USA Today Crossword August 12, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword August 12, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from August 12, 2025 contains 78 total clues—38 across and 40 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	Singer Lance, or his vocal part in *NSYNC	BASS
5A	Therefore	ERGO
9A	Line on a map	ROAD
13A	Reverberating sound	ECHO
14A	Lucky number in Beijing	EIGHT
16A	"What ___ is new?"	ELSE
17A	Consider to be	DEEM
18A	God, in Arabic	ALLAH
19A	Bento box staple	RICE
20A	Opening words at many wedding ceremonies	DEARLYBELOVED
23A	Give it a go	TRY
24A	Most direct route	BEELINE
25A	"Start the music!"	HITIT
28A	"That'll be the ___"	DAY
30A	Forest clearing	GLADE
31A	"Severance" star Scott	ADAM
32A	Pull up a chair	SIT
33A	Game Boy batteries	AAS
34A	Philadelphia tourist attraction that was rung for the last time in 1846	LIBERTYBELL
37A	"___ Just Not That Into You"	HES
40A	Not as tight	LOOSER
41A	Sailor's "yes"	AYE
42A	"This Will Be" singer Natalie	COLE
43A	Angsty music genre	EMO
44A	Ctrl+V command	PASTE
46A	Full moon, e.g.	PHASE
47A	Small salamander	NEWT
48A	Test for a future judge	BAREXAM
50A	Word before "error" or "flaw"	FATAL
53A	Stood on its hind legs, like a horse	REARED
55A	"'Tis a shame!"	ALAS
56A	Stamp on a grocery store item	SELLBYDATE
60A	Coke or Dr Pepper	SODA
61A	Pep ___	RALLY
62A	Declare with certainty	AVOW
63A	Color similar to turquoise	TEAL
64A	Collect over time	AMASS
65A	Assign stars to	RATE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Breakfast in ___	BED
2D	High card in a royal flush	ACE
3D	Reacted to a hairy situation, say?	SHED
4D	On occasion	SOMETIMES
5D	Misty-eyed	TEARY
6D	"Running Up That ___" (Kate Bush song)	HILL
7D	Like some Christmas sweaters	UGLY
8D	"Not too ___!" ("Nice work!")	SHABBY
9D	Throws the dice again in Yahtzee	REROLLS
10D	"good 4 u" singer Rodrigo	OLIVIA
11D	Move upward	ASCEND
12D	Older sister in "Dexter's Laboratory"	DEEDEE
15D	Old-timey pronoun	THEE
21D	The "A" of MoMA	ART
22D	Permitted by law	LEGAL
25D	Oscar winner Berry	HALLE
26D	"Under the weather," e.g.	IDIOM
27D	Socially off-limits	TABOO
28D	Home project letters	DIY
29D	Chance for a hit	ATBAT
32D	Scarecrow stuffing	STRAW
33D	Pub drink	ALE
35D	Push away	REPEL
36D	Estimates by sight alone	EYEBALLS
37D	Elaborate trick	HOAX
38D	"Into the Unknown" singer in "Frozen 2"	ELSA
39D	"Does this ___ off to you?"	SEEM
42D	"Sharp" dairy product	CHEDDAR
45D	Go live on Twitch	STREAM
46D	Mice, to owls	PREY
47D	Nose-related	NASAL
49D	Sandwich chain with "the meats"	ARBYS
50D	Speedy	FAST
51D	Moisturizer ingredient	ALOE
52D	"Look what I did!"	TADA
54D	Composer and singer Fitzgerald	ELLA
56D	Spanish for "Mrs."	SRA
57D	Director DuVernay	AVA
58D	Youngster	TAD
59D	Lamb's mom	EWE

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