Universal Crossword October 10, 2025 Answers

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

Universal Crossword October 10, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from October 10, 2025 contains 73 total clues—33 across and 40 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	Give it a shot	TRY
4A	Wasn't honest	LIED
8A	Delay	LAG
11A	Common furniture material	WOOD
13A	Word in a portmanteau with "guess"	ESTIMATE
15A	Ancient	OLDERTHANDIRT
17A	Irish equivalent of the name "James"	SEAMUS
18A	Concertgoers' references	SETLISTS
21A	Poetic tribute	ODE
22A	Zero	NONE
23A	2014 Sia hit whose title is a light fixture	CHANDELIER
30A	Female zebra	MARE
31A	Clean suds off	RINSE
32A	Excite, informally	AMPUP
34A	Addition result	SUM
35A	Person who prefers platonic relationships, for short	ARO
36A	Animals similar to hares	RABBITS
38A	Trattoria handout	MENU
40A	Very uncertain	TOUCHANDGO
45A	British length units	METRES
47A	Like breezy rooms	AIRY
48A	Big to-do	HOOPLA
51A	Highest suit in bridge	SPADES
53A	Economic metaphor introduced by Adam Smith ... or what can be seen four times in this puzzle?	INVISIBLEHAND
57A	Scientific paper reviewer	PEER
58A	___ network (machine learning model)	NEURAL
59A	Was ahead	LED
62A	Like distilled water	PURE
63A	Declining due to age	SENILE
64A	Paramore genre	EMO
65A	Chooses	OPTS
66A	Two-___ (duplicitous)	FACED
67A	Was into	DUG

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Low poker pair	TWOS
2D	Princess Leia was one for Carrie Fisher	ROLE
3D	"Star Wars" character who is 26 inches tall	YODA
4D	Show	LETSEE
5D	*"This ___ Me Trying" (Taylor Swift song)	ISH
6D	*Martians, e.g., for short	ETAS
7D	*Run out of battery	DINE
8D	Undefeated boxer Ali	LAILA
9D	Upper chamber of the heart	ATRIUM
10D	Fuels up	GETSGAS
12D	*Expo presentations	DEMONS
14D	*Everest, e.g.: Abbr.	MDT
16D	*Less polite	RUDDER
19D	Drive-___	THRU
20D	Arise (from)	STEM
23D	Do some last-minute studying	CRAM
24D	*Fury	HIRE
25D	*Opposite of "oui"	ANON
26D	Emotional ___ (mental work)	LABOR
27D	Suffuse	IMBUE
28D	Sweeping narratives of heroic deeds	EPICS
29D	*Unproductive behavioral pattern	RUTH
33D	*Letters before an addendum	PSA
37D	Achieves	ATTAINS
39D	"Safe!" people	UMPIRES
41D	*Battery size for some wall clocks	NAAN
42D	*Did nothing	DIDDLED
43D	Test taken by a college sr.	GRE
44D	Exasperated cries	OYS
46D	Windy City trains	ELS
48D	Animal whose full name comes from the Greek for "river horse"	HIPPO
49D	Outdo	ONEUP
50D	Undisguised	OVERT
51D	*Ad's goal	SHALE
52D	*Begged	PALED
54D	Bone to pick	BEEF
55D	Moon-related name	LUNA
56D	Bay Area representative Swalwell	ERIC
60D	Bird that lays green eggs (but is not a source of ham!)	EMU
61D	Rottweiler, e.g.	DOG