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Our Daily Themed Crossword Hints for December 15, 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 15, 2023

You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the Daily Themed Crossword on 12/15/23. 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.

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  • Arrow’s partner

  • For ___ (gifting section for men)

  • Month before April, for short

  • ___-Wan Kenobi who mentors Luke Skywalker

  • Prefix with “corn” to mean a magical one-horned creature

  • Honest ___, Lincoln’s nickname

  • “I ___ let you down!”

  • Chrysler Building architect William van ___

  • Cunning, like a fox

  • Popular toy company famous for its plastic bricks

  • Celebratory frosted treat, and an item that you can bake by following the recipe in 28a, 41a, 46a, 1d, and 36d

  • Marlin, to Nemo

  • ___ Talks (influential lecture series)

  • “That’s sooo cute!”

  • Type of TV screen: Abbr.

  • (1/5) “First, let us preheat the ___ to the desired temperature!”

  • Office crew on a payroll, say

  • Japanese ruler, for short

  • Kissing in a concert, say: Abbr.

  • Skin opening

  • “Learn to Fly” band ___ Fighters

  • Morsel in snack mix

  • (2/5) “Now let us gently beat an ___ or two with a fork, these will make our dessert light and fluffy!”

  • Tampa Bay NFL player, for short

  • (3/5) “For the dry mixture, let us combine ___, sugar, baking powder, and salt”

  • “Hogwash!”

  • Place for a mud bath

  • Laugh ___ (like a hilarious comedy gig)

  • Light-circling insect

  • “For ___ a jolly good fellow…”

  • Red “Sesame Street” Muppet who refers to himself in the third person

  • Cartoon bubble?

  • One-___ wonder

  • Dawn deposit

  • (4/5) “After this, let us put this mixture into a ___, continuing to stir until all the ingredients are well combined”

  • Pitch-setting woodwind in an orchestra

  • Piece in a KFC bucket

  • Netflix alternative

  • Not at all competent (anagram of “nepit”)

  • Chop into tiny bits, as meat

  • Peel-off-___ (facial beauty sheet)

  • ___-bodied (fit and healthy)

  • “West Coast” singer Lana Del ___

  • Fox in “The Fox and the Hound”

  • “Thunderstruck” band: 2 wds.

  • “Without further ___…”

  • Cuddly alien of 1980s TV

  • Venomous Egyptian snake

  • Global commerce group since 1995: Abbr.

  • “World ___ Z,” 2013 zombie horror film

  • “Hysteria” band ___ Leppard

  • Cybersecurity tool for anonymous browsing: Abbr.

  • Dean’s email address-ending letters

  • Singer ___ King Cole of “Wild Is Love”

  • ___ sorry for yourself (self-pity)

  • Menacing mass of people

  • (5/5) “Finally, let’s grease a baking dish, ___ the batter into it, and place it into 28a!”

  • Al ___, former Vice President of the United States

  • Screen Actors ___ (labor union)

  • ___ strip (newspaper feature)

  • “The ___ and the Furious”

  • City that surrounds Vatican City

  • ___ list (daily agenda): Hyph.

  • Librarian’s “Be quiet!”

  • ___ Wei Asian Kitchen (restaurant chain)

  • Aid for a car in trouble?

  • Mad Hatter’s drink

  • “Into the Wild” actor ___ Holbrook

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.