Universal Crossword October 19, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from October 19, 2025.

Universal Crossword October 19, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from October 19, 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	"We need to talk"	AWORD
6A	Iowa college town	AMES
10A	Muscles worked by situps	ABS
13A	Container for palettes and powders	MAKEUPCASE
15A	Front of a ship	PROW
16A	"Wallace & Gromit" film style	CLAYMATION
17A	Europe's most active volcano	ETNA
18A	"A ___ Full of Stars" (Coldplay song)	SKY
19A	Ike or Honest Abe, e.g.	PREZ
20A	Serve on a plate, say	DISHUP
22A	Comments that break the fourth wall	ASIDES
24A	Long-running CBS procedural	NCIS
25A	Facebook updates	POSTS
27A	Workplace concern for seniors	AGEISM
29A	Bert's bestie	ERNIE
30A	Private student	TUTEE
32A	Reward for good service	TIP
34A	"It's time to get moving!"	LETSROCKANDROLL
37A	Speed stat	MPH
38A	Group of ships	FLEET
39A	Buenos ___, Argentina	AIRES
40A	True crime podcast whose stories are split across multiple episodes	SERIAL
42A	Awards for "Mad Men"	EMMYS
43A	Burn a bit	CHAR
44A	Games with drawings	LOTTOS
47A	Devices banned in some classrooms	PHONES
49A	Like one leg of a triathlon	SWUM
50A	What many a LinkedIn user is seeking	JOB
53A	"___ be surprised!"	YOUD
54A	Something that few people get	INSIDEJOKE
57A	Optimistic	ROSY
58A	Auditory sleep aid	WHITENOISE
59A	Soccer cheer	OLE
60A	Brews at pubs	ALES
61A	Voice higher than baritone	TENOR

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Movie theaters with a red logo	AMCS
2D	Dog's outing	WALK
3D	"Fine"	OKAY
4D	Lana Del ___	REY
5D	Unmitigated disaster	DUMPSTERFIRE
6D	Made a scene?	ACTED
7D	Corn	MAIZE
8D	That, in Spanish	ESO
9D	Mail out	SEND
10D	Work-study program?	ARTHISTORY
11D	Common sign-up incentive for an airline credit card	BONUSMILES
12D	Exchange	SWAP
14D	Musee d'Orsay's city	PARIS
15D	See 56-Down	PESCI
21D	"Give me a sec to recover from that"	INEEDAMOMENT
22D	Warts-and-all	ASIS
23D	Used, as a table	SATAT
25D	It gets students ready for higher education	PREPSCHOOL
26D	Free of charge	ONTHEHOUSE
28D	___ Z	GEN
29D	Shady tree	ELM
30D	Infection fighter	TCELL
31D	Instrument crossed with a guitar to make a guitalele, for short	UKE
33D	Polite word, in a text	PLS
35D	Greeting in Sao Paulo	OLA
36D	Outer edges	RIMS
41D	Singer Newman	RANDY
42D	Piano practice piece	ETUDE
45D	Actor and director Davis	OSSIE
46D	Silly people	TWITS
47D	Prefix with -technics	PYRO
48D	"Karma" singer JoJo	SIWA
50D	"Care to ___ me?"	JOIN
51D	"All right, listen up ..."	OKSO
52D	Brew at a bar	BEER
55D	Stanley Cup org.	NHL
56D	With 15-Down, "Goodfellas" actor	JOE