Daily Beast Crossword August 5 2026 Answers (8/5/26)

Our Daily Beast Crossword August 5, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword August 5, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Beast Crossword on 8/5/26, 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	"Boy ___ World"
6A	"___ 'Em High" (1968 Clint Eastwood Western)
10A	Kacey Musgraves' "Follow Your ___"
11A	Cookie pitched by Selena Gomez
12A	Licorice flavoring
13A	"Schindler's ___"
14A	With 22-Across: Hollywood movie star who's hit it big with TV lately, as noted in a recent Entertainment Weekly piece
16A	"Under the ___" (Oscar-winning song from "The Little Mermaid")
17A	Carrere in "Wayne's World"
18A	Elvis Costello's "My ___ Is True"
19A	McMuffin ingredient
22A	See 14-Across
24A	Like the king in "The King and I"
26A	Rich cake
27A	Person mentioned in a will
28A	Overact, in a way
29A	"Jane ___"
30A	"___ Enter" (2026 horror movie)
1D	Sirs' counterparts
2D	Bert's bath buddy
3D	Durance or Mena
4D	Reggae great Peter
5D	"Sugar"
6D	Tupac Shakur's "___ at Me"
7D	India.___
8D	Atari 2600 rival of yore
9D	"Margo's ___ Money Troubles" (show for which 14-Across got an Emmy nomination)
15D	"The Darjeeling ___" (2007 Wes Anderson dramedy)
18D	"Hearts ___"
19D	Zac in "The Iron Claw"
20D	Arrive at
21D	Say "hey" to
22D	Poker hand
23D	Wishing you were somewhere else, briefly
24D	"___ Madison" (show for which many felt 14-Across should have received an Emmy nomination)
25D	Joe or Jude preceder, in song titles