Daily Beast Crossword February 18 2026 Answers (2/18/26)

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Daily Beast Crossword February 18, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Clothing material mentioned by Elton John in "Bennie and the Jets"
7A	Mess cleaner, briefly
10A	Turn into something better over time
11A	Event that may make a CEO rich
12A	Singer in a "Mom group" with other celebrity mothers; the drama came when Mom group member Ashley Tisdale described their group as "toxic" in an essay in "The Cut"
14A	Kurylenko in "Thunderbolts*"
15A	Irving Berlin's wife
16A	Closely-held beliefs
17A	Mr. Snicket
21A	In the air
22A	Tickle-able doll
26A	Mom group member who defended the group by saying: "It's a very isolating industry"
28A	Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's "Head to ___"
29A	Horseshoe-shaped letters
30A	"___ My Party" (1963 Lesley Gore hit)
31A	Least irrational
1D	Office note
2D	Racetrack shape
3D	"___ Kong Phooey" (1970s cartoon)
4D	He played Pierce on "MAS*H"
5D	Blue ___ Carter (singer with famous parents)
6D	"The ___ (I Won't Worry)" (2003 Jason Mraz hit)
7D	Davis with an EGOT
8D	"___ Come She Will"
9D	Ethan and Joel, for two
13D	"Brava!"
16D	Starts to songs
17D	Christine in "Running on Empty"
18D	Kevin's role in "The Untouchables"
19D	Long-term spies
20D	Beck's "Soul ___ Man"
22D	Barbara of "I Dream of Jeannie"
23D	Sled seen at Cortina and Milano
24D	Art teachers'' degs., often
25D	"The Spirit ___ Louis" (1957 Jimmy Stewart movie)
27D	Singer Sumac

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