Conquer The Atlantic Games: Today’s Answers for December 20, 2025

It is Saturday, December 20, 2025, and if you are leaning hard into weekend mode, here is a tidy brain boost: The Atlantic Games dropped a fresh trio of puzzles, and I have got the full solutions with just enough context so they actually make sense.

Fluxis: today is base word is PRODUCT

Fluxis is that chain-reaction word game where each step has a rule. Here is how today clicks together from the starting word PRODUCT:

Category 1 - Adjectives: You land on DUCTILE. The trick note they flagged: you are pulling the letter T from PRODUCT as part of the build. DUCTILE fits the adjective brief and uses letters you can justify from the base.

Category 2 - More vowels than consonants: ECONOMISE. Simple rule check here: ECONOMISE has more vowels than consonants, so it satisfies the category.

Category 3 - Alternating vowel-consonant: SETUP. This one is a little fiddly. You grab SE off ECONOMISE, then finish on the P from PRODUCT to 'close the circuit,' all while keeping that vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant pattern intact. End result: SETUP.

Bracket City: tiny typos will wreck you

Today is bracket chain is tight and unforgiving. If you got hung up, here is the full path, clue to answer, in order:

• [precipitation 🌧️] - RAIN
• [shower drain menace 💈] - HAIR
• [peach __ (fine hair that grows on most of the body) 🍑] - FUZZ
• [small fuzzy ball on a sweater 💊] - PILL
• [🎶 "No __ till Brooklyn!" 🎶] - SLEEP
• [pill to help you sleep 💤] - AMBIEN
• [ambient composer Brian] - ENO
• [enough __ enough 🙅‍♂️] - IS
• [red suit] - DIAMOND
• [💎 diamond in the ➡️ ⬅️ and tumble 👊] - ROUGH
• [classic tattoo for a sailor ⚓️] - ANCHOR
• ["this just ___ !" (said by an anchor while pushing on an earpiece)] - IN
• [city where the Seine can be seen 🇫🇷] - PARIS
• [iconic cracker or Paris hotel 🎩] - RITZ
• [ritzier class than "premium economy" ✈️] - FIRST
• [you might prepare a rough or first one ✍️] - DRAFT

Stacks: five base words become five new ones

Stacks starts with five everyday words but the placement matters, and the final build gives you five different words. From bottom to top, your finished stack should read: TURNCOAT, AGELONG, RADIO, SIREN, RULER.

How to get there, move by move:

1) Drop RECON in the middle so your baseline looks like this: __RNCOA_

2) Slide GALOOT in as far to the right as you can.

3) Do the same with RIDING, again as far right as possible.

4) Repeat with USURER, rightmost placement.

5) Fill the remaining gaps with TARTLET to lock in the final words.

That is the December 20 set. If today felt spikier than usual, tomorrow is a clean slate. I will be back with more tips and guidance then. Also, be honest: did you skip the Crossword today, or was stepping away from those black-and-white grids exactly the break you needed? Drop your take below.