FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 69 CLUES · 35 ACROSS · 34 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword December 15 2023 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the December 15, 2023 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.
1A
Arrow's partner
BOW
3
4A
For ___ (gifting section for men)
HIM
3
7A
Month before April, for short
MAR
3
10A
___-Wan Kenobi who mentors Luke Skywalker
OBI
3
11A
Prefix with "corn" to mean a magical one-horned creature
UNI
3
12A
Honest ___, Lincoln's nickname
ABE
3
13A
"I ___ let you down!"
WONT
4
15A
Chrysler Building architect William van ___
ALEN
4
16A
Cunning, like a fox
SLY
3
17A
Popular toy company famous for its plastic bricks
LEGO
4
18A
Celebratory frosted treat, and an item that you can bake by following the recipe in 28a, 41a, 46a, 1d, and 36d
CUPCAKE
7
20A
Marlin, to Nemo
DAD
3
22A
___ Talks (influential lecture series)
TED
3
23A
"That's sooo cute!"
AWW
3
26A
Type of TV screen: Abbr.
LCD
3
28A
(1/5) "First, let us preheat the ___ to the desired temperature!"
OVEN
4
32A
Office crew on a payroll, say
STAFF
5
34A
Japanese ruler, for short
EMP
3
37A
Kissing in a concert, say: Abbr.
PDA
3
38A
Skin opening
PORE
4
39A
"Learn to Fly" band ___ Fighters
FOO
3
40A
Morsel in snack mix
NUT
3
41A
(2/5) "Now let us gently beat an ___ or two with a fork, these will make our dessert light and fluffy!"
EGG
3
44A
Tampa Bay NFL player, for short
BUC
3
46A
(3/5) "For the dry mixture, let us combine ___, sugar, baking powder, and salt"
FLOUR
5
48A
"Hogwash!"
ROT
3
50A
Place for a mud bath
SPA
3
52A
Laugh ___ (like a hilarious comedy gig)
RIOT
4
54A
Light-circling insect
MOTH
4
57A
"For ___ a jolly good fellow..."
HES
3
58A
Red "Sesame Street" Muppet who refers to himself in the third person
ELMO
4
59A
Cartoon bubble?
IDEA
4
60A
One-___ wonder
HIT
3
61A
Dawn deposit
DEW
3
62A
<"Make sure you're nice this holiday season! Or you might just find some ___ in your stockings!">
COAL
4
1D
(4/5) "After this, let us put this mixture into a ___, continuing to stir until all the ingredients are well combined"
BOWL
4
2D
Pitch-setting woodwind in an orchestra
OBOE
4
3D
Piece in a KFC bucket
WING
4
4D
Netflix alternative
HULU
4
5D
Not at all competent (anagram of "nepit")
INEPT
5
6D
Chop into tiny bits, as meat
MINCE
5
7D
Peel-off-___ (facial beauty sheet)
MASK
4
8D
___-bodied (fit and healthy)
ABLE
4
9D
"West Coast" singer Lana Del ___
REY
3
14D
Fox in "The Fox and the Hound"
TOD
3
15D
"Thunderstruck" band: 2 wds.
ACDC
4
19D
"Without further ___..."
ADO
3
21D
Cuddly alien of 1980s TV
ALF
3
23D
Venomous Egyptian snake
ASP
3
24D
Global commerce group since 1995: Abbr.
WTO
3
25D
"World ___ Z," 2013 zombie horror film
WAR
3
27D
"Hysteria" band ___ Leppard
DEF
3
29D
Cybersecurity tool for anonymous browsing: Abbr.
VPN
3
30D
Dean's email address-ending letters
EDU
3
31D
Singer ___ King Cole of "Wild Is Love"
NAT
3
33D
___ sorry for yourself (self-pity)
FEEL
4
35D
Menacing mass of people
MOB
3
36D
(5/5) "Finally, let's grease a baking dish, ___ the batter into it, and place it into 28a!"
POUR
4
42D
Al ___, former Vice President of the United States
GORE
4
43D
Screen Actors ___ (labor union)
GUILD
5
45D
___ strip (newspaper feature)
COMIC
5
46D
"The ___ and the Furious"
FAST
4
47D
City that surrounds Vatican City
ROME
4
49D
___ list (daily agenda): Hyph.
TODO
4
50D
Librarian's "Be quiet!"
SHH
3
51D
___ Wei Asian Kitchen (restaurant chain)
PEI
3
53D
Aid for a car in trouble?
TOW
3
55D
Mad Hatter's drink
TEA
3
56D
"Into the Wild" actor ___ Holbrook
HAL
3
No clue on this page matches that text.
1B
2O
3W
4H
5I
6M
7M
8A
9R
10O
B
I
11U
N
I
12A
B
E
13W
O
N
14T
15A
L
E
N
16S
L
Y
17L
E
G
O
18C
U
P
C
19A
K
E
20D
21A
D
22T
E
D
23A
24W
25W
26L
C
27D
28O
29V
30E
31N
32S
T
A
33F
F
34E
35M
36P
37P
D
A
38P
O
R
E
39F
O
O
40N
U
T
41E
42G
43G
44B
U
45C
46F
L
O
U
47R
48R
O
49T
50S
51P
A
52R
I
O
53T
54M
O
55T
56H
57H
E
S
58E
L
M
O
59I
D
E
A
60H
I
T
61D
E
W
62C
O
A
L
The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 15, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the December 15, 2023 puzzle
The December 15, 2023 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 69 clues — 35 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday 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 15 2023 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.