Universal Crossword July 10, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from July 10, 2025.

Universal Crossword July 10, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from July 10, 2025 contains 76 total clues—33 across and 43 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	Peak	APEX
5A	Book report medium	ESSAY
10A	"Now," to a doctor	STAT
14A	Sea cell?	BRIG
15A	Buttery British baked good	SCONE
16A	Speedy hopper in a fable	HARE
17A	Novelty dance with Afro-Cuban roots, visually?	CONGACONGACONGA
20A	Haircutter's tool	SCISSORS
21A	Bricks to avoid stepping on, informally?	LEGOS
22A	Anger	CHOLER
23A	Feathery neckwear	BOA
25A	Any nonzero number divided by itself	ONE
26A	Nuke	REHEAT
30A	Bad job?	HEIST
32A	Squashed circle	ELLIPSE
33A	It may be peeling in a fixer-upper	WALLPAPER
37A	What a prankster sprays on Halloween, visually?	SILLYSILLYSILLY
40A	Results of some treaties	ALLIANCES
41A	Finish second, say	LOSE
42A	Suggestive, or like habaneros	SPICY
43A	Samples	TASTES
45A	Bad thing to unhinge	JAW
48A	Bake sale org.	PTA
49A	Distinction, briefly	DIF
50A	Wipe clean	ERASE
52A	Broadcast to screens	TELEVISE
57A	MLB annual championship, visually?	WORLDWORLDWORLD
60A	Jane Austen's titular 19th-century matchmaker	EMMA
61A	Pain relief brand	ALEVE
62A	Frog's bud, in kid-lit	TOAD
63A	Endure	LAST
64A	Hockey fake-outs	DEKES
65A	Be jealous of	ENVY

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Kindergarten basics	ABCS
2D	One of a holey pair	CROC
3D	Like some M&Ms and skirts	MINI
4D	Ingredients that Waffle House introduced a surcharge for in 2025	EGGS
5D	Go along with	ESCORT
6D	SAT result	SCORE
7D	Some heirs	SONS
8D	"Life of Pi" director Lee	ANG
9D	Nay's opposite	AYE
10D	Cobbler's item	SHOE
11D	Latin ballroom dance	PASODOBLE
12D	Vacuum tube filler	ARGON
13D	Poke fun at	TEASE
18D	Most populous continent	ASIA
19D	Fasteners on necklaces	CLASPS
23D	Word after "church" or "Jingle"	BELLS
24D	Slick	OIL
26D	Civil Rights activist Parks	ROSA
27D	Diabolical	EVIL
28D	Location of a certain runner	HALL
29D	New York Harbor's ___ Island	ELLIS
30D	Jack of "The Wizard of Oz"	HALEY
31D	Objects pinned on donkeys	TAILS
33D	Religion with a pentacle	WICCA
34D	It features rising action	PLOT
35D	Alternatively	ELSE
36D	Bakery or bar offerings	RYES
38D	Chatted incessantly	YAPPED
39D	Tizzy	SNIT
43D	Spanish diacritics	TILDES
44D	Some	ANY
45D	Diamond or emerald	JEWEL
46D	Air traveler?	AROMA
47D	Makes less chilly	WARMS
49D	Do a deep dive (into)	DELVE
51D	Venetian blind strip	SLAT
52D	Long haul	TREK
53D	___ off the island (eliminate on "Survivor")	VOTE
54D	Metal in steel	IRON
55D	Balkan native	SLAV
56D	Small whirlpool	EDDY
58D	Glob of gum	WAD
59D	Futbol stadium cry	OLE