Daily Themed Crossword December 16 2025 Answers (12/16/25)

Our Daily Themed Crossword December 16, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Daily Themed Crossword is available as a mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. It has become a popular crossword app due to its regular crossword offerings and difficulty level (not too easy, not too difficult, generally). They release a new crossword each day, every day of the year, and each crossword has a theme and allows for hints in case an answer involves a more obscure word.

Daily Themed Crossword December 16, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Themed Crossword on 12/16/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Lima's country
5A	Sunscreen bottle letters
8A	Pablo Picasso's work
11A	Like the numbers 2, 4, and 6
12A	Not up to ___ (inadequate)
13A	Peek-a-___ (game played with a baby)
14A	Vehicle that's often hired at the airport
15A	"Pick a card, ___ card" (magician's words)
16A	"Can I ___ you?" (information desk offer)
17A	Tic ___ (mint candy)
19A	Chicago ___, NBA team home to Michael Jordan, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit
20A	"With friends like ___, who needs enemies?"
22A	Month number eight, for short
23A	Bits of chia or hemp
24A	___ F.C, Premier League soccer team home to Thierry Henry, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit
28A	Buddy
29A	Shady tree hidden in "Belmont"
30A	Apply, as a tool
31A	___ Cardinals, NFL team home to Larry Fitzgerald, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit
34A	Sight, smell, or touch, e.g.
36A	Bank account earnings, for short
37A	Cook a turkey in the oven, say
38A	Kansas ___ Chiefs, NFL team home to Len Dawson, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit
40A	"___ & Oh's" (Elle King hit)
41A	Like one's clothing after getting drenched
42A	December 25th, informally
45A	Actress ___ Thompson who played Professor Sybill Trelawney
49A	Run-___ (chance encounters)
50A	Former telecom giant: Abbr.
51A	Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb
52A	Old-fashioned "no" (anagram of 15a)
53A	Fulfilled, as expectations
54A	___ de Armas, "No Time to Die" actress
1D	Teacher's ___ (favorite)
2D	Actress ___ Longoria from "Desperate Housewives"
3D	T-___ ("Jurassic Park" dino, for short)
4D	Manchester ___ F.C., Premier League soccer team home to Wayne Rooney, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit
5D	Astronaut's domain
6D	Peter ___ (boy from Neverland)
7D	Cook in hot oil, say
8D	Cain's biblical brother
9D	Cinnamon ___ (swirly pastry)
10D	Spinning toys
16D	Godzilla-sized, say
18D	Another word for a donkey
19D	Field trip transport choice
20D	Crybaby's drop
21D	Prefix with "pad" or "copter"
22D	Limb that lifts
23D	Place to de-stress
24D	Montgomery's state, for short
25D	Convent sisters
26D	Manager's aide, for short
27D	Marvel Comics legend Stan ___
29D	Otoscope-wielding doctor: Abbr.
32D	Unwanted skin eruption, informally
33D	Shiny black gemstone that often has parallel bands
34D	Boston Red ___, MLB team home to Ted Williams, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit
35D	Artist's canvas holder
37D	"Start over" button
38D	John ___ (WWE wrestler)
39D	"___ Bitsy Spider" (kindergarten song)
41D	W, in sports statistics
43D	"Saltburn" studio: Abbr.
44D	Gobbled some turkey, say
46D	"___ culpa" ("My bad!")
47D	Superhero name ender, often
48D	___ Lovelace (English mathematician)

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.

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.

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.

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