Daily Beast Crossword May 21 2025 Answers (5/21/25)

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Daily Beast Crossword May 21, 2025 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Dunham who's directing the forthcoming Netflix rom-com "Good Sex"
5A	___ Model (stage name of singer Tucker Pillsbury, who has signed on to appear in "Good Sex")
9A	Beasts of burden
10A	9, when speaking over a walkie-talkie
11A	Sharpen, as an appetite
12A	Complete and total
13A	Actress Jones who has also signed on for "Good Sex"
15A	"Don't Bring Me Down" band, 1979
16A	Talks smack about
20A	"___ Working Overtime" (1982 XTC hit)
22A	"Be there soon," in texting shorthand
23A	Portman who has also signed on for "Good Sex"
25A	Switzerland's third-largest city, where Roger Federer was born
28A	Vulcan Mind ___ ("Star Trek" weapon)
29A	J.J. Abrams-created show of the 2000s
30A	Wiesel or Mystal
31A	Ruffalo who has also signed on for "Good Sex"
32A	Meg who is the Queen of Rom-Coms -- and has also signed on for "Good Sex"
1D	Not very good, as graphics
2D	"Waiting to ___" (Terry McMillan novel)
3D	Liam in the 2018 thriller "The Commuter"
4D	Collection of writing (abbr.)
5D	Moreno and Wilson, for two
6D	Toronto's province (abbr.)
7D	Spike in attendance at the Cannes Film Festival this week
8D	Go wrong
10D	Person who doesn't have to do laundry that often
14D	Guiding lights
17D	___ responsible (having no one else to blame)
18D	"___ Pérez" (recent Best Picture nominee)
19D	Country where the 2019 thriller "Midsommar" is set
21D	___ peek (preview)
24D	Part of AFI, briefly
25D	Margera of "Jackass" fame
26D	In the style of
27D	___ Ian McKellen

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