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USA Today Crossword August 10, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Sunday, August 10, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword August 10, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from August 10, 2025 contains 74 total clues—39 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 USA Today crossword archive.

Across Clues

# Clue Answer
1A Downside CON
4A Fish-and-chips fish COD
7A "Fleabag" network BBC
10A Spanish bull TORO
11A Vegetable that's often fried OKRA
13A Place to enjoy pastrami, coleslaw, etc. DELI
14A Inbox Zero target EMAIL
16A ___ ID (driver's license with a special marking) REAL
17A Words exchanged under a chuppah IDOS
18A Senders of unsigned love letters SECRETADMIRERS
21A "haha!" LOL
22A ___ City ("Fireflies" artist) OWL
23A Sixteenth prez ABE
24A In-state rival of 33-Down, for short OSU
26A From the top AGAIN
28A The "r" in "where r u" ARE
30A Traditional Inuit shelters IGLOOS
32A Truthful HONEST
35A ___ Scout ("Severance" role for Dichen Lachman) GEMMA
36A Promos based on someone's search history TARGETEDADS
38A Hard, in a way STALE
40A Pet that's illegal in California FERRET
41A "Death of a Unicorn" actress Jenna ORTEGA
43A Phase of life ERA
44A Boot out EVICT
48A Spam source BOT
49A ___-Wan Kenobi OBI
51A Hypotheticals IFS
53A Kung ___ tofu PAO
54A Inseparable JOINEDATTHEHIP
58A Country west of Vietnam LAOS
59A Country east of Ghana TOGO
60A 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. EVENS
61A Low odds? ONES
62A Fail to articulate SLUR
63A Like some student films ARTY
64A Meat-grading org. USDA
65A "That reminds me . . ." OHYES
66A GameCube predecessor NES

Down Clues

# Clue Answer
1D "Oh, geez!" COMEON
2D Fortuneteller ORACLE
3D Hard-boiled genre NOIR
4D Common scuba diving site CORALREEF
5D Signed off on OKED
6D Reality TV staple DRAMA
7D What studio apartments lack BEDROOMS
8D Cherry ___ (flower frequently mentioned in waka) BLOSSOM
9D Prefix for "gender" CIS
10D Inventor Nikola TESLA
12D One might provide a cover ALIBI
13D Rolled board game item DIE
15D Summer zodiac sign LEO
19D Country music sound TWANG
20D Jamaican music genre SKA
25D Network that aired "Suits" USA
27D ___ watching (tourist activity in Iceland) WHALE
29D Cosmetics mogul Lauder ESTEE
31D Resulted in LEDTO
33D The Ducks of college sports OREGON
34D Risk factor? TERRITORY
36D Covered in ink TATTOOED
37D Annual fantasy football event DRAFT
38D React to the "Up" montage, perhaps SOB
39D "Iliad" warriors TROJANS
42D Drives a getaway car, say ABETS
45D Cry from a treehouse UPHERE
46D New Orleans team that Steve Gleason played for SAINTS
47D ___-turvy TOPSY
50D Celebrities, to stans IDOLS
52D "Hey Leonardo (___ Likes Me for Me)" SHE
55D Actress Rae ISSA
56D ___ fresca (fruit drink) AGUA
57D "The Studio" co-creator Goldberg EVAN
58D Cindy-___ Who LOU

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