Universal Crossword August 6, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from August 6, 2025.

Universal Crossword August 6, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from August 6, 2025 contains 76 total clues—39 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	Fill with cargo	LOAD
5A	Venezuelan cornmeal cake	AREPA
10A	Siberian city	OMSK
14A	Fictitious film used as cover in the "Canadian Caper"	ARGO
15A	Pie nut	PECAN
16A	Humerus, for one	BONE
17A	Dejected	GLUM
19A	Aware of	ONTO
20A	Floral brew	ROSETEA
21A	Gothic leader?	NEO
23A	Possess	OWN
24A	Aurora, to the Greeks	EOS
25A	Oates' partner	HALL
27A	It's absurd!	FARCE
29A	Like over half the world's population	ASIAN
31A	It's usually sunk last	EIGHTBALL
34A	___ Grande	RIO
36A	Not at work, for short	OOO
37A	Journalistic concern	BIAS
38A	Sport that includes the pole vault ... or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 31-, 45- or 64-Across	TRACKANDFIELD
42A	Apply messily	DAUB
43A	Business abbr.	INC
44A	Cook in oil	FRY
45A	Like socks after washing, often	INSIDEOUT
48A	Japanese port	OSAKA
52A	Filmmaker Coen	ETHAN
53A	Word after "kidney" or "lima"	BEAN
55A	"That's true about me"	IAM
56A	Raven's cry	CAW
57A	Small power sources	AAS
60A	Cross-country vacation?	SKITRIP
62A	Actor Guinness	ALEC
64A	Pursuit of a championship	TITLECHASE
66A	Took to court	SUED
67A	NBA legend Shaquille	ONEAL
68A	Taiwanese tech brand	ACER
69A	Sounds of disapproval	BOOS
70A	High-IQ society	MENSA
71A	" ___ all adults here"	WERE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	___ Tar Pits	LABREA
2D	Chocolaty cereal	OREOOS
3D	Sampras' rival in tennis	AGASSI
4D	Shower affection (on)	DOTE
5D	Sleep disorder	APNEA
6D	Colorful brew	REDALE
7D	Environmental prefix	ECO
8D	Chess piece that's commonly sacrificed	PAWN
9D	Author Rice	ANNE
10D	___-Wan Kenobi	OBI
11D	Disneyland transport	MONORAIL
12D	Like white mountains	SNOWCLAD
13D	Spots for boarder collies?	KENNELS
18D	Of a cultural group	ETHNIC
22D	Frequently, in poetry	OFT
26D	Simba, initially	LIONCUB
28D	Monasteries	ABBEYS
30D	Oman's peninsula	ARABIA
32D	The "G" in TGIF	GOD
33D	"The Tao of Pooh" author Benjamin	HOFF
35D	"___ dokie!"	OKIE
38D	He was tormented with food and water that were just out of reach	TANTALUS
39D	Sorority recruitment period	RUSHWEEK
40D	Year abroad?	ANO
41D	Like a pilot with a fear of flying	IRONIC
42D	Like some Hot Wheels cars	DIECAST
46D	Double-helix molecule	DNA
47D	Magnetic flux density units	TESLAS
49D	Seasoned fighter pilot	AIRACE
50D	Crusty type of roll	KAISER
51D	Current unit	AMP
54D	Cub Scout leader	AKELA
58D	Its bonding behavior is well-studied	ATOM
59D	Trigonometric ratio	SINE
61D	Defrost	THAW
63D	Obsolescent music holders	CDS
65D	Pearl Jam album whose title is a number	TEN