
R
A
L
24D
R
Y
25H
O
W
26L
O
27P
28L
29O
30S
31S
32A
L
E
33N
A
34S
35R
O
T
36M
A
S
37H
38W
H
39O
40E
D
U
41O
42T
43T
44A
L
45S
O
46S
47T
O
N
E
48D
E
I
49W
O
O
50T
A
51C
O
52D
53O
54N
55T
56O
R
S
57S
E
W
58W
E
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59E
T
S
60E
L
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61L
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 12, 2024. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 12, 2024 puzzle

The December 12, 2024 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 35 across and 33 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Thursday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the December 12 2024 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.