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Our Daily Themed Crossword Hints for December 2, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Daily Themed Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.

Daily Themed Crossword Hints, December 2, 2023

You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the Daily Themed Crossword on 12/2/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.


  • Poetic tribute

  • Jon Hamm’s “___ Men”

  • Close pal who’s got your back: Abbr.

  • ___ of bounds (restricted area)

  • Like some delicate trimmings (word hidden in “fallacy”)

  • Falling ice pellets, say

  • Small envelope-shaped handbag that defined the early 2000s after its appearance in “Sex and the City”

  • Veggie also known as lady’s finger

  • Return from a mountain?

  • Inclined sharply, like a challenging slope

  • ___ Winfrey with 18 Daytime Emmy Awards

  • Tool to gather fallen leaves

  • Type of leather handbag designed to be swung across the body that defined the ’70s

  • Employee’s monthly compensation, say

  • “I” issue?

  • Tuna in a Hawaiian household, maybe

  • Jonas Brother whose name is an alliteration

  • Butter, cream cheese, or jam, e.g.

  • Soundless communication system: Abbr.

  • Deflect, as an opponent’s sword

  • Shoulder ___, bag feature introduced by Chanel which freed up the wearer’s hands and defined the ’50s

  • Quickly fry in some oil, as mushrooms

  • Tissue thickness

  • “Ben-___,” epic drama film

  • “Superstar” rapper ___ Fiasco

  • Grad school mentor, for short

  • Run-___ (chance encounters)

  • Small land surrounded by water

  • Tea that’s Grey?

  • “Someone at work ___ my sandwich!” (Ross Geller’s frustration)

  • (1/10) “Grab some totes! We’re going to the ___ to start our Christmas shopping!”

  • “___ tuned! Solve the last words in the next 9 days and find a fun theme as you go along!”

  • Alley-___ (basketball play)

  • Group of two

  • “There’s more to the list…”: Abbr.

  • Subject with calculus, for short

  • One who might win an Oscar for a lead role

  • Artificially change the color, say

  • Easy-___ oven (toy oven for kids)

  • Heat source at a campsite

  • Type of handbag with a flippable cover that defined the ’80s

  • Dulce de ___ (Latin American confection)

  • Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak ___”

  • Body part attached to the neck

  • Reggae’s kin (anagram of “ask”)

  • Sugary suffix with “gluc” or “sucr”

  • Small pooch with a wrinkly face

  • ___ Speed Wagon (old motor truck)

  • Continent east of the Urals

  • Slightly open, as a window

  • ___ Parks, civil rights activist

  • Website where you’d write “The food here will just warm your soul!”

  • Pirate’s grunt

  • “Watch it fella!”

  • Past tense of “sit”

  • Qualifying round, for short

  • High-speed internet connection initials

  • Chainmail ___, iconic statement piece that defined the ’60s and was perfect to bedazzle the dance floor with

  • Writes a text message

  • “Honey Boy” star ___ LaBeouf

  • Petunia Dursley, to Harry Potter

  • Banana’s protective wardrobe?

  • Country whose capital is Washington, D.C.: Abbr.

  • Show that follows the lives of Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily: Abbr.

  • Critter that scurries in the subway

  • “Let You Love Me” singer Rita

  • Swattable insect

Daily Themed Crossword is a popular online crossword puzzle game that is updated daily with new puzzles for players to solve. The game is developed by PlaySimple Games and is available on both iOS and Android devices.


Daily Themed Crossword
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The puzzles in Daily Themed Crossword are organized around a different theme each day, with clues and answers related to that theme. For example, the theme for a particular day might be movies, and all the clues and answers would be related to movies in some way.


Daily Themed Crossword
Daily Themed Crossword

The game is designed to be accessible to players of all skill levels, with puzzles ranging from easy to difficult. The game also includes helpful features such as hints and the ability to reveal individual letters or words to help players progress through more challenging puzzles.


Daily Themed Crosswords
Daily Themed Crosswords

If you enjoy the Daily Themed Crossword, we think you’d also enjoy the LA Times Crossword and the NYT Crossword. If you’re still struggling to solve your crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first.