Daily Beast Crossword December 21 2025 Answers (12/21/25)

Our Daily Beast Crossword December 21, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword December 21, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Beast Crossword on 12/21/25, 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	"A ___ Called Wanda"
5A	Flat-bottomed boats
10A	Concept
11A	Country that hosted the 2022 World Cup
12A	Weight room units
13A	Prefix with marathon
14A	Actor who claimed in 2023 that he had turned down 10% of the film's earnings to appear in the 2009 blockbuster "Avatar"
16A	"Demon ___: Infinity Castle"
17A	Worked somewhere for a few weeks, say
22A	Lead role in 14-Across, which eventually went to Sam Worthington
25A	Cameron who directed "Avatar," and who told the Hollywood Reporter this week that that's not what happened: "He was never offered the part...I can’t remember if I sent him the script or not. I don’t think I did?”
26A	"You've Got ___"
27A	"The Main ___" (2020 sports comedy)
28A	City with a famous leaning tower
29A	Ship poles
30A	Eminem created him
1D	Lawyers often work there
2D	Perfect
3D	Prefix meaning "seven"
4D	Made too quickly, as a decision
5D	"Hollywood ___" (classic game show)
6D	"Dead ___" (1989 thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, and Billy Zane)
7D	"The Simpsons" stoner
8D	Raise red flags
9D	Mrs., in Mexico
15D	Can't stand
18D	Childhood illness, with "the"
19D	Braid, as of hair
20D	Donovan in "Clueless"
21D	Bob who will turn 85 in May
22D	Coffee
23D	The University of Iowa's city
24D	Clark ___ (superhero in disguise)
25D	Leader of the 1980s cartoon band the Holograms

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