Universal Crossword October 1, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from October 1, 2025.

Universal Crossword October 1, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from October 1, 2025 contains 78 total clues—37 across and 41 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	Vocal improvisation in jazz	SCAT
5A	Photo ___ (PR events)	OPS
8A	Connected electrically	WIRED
13A	Give up, as territory	CEDE
14A	Angelic ring	HALO
16A	Digital greeting	ECARD
17A	18-year-___ (many new voters)	OLDS
18A	Stefani of No Doubt	GWEN
19A	Just getting into	NEWAT
20A	Australian's "Way to go, friend!"	WELLDONEMATE
23A	Part of a Santa costume	BEARD
24A	Workplace sub	TEMP
25A	Parts of six-packs	ABS
28A	Without, in French	SANS
30A	Like an aspiring attorney's coursework	PRELAW
32A	Run a tab	OWE
35A	5G service provider	BOOSTMOBILE
38A	Fake	PSEUDO
40A	Born, in an alumna's life update	NEE
41A	One of a four on a diamond	BASE
42A	Pie chart	CIRCLEGRAPH
47A	HS student's exam	SAT
48A	Good to go	SET
49A	Vientiane is its capital	LAOS
51A	"The Rise of Skywalker" heroine	REY
52A	Splashy bash	GALA
55A	Bank offerings	LOANS
58A	Software feature that reduces typing time ... and a hint to the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across	AUTOCOMPLETE
61A	Cast a spell on	CHARM
64A	"Beetle Bailey" dog whose name is a palindrome	OTTO
65A	Cafeteria need	TRAY
66A	Spooky	EERIE
67A	Word in a disappearing act	POOF
68A	Marginal advantage	EDGE
69A	Marine predators	ORCAS
70A	One who counts from one to ten in a ring	REF
71A	Colored	DYED

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Barge for garbage	SCOW
2D	Famous person, informally	CELEB
3D	Discombobulate	ADDLE
4D	Magnetic flux density units	TESLAS
5D	"I don't want that at all!"	OHGODNO
6D	Minor chess piece	PAWN
7D	Frozen precipitation	SLEET
8D	Started playing for pay	WENTPRO
9D	Drink similar to a Slurpee	ICEE
10D	"WWE ___" (TV program)	RAW
11D	Time of note	ERA
12D	Outlawed pesticide: Abbr.	DDT
15D	Treater's words	ONME
21D	Dully colored	DRAB
22D	Clock toggle	AMPM
25D	Name after aka	ALIAS
26D	Lightweight wood	BALSA
27D	Like most desserts	SWEET
29D	Something to belt out	SONG
31D	Flow back to sea	EBB
32D	Award in the form of a statuette	OSCAR
33D	Even as	WHILE
34D	Ahead of the deadline	EARLY
36D	Spanish for "to be"	SER
37D	Blue-green	TEAL
39D	People who introduce speakers: Abbr.	MCS
43D	Peas and beans	LEGUMES
44D	Coup d'___	ETAT
45D	Deceitfully dispose of	PALMOFF
46D	Basketball target	HOOP
50D	Like some cocktail glass rims	SALTED
53D	360-degree maneuver in an air show	LOOP
54D	One who is cast	ACTOR
56D	Passionate about physics, perhaps	NERDY
57D	Place for a play	STAGE
58D	Met solo	ARIA
59D	Great Plains native	OTOE
60D	Looked at with interest	EYED
61D	Biz boss	CEO
62D	That girl	HER
63D	Part of a circumference	ARC