Daily Beast Crossword December 17 2025 Answers (12/17/25)

Our Daily Beast Crossword December 17, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword December 17, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Beast Crossword on 12/17/25, 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	With 7-Across: "Dazed and Confused" and "The Fifth Element" actress who turns 50 today
6A	In ___ heat (tied)
7A	See 1-Across
11A	Manage to save
14A	Some refrigerators and air conditioners
17A	Rogue and Pathfinder automaker
18A	Word in times
20A	Got under the bed, say
21A	Bald spot hiders
23A	"___ Evil" (2002 horror hit starring 1-Across)
27A	Part of DKNY
28A	___ out a living (just getting by)
1D	Army rank (abbr.)
2D	One-fifth of a hit ABBA song title
3D	Novelist Grossman
4D	Country Hank Hill's neighbor Kahn is from
5D	Moves to the next round of the tournament
8D	1950s political slogan
9D	Drugstore chain
10D	___ browns
12D	Moo goo ___ pan
13D	"The ___ of the Affair"
14D	"He ___ Game" (1998 drama starring Denzel Washington and 1-Across)
15D	"The Name of the Rose" author Umberto ___
16D	Rude comment
19D	Not closed, poetically
22D	State whose capital is Pierre (abbr.)
24D	"___ tu" (Verdi aria)
25D	Photographer Goldin
26D	"Star Trek: ___"

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