"I hate to hear that" Crossword Clue

We have the 3-letter answer for "I hate to hear that" crossword clue, last seen in the Daily Beast Crossword December 1, 2025 puzzle. Sometimes we all need some help finding the answer!

"I hate to hear that" Crossword Answer

↓25.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definitions

HEAR (verb)
1. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
2. listen and pay attention
HATE (noun)
1. the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
HATE (verb)
1. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
HUG

More Daily Beast Crossword (12/1/2025) Answers

Across

1. With 5-Across, star of the forthcoming (Dec. 27) new series at 11-Across

5. See 1-Across

8. Remove data from, as a flash drive

10. "Aaron ___, Sir" ("Hamilton" song)

11. "The ___ Test" (see 1-Across)

13. Brian of Roxy Music fame

14. It's two to Tejano singers

15. Sullen, as an expression

17. Having 100 million views on Insta, say

21. "___ the Dragon" (Bruce Lee classic)

23. Jay ___ (he and Mavis celebrated 45 years of marriage together yesterday)

24. Ferrigno or Rawls

26. Dashboard Confessional's "Again ___ Unnoticed"

27. Where 1-Across lives, and where he sat for a wide-ranging interview with "Entertainment Weekly" last week to promote 11-Across

31. "How to Get ___ with Murder" (Viola Davis series)

32. Berry who was Miss Ohio in 1986

33. "16 Carriages" singer, briefly

34. Blake's beau

All Answers

Down

1. Leave the country?

2. Patch type

3. Plan in great detail

4. Find a job for

5. "Thanks, ya big ___!"

6. Rage

7. Decorative container

9. "The ___ of the Affair"

10. Toni ___ ("Mickey" one-hit wonder)

12. The fast lane?

16. Pass along, as information

18. John C. ____ ("Step Brothers" star)

19. Crime-solving Lansbury

20. Prepare to remove, as a tie

22. Howard or Perlman

27. Popular puppy

28. Alanis Morissette's "You ___ Me Nothing in Return"

29. Foreigner's "___ You Will"

30. Musical taste

All Answers