Daily Beast Crossword December 9 2025 Answers (12/9/25)

Our Daily Beast Crossword December 9, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword December 9, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Beast Crossword on 12/9/25, 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 5-Across: stage and screen legend who turns 91 today
5A	See 1-Across
10A	Oklahoma city that's also a woman's name
11A	"Eating ___" (1982 black comedy)
12A	"Death on the ___"
13A	Helpers (abbr.)
14A	1995 James Bond movie featuring 1-Across as M (a role she also played in seven other James Bond movies)
16A	"Is it ___ wonder?"
17A	Scoring attempts in a soccer "shootout" (abbr.)
18A	___ for tat (retribution)
19A	Cat's cover
22A	"Tea With ___" (1999 comedy featuring 1-Across)
25A	Way out in left field, as an idea
26A	2001 biopic for which 1-Across received a Best Actress nomination
27A	Felt unwell
28A	Apportion (out)
29A	Brand of air freshener
30A	Praising poems
1D	Game played with blocks
2D	Gabrielle in 2023's "The Perfect Find"
3D	___-dally (waste time)
4D	Checked the driver's license of
5D	Toasted
6D	Makes less stressful, as a situation
7D	Like a good journalist
8D	Adorbs
9D	Metric units of vol.
15D	Show
18D	Made shaming sounds to
19D	All ___ up (full of enthusiasm)
20D	Come together
21D	Gets out of bed
22D	"You've Got ___"
23D	Campus where "Legally Blonde" was filmed
24D	Oscar Night ride
25D	Movement of a dog's tail

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