USA Today Crossword August 16, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Saturday, August 16, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword August 16, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from August 16, 2025 contains 78 total clues—39 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 USA Today crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Lightbulb unit	WATT
5A	It might help a dachshund get on the bed	RAMP
9A	Subject with notes and keys	MUSIC
14A	Prefix with "pop" or "futurism"	AFRO
15A	Olympic sword	EPEE
16A	2024 Oscar winner starring Mikey Madison	ANORA
17A	Home to Naqsh-e Jahan Square	IRAN
18A	___ queen	DRAG
19A	Muscle-bone connector	TENDON
20A	"Now you see it . . . now you don't" performance	VANISHINGACT
23A	Letters on an ambulance	EMS
24A	Dial-up pioneer	AOL
25A	___ and Herzegovina	BOSNIA
29A	Newish	RECENT
31A	Mail hole	SLOT
33A	UFO pilots	ETS
34A	Rizzo or Miss Bianca	RAT
35A	Holier-than-___	THOU
36A	Apt anagram of "vile"	EVIL
37A	Drawbacks	DISADVANTAGES
40A	Brood	MOPE
41A	Do an autumn chore	RAKE
42A	Substance that's an anagram of 34- and 43-Across	TAR
43A	Valuable oil?	ART
44A	Hi-top ___ (hairstyle)	FADE
45A	Evades	SKIRTS
48A	Nut in some Indian curries	CASHEW
50A	Animation still	CEL
51A	Letters that might follow a heartfelt text	ILY
52A	Helen Keller's teacher and companion	ANNESULLIVAN
56A	Dark Horse publication	COMIC
59A	Large desert in Asia	GOBI
60A	Mo. when the US Open ends	SEPT
61A	Responded to an alarm, perhaps	AWOKE
62A	Laudatory poems	ODES
63A	Luxuriant	LUSH
64A	Key ingredient in bread	FLOUR
65A	Girl scout accessory	SASH
66A	Most Kongs in "Donkey Kong" lore	APES

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Document signed before a hang gliding lesson	WAIVER
2D	Style of many a cozy cabin	AFRAME
3D	Records handled by a registrar's office	TRANSCRIPTS
4D	"Knives Out" actress Collette	TONI
5D	Sizzling	REDHOT
6D	National Pet Day month	APRIL
7D	Cruel	MEAN
8D	Simon of "Hot Fuzz" fame	PEGG
9D	Toucan Sam, e.g.	MASCOT
10D	Syllabus sections	UNITS
11D	Luke, vis-a-vis Anakin and Padme	SON
12D	Anger	CHOLER
13D	Crow sound	CAW
21D	North Pole resident	SANTA
22D	Ish	KINDASORTA
26D	"You got this!"	NEVERGIVEUP
27D	"___ what ___" ("That's life")	ITIS
28D	Communication system used at Gallaudet U	ASL
30D	Lack of difficulty	EASE
31D	"___ It Off"	SHAKE
32D	Only	SOLE
35D	Prime-time promo	TVAD
36D	"Good heavens!"	EGAD
37D	Explorer who travels with Boots	DORA
38D	Sketched	DREW
39D	Ring-shaped coral formation	ATOLL
40D	Big ___ (Whopper competitor)	MAC
44D	Person who might wield a 15-Across	FENCER
45D	"Yummo!"	DELISH
46D	Pass by	ELAPSE
47D	Moogs, e.g.	SYNTHS
49D	Seventeen-syllable poem	HAIKU
50D	Six-sided dice shapes	CUBES
53D	Senses of self	EGOS
54D	Pop	DAD
55D	Puerto Rico, por ejemplo	ISLA
56D	Half-___ (rhyming coffee order)	CAF
57D	Bird that gives a hoot	OWL
58D	Cow's greeting	MOO

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