Hansen who formerly hosted Will Shortz's weekly NPR segment Crossword Clue

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Hansen who formerly hosted Will Shortz's weekly NPR segment Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SEGMENT (verb)
1. divide into segments
2. divide or split up
SEGMENT (noun)
1. one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
2. one of the parts into which something naturally divides
FORMERLY (adverb)
1. at a previous time

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More Daily Beast Crossword (10/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. With 14-Across: Best Actress winner of 1995 who turns 80 years old today

6. "___ Durham" (1988 sports rom-com for which 1-Across won an Oscar)

10. "___ Movies"

11. Two-time recent Tom Cruise co-star ___ Morales

12. "If I ___ Rich Man"

13. 2000s sitcom named for its country-music star

14. See 1-Across

16. Quick web connection

17. "___ You Being Served?" (classic Britcom)

18. Autumn drink at Starbucks, briefly

21. Prefix in many music genres

23. "___ City" (1980 Drama that earned 1-Across her first Best Actress nomination)

26. Crowd's sound

27. Gary and Mary, for two

30. "St. ___'s Fire" (1985 Brat Pack movie)

31. Thin as ___

32. "___ Man Walking" (1992 film for which 1-Across won Best Actress)

33. 2014 comedy in which 1-Across played Melissa McCarthy's grandmother, Pearl

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Down

1. Horror franchise since 2004

2. Western tribe member

3. Narrow waterways (abbr.)

4. Leading

5. ___ agreement (gets close to a deal)

6. Switzerland's capital

7. ___ time out (needed to stop the game)

8. One of the Cabinet Depts.

15. "___ and a bag of chips"

18. Removed the peel from, as an apple

19. Shoplifted

20. Animal of the Andes

22. Princess's crown

24. Three-time AL MVP of the 2000s, in headlines

25. Study right before a test

28. Robbins who co-starred with 1-Across in 1988's "Bull Durham" (and also had two kids with her over their 21-year relationship)

29. Mr. Stallone, if you just want to use the first three letters of his real name in a different order

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