Daily Beast Crossword October 4 2026 Answers (10/4/26)

Our Daily Beast Crossword October 4, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Daily Beast Crossword October 4, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	With 14-Across: Best Actress winner of 1995 who turns 80 years old today
6A	"___ Durham" (1988 sports rom-com for which 1-Across won an Oscar)
10A	"___ Movies"
11A	Two-time recent Tom Cruise co-star ___ Morales
12A	"If I ___ Rich Man"
13A	2000s sitcom named for its country-music star
14A	See 1-Across
16A	Quick web connection
17A	"___ You Being Served?" (classic Britcom)
18A	Autumn drink at Starbucks, briefly
21A	Prefix in many music genres
23A	"___ City" (1980 Drama that earned 1-Across her first Best Actress nomination)
26A	Crowd's sound
27A	Gary and Mary, for two
30A	"St. ___'s Fire" (1985 Brat Pack movie)
31A	Thin as ___
32A	"___ Man Walking" (1992 film for which 1-Across won Best Actress)
33A	2014 comedy in which 1-Across played Melissa McCarthy's grandmother, Pearl
1D	Horror franchise since 2004
2D	Western tribe member
3D	Narrow waterways (abbr.)
4D	Leading
5D	___ agreement (gets close to a deal)
6D	Switzerland's capital
7D	___ time out (needed to stop the game)
8D	One of the Cabinet Depts.
9D	Hansen who formerly hosted Will Shortz's weekly NPR segment
15D	"___ and a bag of chips"
18D	Removed the peel from, as an apple
19D	Shoplifted
20D	Animal of the Andes
22D	Princess's crown
24D	Three-time AL MVP of the 2000s, in headlines
25D	Study right before a test
28D	Robbins who co-starred with 1-Across in 1988's "Bull Durham" (and also had two kids with her over their 21-year relationship)
29D	Mr. Stallone, if you just want to use the first three letters of his real name in a different order

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