"What am ___ for?" Crossword Clue

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"What am ___ for?" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BROWNOUT (noun)
1. darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
SCHNAPS (noun)
1. any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes

Hint 2: Anagram

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HIREE

More Daily Beast Crossword (3/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. With 31-Across: 1984 film directed by 12-Across; it won the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival that year

6. Help out on a heist

10. "See ya next time"

11. "___: Part One" (2022 Timothée Chalamet movie)

12. 80-year-old German director who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the German Film Academy on May 29th, as announced this week

14. Rocket launchers

15. Cavemen's buddies, in cartoons

16. Prefix with "rama," in a band name

17. Church officials

21. Ridiculous

22. Tiny battery size

26. See 7 Down

28. Shaming sounds

30. End in ___ (have no winner)

31. See 1-Across

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Down

1. "___ Sacrifice" (2014 chess movie starring Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer)

2. Sarah McLachlan hit

3. B-ball hoops

4. Ashton Kutcher's home state

5. Away from NNW

6. Combine with the other ingredients

7. With 17-Down and 26-Across, highly acclaimed 1999 documentary directed by 12-Across

8. Company that imploded in 2001

9. Thompson with the title role in 2025's "Hedda"

13. Companies may make employees sign them

16. La ___ Tar Pits (area of Los Angeles)

17. See 7 Down

18. Words on doors that go both ways

19. Prickly desert plants

20. Licorice-flavored plant

22. Feel sore

23. ___ P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox role)

24. Part of a celebrity's glamour

25. Simpson and Lincoln, for two

27. So much fun, as a concert

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