Universal Crossword October 23, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from October 23, 2025.

Universal Crossword October 23, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from October 23, 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	Gross	ICKY
5A	Call offering you a free vacation, probably	SCAM
9A	Comic book artist Kubert	ADAM
13A	Branch of 1-Down	SHIA
14A	Smooth strides	LOPES
16A	Something as old as time, sometimes	TALE
17A	Easter symbol	LILY
18A	AI trying to blend in with society?	ONTHEDLBOT
20A	___-nighter	ALL
21A	Channel popular among '80s teens	MTV
22A	Apartment documents	LEASES
23A	What homesick tulip farmers do?	MISSTHEBULBS
27A	Roll of cash	WAD
28A	Gen ___ (typical 21-Across viewer)	XER
29A	Cable car	TRAM
33A	Ho Chi Minh City, before 1976	SAIGON
36A	Like fine wines	AGED
39A	A, in Spain	UNA
40A	Gains muscle, perhaps ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	PUTSONTHEPOUNDS
43A	List shortener	ETC
44A	___ mortals	MERE
45A	Some dental work	INLAYS
46A	Qatari capital	DOHA
48A	Audit agcy.	IRS
50A	The "E" in ESL: Abbr.	ENG
51A	Smaug and Sauron, say?	BILBOHAZARDS
57A	Takes care of	SEESTO
60A	Tour grp. for troops	USO
61A	Grain in Cheerios	OAT
62A	Styles in which certain outdoorsy clothes are trimmed?	LLBEANCUTS
65A	The 12 men in "12 Angry Men"	JURY
66A	Book ID	ISBN
67A	Bottled spirit	GENIE
68A	Start of a children's story	ONCE
69A	Gnat or rat	PEST
70A	Observance before Easter	LENT
71A	Dreyer's, on the East Coast	EDYS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Faith in which Mecca is the holiest city	ISLAM
2D	Hot food with a cold-sounding name	CHILI
3D	Big red button, often	KILLSWITCH
4D	Happy cry	YAY
5D	A deadly sin, or an animal	SLOTH
6D	Curving outward	CONVEX
7D	Like Usain Bolt's last name	APT
8D	Unenthusiastic reply	MEH
9D	"Finally!"	ATLAST
10D	Dollops	DABS
11D	Burn balm	ALOE
12D	New York team that writes a check on "Bobby Bonilla Day"	METS
15D	Robinhood option	SELL
19D	Nickname that drops -orah	DEB
21D	Mordor volcano	MTDOOM
24D	Droops	SAGS
25D	Save the day	BEAHERO
26D	Egg (on)	URGE
30D	Hit the beach?	RUNAGROUND
31D	Bravo host Cohen	ANDY
32D	Easter service	MASS
33D	Went over the limit, say	SPED
34D	Corolla or Corvette	AUTO
35D	180 degrees from SSW	NNE
37D	Lead-in to "Pen"	EPI
38D	Totally finished, in slang	DONEZO
41D	Chicago pub?	TRIB
42D	Bone near the funny bone	ULNA
47D	Not at school	ABSENT
49D	Confine	CAGEIN
52D	"Call ___ hunch ..."	ITA
53D	Word before "Beach" or "Island"	LONG
54D	It may be frozen or liquid	ASSET
55D	Prideful guy in "Pride and Prejudice"	DARCY
56D	Eyelid concerns	STYES
57D	"Freudian" mistake	SLIP
58D	"Or ___!"	ELSE
59D	Wanes	EBBS
63D	Disney frame	CEL
64D	A, in France	UNE
65D	Java	JOE