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Christmas mini crosswords

Each of the 35 puzzles in the Christmas theme is a mini crossword whose themed answers come from one word list of 104 entries. 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, and the theme sits in the seasons and holidays family.

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Christmas by the numbers

There are 384 clues across the 35 puzzles, between 10 and 12 in each one. 99 of the answers belong to the theme, between 2 and 4 per puzzle, and the rest are everyday words that fill the grid.

Every Christmas puzzle, numbered

Numbers follow the order on the theme shelf. Clues are quoted so you can see the flavour of each puzzle, and the answers and grids stay inside the game.

  1. Puzzle 1, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ on earth” and “After-dinner snooze”
  2. Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “White topping on the cake” and “Candy ___, striped sweet”
  3. Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Hot chocolate drink” and “Warm head cover”
  4. Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Downhill snow ride” and “Topper on the tree”
  5. Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Festive hymn sung door to door” and “Santa's suit color”
  6. Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Prickly green with red berries” and “Like Santa's mood”
  7. Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Decorated evergreen indoors” and “Festive dinner meat”
  8. Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Opposite of naughty” and “Evergreen brought indoors”
  9. Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Little label with the name on it” and “What is under the tree”
  10. Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Gift of one of the wise men” and “The night before the big day”
  11. Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ Claus” and “Sweet in the stocking”
  12. Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  13. Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Santa's little helper” and “Naughty and nice roll”
  14. Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Santa's red topper” and “White coating on the window”
  15. Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  16. Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What holds the paper down” and “Ribbon knot on a parcel”
  17. Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Black stuff in the chimney” and “Where the sleigh lands”
  18. Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Tune with words” and “Evergreen with needles”
  19. Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Big antlered animal” and “What is under the tree”
  20. Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Take a little of the cocoa” and “Egg___, creamy holiday drink”
  21. Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Cook the goose” and “Something sweet for the children”
  22. Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Feeding trough that held the babe” and “What carollers do”
  23. Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “What skaters glide on” and “What the biscuits come in”
  24. Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Wrapped present” and “What crackles in the hearth”
  25. Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  26. Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Where the nativity took place” and “Old word for the Christmas season”
  27. Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Man in the red suit” and “Sticky stuff in a pine”
  28. Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Fruit ___, heavy festive loaf” and “What happens under the mistletoe”
  29. Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “What the cocoa goes in” and “___ Christmas”
  30. Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What you make for the year ahead” and “Festive dinner meat”
  31. Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Bird on an old-fashioned table” and “Little label with the name on it”
  32. Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Glide on the frozen pond” and “Decorated evergreen indoors”
  33. Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “The first ___, old carol” and “Santa's suit color”
  34. Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Cover a parcel in paper” and “What a bell does”
  35. Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Cinnamon, for one” and “Workshop crew at the North Pole”

More Christmas clues to try

Here are six clues the theme draws on; try to guess the answers before you play:

  • “Where you go for the holidays”
  • “Reindeer's foot”
  • “One little lamp on the string”
  • “Mince ___, holiday dessert”
  • “Santa's way in”
  • “Santa's ride”

Open the Christmas theme in the game

Want christmas puzzles only? Choose All the themes, pick Christmas, and work down the list at your own pace. There are 35 to get through.

Rules, the timer and the streak are in How to play Theme Minis.

Themes near Christmas

The full theme list has the rest. Prefer a quiz? Try Rewind; prefer words? See Stepword.