Daily Beast Crossword May 18 2026 Answers (5/18/26)

Our Daily Beast Crossword May 18, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword May 18, 2026 Answers

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« May 17 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Baseball & Hollywood great Jackson, who turns 80 today
7A	Candy ___ (1-Across shared his name with one named after him, starting in 1978)
10A	"The Night of the ___" (Tennessee Williams play)
11A	1982 hit for Duran Duran
12A	"The Friendly Ghost"
13A	Abbr. on tubes of toothpaste
14A	Daylight Savings setting (abbr.)
15A	"The ___ Gun" (hit 1988 comedy in which 1-Across is programmed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II at an Angels game)
17A	Probable non-hits
19A	Laughs or cries, say
21A	___ double life
22A	About, briefly
25A	New-agey chants
26A	With 23-Down: In this 1994 comedy, 1-Across plays the title character personal baseball coach
29A	Compete
30A	Hoodwink out of money
31A	"All My ___ Live in Texas"
32A	All of the Department of Motor Vehicles employees in "Zootopia," e.g.
1D	Tim who co-wrote "Evita" and "Chess"
2D	"My word!"
3D	Big burst of wind
4D	"Mind the ___" (London Underground warning)
5D	Suffix with serpent
6D	Deserve your good luck
7D	Slow the car down
8D	Helpers
9D	Springsteen's "Thunder ___"
16D	Movie starters, often
17D	Michael Jackson album with five #1 hits
18D	___ down (eats quickly)
19D	DJ's contribution, often
20D	Makes more tolerable
21D	"___ Island USA"
22D	Sharpen, as one's appetite
23D	See 26-Across
24D	Casual shirts
27D	"___ Be Gone in the Dark" (2020 true crime series)
28D	Bob Iger of Disney, e.g.