Universal Crossword October 29, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from October 29, 2025.

Universal Crossword October 29, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from October 29, 2025 contains 76 total clues—36 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	Parts of a comic's act	BITS
5A	Crows' hellos	CAWS
9A	Minor quarrel	SPAT
13A	Add to the family, perhaps	ADOPT
15A	Be detrimental to	HURT
16A	Cross one's fingers	HOPE
17A	Penne shapes	TUBES
18A	Brainchild	IDEA
19A	Ready for business	OPEN
20A	Carolers riding tracked vehicles?	SNOCATSINGERS
23A	Colorful card game	UNO
24A	Retired grunt, for instance	VET
25A	Shop	STORE
28A	Wine bar offering that might get out of hand?	BOTTOMLESSPINOT
33A	Hubbub	TODO
34A	Scooby-___	DOO
35A	Baseball big shots, for short	GMS
36A	"Like I care"	WHATEVS
40A	"I hear ..."	SOMESAY
43A	___ Lingus	AER
44A	Glass of "This American Life"	IRA
46A	Pester persistently	NAG
47A	Bunch of people from the Italian Riviera?	GAGGLEOFGENOESE
54A	Tito's alternative, informally	STOLI
55A	Hi-___ imaging	RES
56A	Nada	NIL
57A	Disclaimer after an unintended witticism ... or an alternative title for this puzzle	NOPUNINTENDED
62A	Unfair leaning	BIAS
64A	Fiction's opposite	FACT
65A	Like some French wine	ROUGE
66A	Composer's work	OPUS
67A	Milky birthstone	OPAL
68A	Closer to "still mooing"	RARER
69A	Musical Perry	KATY
70A	With it, upstairs	SANE
71A	Soldier's chow hall	MESS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Bruce Wayne's underwater vehicle	BATSUB
2D	"Couldn't tell ya"	IDUNNO
3D	Additionally	TOBOOT
4D	Blueprint detail, in brief	SPEC
5D	Tool used on marble	CHISEL
6D	Did a book review of?	AUDITED
7D	Warbly garden visitor	WREN
8D	Dateless	STAG
9D	Igloo feature?	SHORTI
10D	Many are played at school dances	POPSONGS
11D	Chimpanzee or orangutan	APE
12D	Diver's ideal score	TEN
14D	Org. that ended its "shoes-off" policy in July 2025	TSA
21D	Hallmark Channel feature	TVMOVIE
22D	Mentalist's "ability"	ESP
26D	Tomato variety from Maryland, ironically	ROMA
27D	Digital craft market	ETSY
29D	Piece of portable art, for short	TAT
30D	Poem of praise	ODE
31D	Message spelled in the sand, perhaps	SOS
32D	With the least delay	SOONEST
36D	Tail movements	WAGS
37D	Police attention, slangily	HEAT
38D	Mythical follower of Jason	ARGONAUT
39D	Sold-out show initials	SRO
41D	"Phew!"	MAN
42D	Diva's problem	EGO
45D	Like some lions and leopards	AFRICAN
48D	Like a shiny 49-Down	GLOSSY
49D	One of two used for a kiss	LIP
50D	Mild-mannered	GENTLE
51D	Tolerate	ENDURE
52D	Prolonged attacks	SIEGES
53D	Senior figures	ELDERS
58D	Alien ships	UFOS
59D	West Coast wine hub	NAPA
60D	Make a mistake	ERR
61D	Pioneering linguist Chomsky	NOAM
62D	___ choy	BOK
63D	Brew such as Hazy Little Thing	IPA