Universal Crossword September 21, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from September 21, 2025.

Universal Crossword September 21, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from September 21, 2025 contains 72 total clues—37 across and 35 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	Compelling feature of a novel, ideally	PLOT
5A	Second chance	REDO
9A	Name hidden in "air mattress"	IRMA
13A	Wear down	DEGRADE
14A	App customer	USER
15A	One of a statistical trio	MEAN
16A	Symbols of peace	DOVES
17A	Person prone to giving props?	STAGEHAND
19A	Cynthia Erivo, on Season 2 of "Poker Face"	GUESTSTAR
21A	___ out (distributes)	DOLES
22A	Vocab-building class	ESL
23A	Flat fish	RAY
24A	Droop	SAG
26A	Tic-___-toe	TAC
27A	iPad accessory	STYLUS
29A	Class-y Bong Joon Ho movie?	PARASITE
31A	Quick and classic meal for a college student	INSTANTRAMEN
33A	Make full	SATE
36A	Letters in a telecom company's URL	ATT
37A	Trifling	PETTY
38A	"Prepare to be amazed!"	PRESTOCHANGO
43A	Chiles ___ (Mexican stuffed peppers)	RELLENOS
44A	Wipes out	ERASES
48A	Assent at sea	AYE
49A	Michelle Obama, ___ Robinson	NEE
50A	Noncommercial ad	PSA
51A	1/48 of a cup: Abbr.	TSP
52A	Posers?	YOGIS
54A	Online term for the offline world	MEATSPACE
57A	%&*? or @#$!	CURSEWORD
59A	"Not today, ___!"	SATAN
60A	Reddit forums	AMAS
61A	Nearly closed	AJAR
62A	Spew lava	ERUPT
63A	Literary captain, or a cinematic fish	NEMO
64A	Jeans measurement	RISE
65A	___-Ball	SKEE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	French author who associated smell with memory	PROUST
2D	"Isn't She ___?" (Wonder classic)	LOVELY
3D	Praising poems	ODES
4D	Time to give it a shot!	TESTRUN
5D	Out of practice	RUSTY
6D	"Puerto Rico ___ bien cabron" (Bad Bunny)	ESTA
7D	Start of many Christmas missives	DEARSANTA
8D	End of Wikipedia's URL	ORG
9D	Lead-in to a texter's viewpoint	IMHO
10D	When things happen	REALTIME
11D	Classic song with the line "Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up"	MANEATER
12D	Director's cry	ANDSCENE
13D	Cylinder's pair	EDGES
18D	Rocker Winter	EDGAR
20D	Sauciness	SASS
25D	Subject of some criticism	ART
28D	Eldest von Trapp child	LIESL
29D	Trails	PATHS
30D	Polynesian country	SAMOA
32D	Symbol in a text about Tuesday's dinner, perhaps	TACOEMOJI
33D	Graffiti artist's container	SPRAYCAN
34D	"How do we agree on so much?!"	AREYOUME
35D	Morse transmission	TELEGRAM
39D	Imperfect or past	TENSE
40D	___ Direction	ONE
41D	Animal home in the board game Wingspan	NEST
42D	They grow in meadows	GRASSES
45D	Stone-faced figure, maybe	STATUE
46D	Get away	ESCAPE
47D	Wiped out	SPENT
50D	Father, in Spanish	PADRE
53D	Response to "Not true!"	ISSO
55D	Memorable periods	ERAS
56D	Word after "skate" or "South"	PARK
58D	"Here's some money. Go see a 'Star ___.'" ("Arrested Development")	WAR