Daily Beast Crossword October 19 2026 Answers (10/19/26)

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Daily Beast Crossword October 19, 2026 Answers

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« October 18 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	2001 film that was the first feature directed by 12-Across, who turns 60 today
5A	___ Blanc (fancy pen)
9A	Enlistees who may have some explaining to do
11A	The boat's name in "Jaws"
12A	Director of "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2"
14A	Gave the green light to
15A	Italian city in Tuscany
16A	Stephen in "Michael Collins" and "V for Vendetta"
17A	Hydrochloric acid, chemically
18A	So cool, as a party
19A	"My thoughts on this are..."
22A	___ piatti (appetizers)
24A	___ Long (she played Michael Jackson's mother in 2026's "Michael")
25A	1998 action movie featuring 12-Across
27A	Have ___ for (be known to)
28A	Hobbit's home, with "the"
29A	Football flick of 1993
30A	"___ Man" or "___ Man 2" (film directed by 12-Across)
1D	"This is ground control to ___ Tom" (David Bowie line)
2D	Stopped sleeping
3D	"___ 2" (2022 Kanye West album)
4D	2003 Christmas comedy directed by 12-Across
5D	Mushroom variety
6D	Playwright Safdie
7D	"March Madness" org.
8D	T, in Ancient Greece
10D	Sushi minus the rice
13D	Part of "SVU"
18D	Likely to talk back
19D	"The bombs bursting ___..."
20D	Prefix with aggression
21D	Like Cheerios and such
22D	Singer Yma Sumac's country
23D	Lou or Donna
25D	"As Cool As I Am" singer Williams
26D	The Eagles, on scoreboards