Universal Crossword September 12, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from September 12, 2025.

Universal Crossword September 12, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from September 12, 2025 contains 78 total clues—40 across and 38 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	They're posted on the 'Gram	PICS
5A	Fully	ALL
8A	Facet	ASPECT
14A	Fix a typo in, say	EDIT
15A	Hot Chelle ___, rock group with the 2011 hit "Tonight Tonight"	RAE
16A	Spanish dish made with saffron	PAELLA
17A	Voice above tenor	ALTO
18A	Well-put	APT
19A	Moved around like buffalo	ROAMED
20A	*Kitchen foil brand	REYNOLDSW
23A	Life phase, to a Gen Zer	ERA
24A	Unionize?	WED
25A	Horror director Roth	ELI
26A	Party popper?	CORK
28A	Base before home	THIRD
30A	Behave immorally	SIN
31A	Hesitant mumbles	UMS
32A	Nursery grass	SOD
33A	*Dessert with a variation called "flame on the iceberg"	BAKEDALA
36A	Spousal separation, maybe	AGEGAP
38A	Old PC drive inserts	CDROMS
42A	*Al Gore won it in the 2000 election	ULARVOTE
46A	Mouse's relative	RAT
47A	Chum	PAL
48A	Opposite of 'neath	OER
49A	Somewhat risque	SPICY
51A	Foes of elves, to Tolkien	ORCS
52A	One of the Kennedys	TED
53A	"___ you ready?"	ARE
54A	Seasoned vet	PRO
55A	Gradual increase in volume ... or a hint to the diagonal part of each starred clue's answer	CRESCENDO
59A	Hold a candle to?	IGNITE
63A	>:-( emotion	IRE
64A	Put away, as a suitcase	STOW
65A	Snorkeling locale	LAGOON
66A	Filbert, for one	NUT
67A	Partner of "show"	TELL
68A	Happened afterward	ENSUED
69A	Rte. finder	GPS
70A	"To a ..." poems	ODES

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Schnapps fruit	PEAR
2D	Do nothing	IDLE
3D	Across an urban area	CITYWIDE
4D	Type who's prone to "the munchies"	STONER
5D	Asian sea hidden in "car alarm"	ARAL
6D	Portable work surface	LAPDESK
7D	Leaves alone	LETSLIE
8D	Passover's mo. in 2025	APR
9D	___ Tome and Principe	SAO
10D	Vegetable that's also a shade of green	PEA
11D	Glue brand with a bull in its logo	ELMERS
12D	Court figure	CLERK
13D	"Voila!"	TADA
21D	Weirdos	ODDBALLS
22D	This blows!	WIND
26D	Dead-end street	CULDESAC
27D	Name that becomes a tomato type when its last letter is moved to the front	OMAR
28D	Org. with wands	TSA
29D	One who refuses to share	HOG
34D	Therapists' org.	APA
35D	Do a bit	ACT
37D	Green stuff on a taco, in brief	GUAC
39D	Situated	ORIENTED
40D	Miller with the album "Swimming"	MAC
41D	Muddy pen	STY
43D	College military org.	ROTC
44D	Switching direction	VEERING
45D	"Food's here!'	ORDERUP
47D	Sticking points?	PRONGS
50D	"Voila!"	TADA
51D	Wurlitzer instrument	ORGAN
54D	___ on (join in criticism)	PILE
56D	Match makeup	SETS
57D	Banana brand	DOLE
58D	Night flyers	OWLS
60D	Debt note	IOU
61D	Pool temperature gauge, at times	TOE
62D	Oft-avoided bread slice	END