Missing Letter Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Missing Letter crossword puzzle from October 12, 2025.

Missing Letter Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers

This Missing Letter puzzle from October 12, 2025 contains 73 total clues—35 across and 38 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Missing Letter crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	NOUN: "a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody"	JAIL
5A	Swordfight wound	GASH
9A	Pitching mistakes	BALKS
14A	"Yes ___?"	ORNO
15A	"___ Man" (1984 Emilio Estevez movie)	REPO
16A	Diarist Nin	ANAIS
17A	Hindi for "potato"	ALOO
18A	Plant with showy flowers	IRIS
19A	Clinton's 2016 running mate	KAINE
20A	PHRASE: "experiencing misfortune and especially financial distress"	DOWNONONESLUCK
23A	Business letters	INC
24A	Any of many on a roller coaster	CAR
25A	GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "landlocked country 1918–92 in central Europe; a republic with its capital at Prague...divided Jan. 1, 1993 into [two] separate countries"	CZECHOSLOVAKIA
33A	Untrue	FALSE
34A	NOUN: "a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Christ"	PIETA
35A	Charming rds.	LNS
36A	"Was ___ supposed to do that?"	INOT
37A	Pleasing vocal features	LILTS
38A	NOUN: "either of two slender-bodied semiaquatic carnivorous mammals...of the weasel family"	MINK
39A	ADVERB: "used as a function word to make negative a group of words or a word"	NOT
40A	African language group	BANTU
41A	Waxes and ___	WANES
42A	NOUN: "one who delivers a [major] address"	KEYNOTESPEAKER
45A	London's prov.	ONT
46A	VERB: "to put into action or service"	USE
47A	NOUN: "the jobs that a person has had"	WORKEXPERIENCE
55A	VERB: "to cite in illustration"	QUOTE
56A	ABBREVIATION: "1970 anti-crime law"	RICO
57A	NOUN: "any of various small rodents...that typically have a stout body, rather blunt nose, and short ears"	VOLE
58A	"They're taking ___ a ride!" ("We're getting scammed!")	USFOR
59A	PREPOSITION: "[perched upon]"	ATOP
60A	Airline whose pilots speak Hebrew	ELAL
61A	Orgs.	ASSNS
62A	BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Elihu 1649–1721 English (American-born) colonial administrator"	YALE
63A	Quick recharges	NAPS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Tom ___ ("The Grapes of Wrath" main character)	JOAD
2D	Mr. Guthrie	ARLO
3D	"___ Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" (2007 Adam Sandler comedy)	INOW
4D	Most wacky	LOONIEST
5D	NOUN: "a grumpy person who spoils the pleasure of others"	GRINCH
6D	Prefix with space	AERO
7D	Use a top	SPIN
8D	NOUN: "a flexible tube for conveying fluids (as from a faucet or hydrant)"	HOSE
9D	NOUN: "a dessert made of thin pastry, nuts, and honey"	BAKLAVA
10D	Have ___ about one (be mysteriously charismatic)	ANAURA
11D	Secular	LAIC
12D	Flow stopper in a garden hose	KINK
13D	Away from NNW	SSE
21D	Just that single time	ONCE
22D	NOUN: "language [spoken in northern Great Britain]"	SCOTS
25D	Easily-tipped boat	CANOE
26D	NOUN: "the basic monetary unit of Poland"	ZLOTY
27D	VERB: "to express [viewpoints]"	OPINE
28D	River-choking deposits	SILTS
29D	NOUN: "a lessening of effort, activity, or intensity"	LETUP
30D	"A Fish Called Wanda" Oscar-winner	KLINE
31D	ADJECTIVE: "of or relating to the mind or spirit"	INNER
32D	Poses a question to	ASKS
33D	NOUN: "one who makes a practice especially for a financial reward of informing against others for violations of penal laws"	FINK
37D	Common coffee shop order	LATTE
38D	Smooth out	MAKEEVEN
40D	Outrageous	BONKERS
41D	"What ___ thinking?"	WASI
43D	Edward who played Pete Seeger in 2024's "A Complete Unknown"	NORTON
47D	Cowardly type	WUSS
48D	Sounds from the shocked	OOFS
49D	COMMUNICATIONS CODE WORD: "used as a code word for the [24th] letter"	XRAY
50D	Stuffable pocket	PITA
51D	Sci. for nature-lovers	ECOL
52D	Another nickname for "The Big Easy"	NOLA
53D	Put your hands together (for)	CLAP
54D	Slippery group	EELS
55D	Sine ___ non (requirement)	QUA