Universal Crossword August 30, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from August 30, 2025.

Universal Crossword August 30, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from August 30, 2025 contains 72 total clues—35 across and 37 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	Online game where you deduce a location (Note: The world championship ends today!)	GEOGUESSR
10A	Birds that hoot	OWLS
14A	What can silence "The Voice"	MUTEBUTTON
16A	Send, as a package	SHIP
17A	"NCIS," for one	CRIMEDRAMA
18A	Visibility problem	HAZE
19A	Plea at sea	SOS
20A	Multicolored horse	ROAN
21A	Syrup occasionally used as a poison remedy	IPECAC
23A	"Just doing my best"	ITRY
24A	Not promising	BLEAK
25A	Capital of Yemen	SANAA
27A	Not as much	LESS
28A	Back in time	AGO
31A	Roadside stopover	MOTEL
32A	Infant's affliction	COLIC
33A	Upper limit, informally	MAX
34A	"Unrelated ..."	ONASEPARATENOTE
37A	"___City" (computer game)	SIM
38A	Passionately brainy	NERDY
39A	Hawk's claw	TALON
40A	Bill Nye's subj.	SCI
41A	Packaging supply	TAPE
42A	Contributes to a 401(k), say	SAVES
43A	Sister's daughter	NIECE
45A	Nimble	AGILE
46A	You might give a picture of one to your barber	HAIRDO
48A	Berry rich in antioxidants and vowels	ACAI
49A	"Average" fellow	JOE
52A	___ mater	ALMA
53A	Source of some wool	ALPACAFARM
56A	Lopsided win	ROUT
57A	Certain roundup of favorites	TOPTENLIST
58A	Kermit Drinking Tea, for one	MEME
59A	Low points of some performances?	BASSSOLOS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Yukons and Terrains, e.g.	GMCS
2D	Multinational money	EURO
3D	Big name in elevators	OTIS
4D	Treasured stone	GEM
5D	Exceptionally skilled	UBERTALENTED
6D	Welty who wrote "The Optimist's Daughter"	EUDORA
7D	Go off course	STRAY
8D	Nickname that drops -ley	STAN
9D	___-com	ROM
10D	Ice Cube's first name	OSHEA
11D	Hit carnival game?	WHACKAMOLE
12D	Actress Koshy or Minnelli	LIZA
13D	Design detail, for short	SPEC
15D	Does something to a T	NAILSIT
22D	People who eat fish but not other meat	PESCETARIANS
23D	Name hidden in "wine snob"	INES
24D	"___ that order!" (captain's command)	BELAY
25D	Related to sound	SONIC
26D	If not more	ATAMINIMUM
27D	Grammy winner for "Royals"	LORDE
29D	Cats, in Cancun	GATOS
30D	Yoked beasts	OXEN
31D	Zen garden growth	MOSS
32D	___ diem (seize the day)	CARPE
35D	Woolen jacket worn by a sailor	PEACOAT
36D	Dark blue hue	NAVY
42D	What_the_underlines_in_this_clue_show	SPACES
44D	Really ticked off	IRATE
45D	Improvises with nonsense syllables	SCATS
46D	Hippocratic oath no-no	HARM
47D	Plant with soothing gel	ALOE
48D	Dad, in Korean	APPA
49D	Consequence of rolling doubles three times in a row, in Monopoly	JAIL
50D	"... ish"	KINDASORTA
51D	Defib specialists	EMTS
54D	Easy tennis shot	LOB
55D	Woman in Progressive ads	FLO