Daily Beast Crossword August 17 2026 Answers (8/17/26)

Our Daily Beast Crossword August 17, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword August 17, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Beast Crossword on 8/17/26, 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	Peak-level athletic performance
6A	Posh goodbye
10A	Put another charge on, maybe
11A	Hindu holiday
12A	Latin for "horn"
13A	"Come right ___!"
14A	Recording engineer who gets just 10,000 Google hits
16A	Sounds like a sheep
17A	Anxiety battler
21A	Recording engineer who has just 10k Instagram followers
25A	Singer Simone
26A	"___ Is a Flower" (famed children's biography of George Washington Carver)
28A	Pop in rock
29A	Juan Martin del ___ (he defeated both Nadal and Federer to win the 2009 US Open)
30A	Big bosses
31A	...but 14-A and 21-A must be really good at their jobs, since Taylor ___ attended their wedding in London over the weekend
1D	Steph Curry often shoots from behind it
2D	Study of rocks and such (abbr.)
3D	Classic razor brand
4D	UK soccer powerhouse
5D	Where neighborhoods meet rural land
6D	Decided upon
7D	Ancient region of Greece (for which a nearby sea is named)
8D	Top-level, like some celebs
9D	Peppa Pig sounds
15D	WHAT THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN IN
17D	Dunce-cap-shaped
18D	Mary J. ___
19D	"The ___ took my baby" (Meryl Streep line)
20D	"Love Train" band
22D	Shout when you touch a hot pan handle
23D	"You ___ am!"
24D	Lowly worker of the Middle Ages
27D	Polka ___