Universal Crossword August 26, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from August 26, 2025.

Universal Crossword August 26, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from August 26, 2025 contains 76 total clues—37 across and 39 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Universal crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Happening place to be	INSPOT
7A	Smartphone program	APP
10A	Player who might get pwned	NOOB
14A	What a spoof is an example of	SATIRE
15A	Deer lady?	DOE
16A	Slender wind instrument	OBOE
17A	Creamy vegetarian appetizer	SPINACHDIP
19A	Shoe store specification	SIZE
20A	Franklin known as the "Queen of Soul"	ARETHA
21A	All healed up	BETTER
23A	Totally doom	DOIN
24A	Singer Bareilles	SARA
25A	Street cred	REP
28A	Plane for shortish trips	REGIONALJET
33A	Aids and ___	ABETS
35A	"Don't worry about it!" text	NBD
36A	Go or Go Fish	GAME
37A	Make do	COPE
38A	Old pointed weapons	PIKES
40A	"Sounds like a plan!"	IMIN
41A	Otherwise	IFNOT
42A	Tool for breaking up soil	HOE
43A	Coin toss call	TAILS
44A	"My Little Pony" character with a multicolored tail	RAINBOWDASH
48A	A Cyclops has one	EYE
49A	___ mining	DATA
50A	Hosted an event, for short	MCED
52A	Sound system	STEREO
55A	"Figured it out!"	EUREKA
58A	"The floor is ___"	LAVA
59A	Kids' inflatable house with a lunar name	MOONBOUNCE
63A	Shopping list listing	ITEM
64A	Limb with the biceps and triceps	ARM
65A	It gives speech local color	ACCENT
66A	Movie star Rooney or Kate	MARA
67A	Hat rack feature	PEG
68A	Distorted	WARPED

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Satellite 250 miles above Earth, for short	ISS
2D	Wine valley	NAPA
3D	Use a spoon	STIR
4D	Had a longing	PINED
5D	Public speakers	ORATORS
6D	Nerd with the latest gadgets	TECHIE
7D	Put on your friends list	ADD
8D	Purplish Hawaiian dish	POI
9D	Halftime music groups	PEPBANDS
10D	Reason to have a reunion	NOSTALGIA
11D	Memorial piece, briefly	OBIT
12D	Move like molasses	OOZE
13D	"Suds"	BEER
18D	Line-dry, perhaps	HANG
22D	Period of your life or history	ERA
24D	Drink brand hidden backward in "Cake Boss"	SOBE
25D	NASCAR driver	RACER
26D	"The Hot Zone" virus	EBOLA
27D	Drink brand with a wavy logo	PEPSI
29D	Tatted	INKED
30D	___ Lynn Spears	JAMIE
31D	Most popular American baby girl name, 1996-2007	EMILY
32D	Not relaxed	TENSE
34D	Show such as "The O.C."	TEENDRAMA
38D	Google Earth, basically	PHOTOMAP
39D	Corn Belt state	IOWA
43D	Dwayne Johnson's nickname	THEROCK
45D	Sweetie	HON
46D	"You got that right!"	AMEN
47D	Dives near a coral reef, say	SCUBAS
51D	Tennis tie	DEUCE
52D	___ to none	SLIM
53D	Reduplicative "See ya!"	TATA
54D	At any time	EVER
56D	Was certain of	KNEW
57D	Proactiv target	ACNE
60D	Catan resource	ORE
61D	"Whoa!" text	OMG
62D	Takeoff guess at JFK	ETD