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

Daily Themed Crossword December 18 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 18, 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.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A (3/10) "No Christmas is complete without some mouth-watering treats! Let's put up the Christmas candy ___ " CANE 4 5A Play a part in a play ACT 3 8A Relaxed in a chair SAT 3 11A Spanish for "love" AMOR 4 12A "That feels so good!" AHH 3 13A ___ Arbor, Michigan ANN 3 14A Supermodel ___ Banks who once hosted "America's Got Talent" TYRA 4 15A What fills up a tire? AIR 3 16A Big Apple newspaper: Abbr. NYT 3 17A Shed bitter tears SOB 3 20A ___ a helping hand LEND 4 22A Villain's nemesis HERO 4 23A "Fist of Fury" star Bruce ___ LEE 3 24A Rihanna's "Te ___" AMO 3 26A ___ Lowe who starred in "9-1-1: Lone Star" ROB 3 28A Letters of urgency on a memo ASAP 4 32A "My ___ of Christmas," 2000 Christmas album by Christina Aguilera that was certified platinum KIND 4 34A Tool in a janitor's bucket MOP 3 36A Battle the clock RACE 4 37A "Puppy Love" singer Paul ANKA 4 38A Key between "ctrl" and "del" ALT 3 40A "Wrapped in ___," 2013 Christmas album by Kelly Clarkson that topped the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart RED 3 41A ___TV, "Impractical Jokers" network TRU 3 44A Otherworldly glow AURA 4 46A ___ in the neck (annoyance) PAIN 4 47A Victoria Beckham ___ Adams NEE 3 48A Black-eyed legume PEA 3 50A Confidentiality contract: Abbr. NDA 3 52A "Music from the ___ of Heaven," 1986 album from Wham! with the song "Last Christmas" EDGE 4 56A "Olympus ___ Fallen" (2013 movie) HAS 3 57A Upper Chamber member, for short SEN 3 58A Deceitful sort LIAR 4 59A Government agency that audits people: Abbr. IRS 3 60A Unit of work, in Physics ERG 3 61A Mick Jagger's title SIR 3
Down
1D Puss in Boots, e.g. CAT 3 2D Actress Adams of "Sharp Objects" AMY 3 3D "Neither a borrower ___ a lender be" NOR 3 4D Wipe out from a whiteboard, say ERASE 5 5D Organization that tows stranded motorists: Abbr. AAA 3 6D "Christmas & ___," 2015 Christmas EP by Ariana Grande that peaked at #3 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart CHILL 5 7D One too many, for a tango THREE 5 8D Beach volleyball court surface SAND 4 9D "I won't listen to this ___ longer!" ANY 3 10D Explosive letters TNT 3 18D Crash-prone "Catch-22" pilot ORR 3 19D Opposite of "bust" BOOM 4 21D Within arm's reach NEAR 4 22D Blast the car horn HONK 4 24D Rap sheet initials? AKA 3 25D 1/60th of an hour, for short MIN 3 27D Feather ___ (fluffy scarf) BOA 3 29D Actress Gilbert of "The Big Bang Theory" SARA 4 30D Do exceedingly well, as in a test ACE 3 31D Sidewalk user, for short PED 3 33D Info crunched during research, say DATA 4 35D ___ B (back-up strategy) PLAN 4 39D Wednesday preceder, for short TUE 3 42D "Lather, ___, and repeat" RINSE 5 43D "___ the Mistletoe," 2011 Christmas album by Justin Bieber that was certified double platinum UNDER 5 45D Movie roll REEL 4 46D "You shall not ___!" (Gandalf's line) PASS 4 48D Letter after upsilon PHI 3 49D Play by ___ (improvise) EAR 3 51D "Neighbours" actress Michelle ANG 3 53D Prefix with "honest" or "interested" DIS 3 54D Moo goo ___ pan (stir-fried dish) GAI 3 55D ___ on the side of caution ERR 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 118 letters
1C
2A
3N
4E
5A
6C
7T
8S
9A
10T
11A
M
O
R
12A
H
H
13A
N
N
14T
Y
R
A
15A
I
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16N
Y
T
17S
18O
19B
20L
E
21N
D
22H
E
R
O
23L
E
E
24A
25M
O
26R
O
27B
28A
29S
30A
31P
32K
I
N
33D
34M
O
35P
36R
A
C
E
37A
N
K
A
38A
L
39T
40R
E
D
41T
42R
43U
44A
U
45R
A
46P
A
I
N
47N
E
E
48P
49E
A
50N
D
51A
52E
53D
54G
55E
56H
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57S
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N
58L
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59I
R
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60E
R
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61S
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 18, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 18, 2023 puzzle

The December 18, 2023 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 Monday 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 18 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.