Universal Crossword October 31, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from October 31, 2025.

Universal Crossword October 31, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from October 31, 2025 contains 76 total clues—37 across and 39 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	Coagulate	CLOT
5A	Earlier	PRIOR
10A	With 16-Across, the thing I'm referring to	THIS
14A	Kachina carver	HOPI
15A	Jamaican who worships Haile Selassie	RASTA
16A	See 10-Across	HERE
17A	Bra --> Brain?	INADDITION
19A	Distinctive flair	ELAN
20A	Add insult to injury	PILEON
21A	It's intense in tennis	SETPOINT
23A	Barbecue site	PIT
24A	Triage sites: Abbr.	ERS
25A	"Crocodile Rock" singer John	ELTON
28A	Donkey --> Don?	DELETEKEY
34A	British noble	LORD
35A	Cassettes	TAPES
36A	1/500 of the Indianapolis 500	MILE
37A	It's an OK college!	ORU
38A	Indian state hidden in "bass amplifier"	ASSAM
39A	Chicago Loop loopers	ELS
40A	Future's opposite	PAST
42A	Decided	CHOSE
43A	Cheese on crackers	BRIE
44A	Center --> Centimeter?	EXTRATIME
46A	Clamps on workbenches	VISES
47A	Little lie	FIB
48A	Joke	GAG
49A	Mission permission	THATSAGO
54A	Back on board?	ASTERN
58A	Dorothy's appropriate last name	GALE
59A	Agitate --> Agate?	TAKEITAWAY
61A	Misfortunes	ILLS
62A	It comes with strings attached	APRON
63A	Falls behind	LAGS
64A	Ending for "Oktober"	FEST
65A	College bigwigs	DEANS
66A	Body part that has a cap	KNEE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	China problem	CHIP
2D	Late actress Anderson	LONI
3D	Birthstone after sapphire	OPAL
4D	It's on a laundry list of dangerous internet challenges	TIDEPOD
5D	Computer command for making a paper copy	PRINT
6D	Snitch	RAT
7D	Egyptian fertility goddess	ISIS
8D	Missouri River native	OTOE
9D	Go on a tirade	RANT
10D	Proposition in geometry	THEOREM
11D	They take a flight before they schuss	HELISKIERS
12D	Neighbor of Afghanistan	IRAN
13D	On its way	SENT
18D	Tire out	DOIN
22D	Goldfish or hamster	PET
25D	Split to unite?	ELOPE
26D	Dr. Seuss character who speaks for the trees	LORAX
27D	Team-building events that have catches	TRUSTFALLS
28D	Base for miso soup	DASHI
29D	Lead-in to "Downs" or "salts"	EPSOM
30D	Car dealer's offering	LEASE
31D	Salinger character who said, "I prefer stories about squalor"	ESME
32D	"Dallas" matriarch Miss ___	ELLIE
33D	Affirmatives	YESES
35D	Boor's lack	TACT
41D	Hackneyed to the max	TRITEST
43D	Bluster	BIGTALK
45D	Stomach muscles	ABS
46D	Gigantic	VAST
48D	Increases in muscle mass	GAINS
49D	End-of-the-week cheer	TGIF
50D	Healthy	HALE
51D	Hardly at all	ATAD
52D	Stare with an open mouth	GAPE
53D	Creole vegetable	OKRA
55D	Obi-Wan Kenobi portrayer McGregor	EWAN
56D	Anger	RAGE
57D	Financial page inits.	NYSE
60D	Long, long time	EON