Daily Beast Crossword January 5 2025 Answers (1/5/25)

Our Daily Beast Crossword January 5, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword January 5, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Beast Crossword on 1/5/25, 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	Soccer great Messi who was one of 19 people honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Pres. Biden on Friday
7A	___ Carter (Secretary of Defense from 2015-2017 who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday)
10A	Available more cheaply than usual
11A	Hilarious Margaret
12A	Denzel who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday
14A	"Hanna" actress Mireille ___
15A	Black, in Bordeaux
16A	When repeated twice, title of a 2022 horror comedy featuring Rachel Sennott and Pete Davidson
17A	Remove the pulp from, as orange juice
21A	Caribbean island mentioned in the Beach Boys' 1988 #1 hit "Kokomo"
22A	Prefix with sphere
26A	Baltimore Orioles owner David who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday
28A	"___ the Right Moves" (1983 Tom Cruise movie)
29A	Rough-cut, as salt
30A	"Science Guy" Bill who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday
31A	Celebrity chef José who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday
1D	Rob of "Parks & Recreation"
2D	___ instant (without warning)
3D	___ buco (Italian dish)
4D	Casual rejections
5D	Director Roth
6D	John who sang "Woman"
7D	Part of a play
8D	Dinah of Grand Ole Opry fame
9D	Sharpens
13D	"Build ___, Then We'll Talk" (Panic! at the Disco song)
16D	Censori or Jagger
17D	___ Wrap (alternative to aluminum foil)
18D	#1 hit for Lionel Richie in 1982
19D	Money in Moscow
20D	Homer Simpson's dad
22D	Not much at all
23D	Part of a country, sometimes (abbr.)
24D	___ en scene (stage design)
25D	Smallest bills
27D	"___ of Frankenstein" (1939 horror classic)

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