Universal Crossword September 8, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Universal crossword puzzle from September 8, 2025.

Universal Crossword September 8, 2025 Answers

This Universal puzzle from September 8, 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	Plane that may be private	JET
4A	Send raunchy messages	SEXT
8A	First, second or third	BASE
12A	Ritualistic heap	PYRE
14A	Olympic sword	EPEE
15A	Side of a cut gem	FACET
16A	*Canine that originated in Germany, despite its name	GREATDANE
18A	The sides of a stop sign, for one	OCTET
19A	Paperboy's shout, once	EXTRA
20A	*Wrapper that you can't just throw away?	ANACONDA
22A	$$$ dispenser	ATM
24A	Actress/country singer Kramer	JANA
25A	*Hominid on evolutionary diagrams	NEANDERTHAL
31A	Chiding syllable	TUT
34A	How ballerinas spin	ONTOE
35A	Oktoberfest quaff	BIER
36A	Sixth month	JUNE
37A	Womb resident	FETUS
38A	What might be up in the air at an airport, briefly?	ETA
39A	Movie roles	PARTS
40A	Actor McGregor	EWAN
41A	Southern contraction	YALL
42A	Anticipate	EXPECT
43A	Key in the corner	ESC
44A	With 49- and 58-Across, some biotech products ... or the starred clues' answers?	GENETICALLY
46A	Tie tightly	KNOT
48A	"Let me think ..."	HMM
49A	See 44-Across	MODIFIEDORGANISMS
53A	___ New Guinea	PAPUA
57A	Fail at a crucial moment	CHOKE
58A	See 44-Across	MODIFIEDORGANISMS
61A	Rage	IRE
62A	Pill seizer, informally	NARC
63A	Nerdy type	GEEK
64A	Throw lightly	TOSS
65A	Raunchy writing	SMUT
66A	Double-helix molecule rearranged in the starred clues' answers	DNA

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Picture file extension	JPG
2D	Jane of fiction	EYRE
3D	Dino at many a museum	TREX
4D	Knock out	SEDATE
5D	Org. concerned with pollution	EPA
6D	Warrior princess of old TV	XENA
7D	First-time intern, say	TEEN
8D	Breakfast meat	BACON
9D	Play it cool	ACTNATURAL
10D	Morsel on a bagel	SEED
11D	Jazzy James	ETTA
13D	Enjoy some pastrami	EAT
15D	___ point (center of attention)	FOCAL
17D	Exchanges	TRADES
21D	Slightly open	AJAR
23D	Mostly silent comic figure of old TV	MRBEAN
25D	Enticement in a credit card ad	NOFEE
26D	Show with celebrity updates	ENEWS
27D	Defenders on leashes	ATTACKDOGS
28D	Sir or madam	NOUNTITLE
29D	Sir or madam	NOUNTITLE
30D	What a Med Kit restores in "Fortnite"	HEALTH
32D	Up to	TIL
33D	On edge	TENSE
36D	"Star Wars" scavenger	JAWA
39D	He follows dotted lines	PACMAN
41D	Mythical mountain monster	YETI
44D	Errand runner	GOFER
45D	Asteroid strike, e.g.	IMPACT
47D	Certain basketball shoes	NIKES
49D	Exam for a premed	MCAT
50D	"That's not good"	OHNO
51D	Billions of years	EONS
52D	Small unit of fluid weight	DRAM
54D	Hog, for one	PIG
55D	Like some cars and books	USED
56D	"Couldn't agree more!"	AMEN
59D	Anti-hero in "Despicable Me"	GRU
60D	Cousin of reggae	SKA