USA Today Crossword August 22, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Friday, August 22, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword August 22, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from August 22, 2025 contains 78 total clues—40 across and 38 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	Word after "potato" or "corn"	CHIP
5A	Actor Hutcherson	JOSH
9A	Minor modification	TWEAK
14A	First ___, first served	COME
15A	Three-syllable cookie	OREO
16A	"Crossing my fingers!"	IHOPE
17A	Barley product	MALT
18A	Color similar to turquoise	TEAL
19A	Like Wintergreen Tic Tacs	MINTY
20A	Aren't fictional	EXIST
22A	Less speedy	SLOWER
24A	"You missed a ___"	SPOT
26A	"Alter" selves	EGOS
27A	CBS forensics show	CSI
30A	Canadian Tulip Festival city	OTTAWA
32A	Collective embrace	GROUPHUG
34A	Captain Hook, to Peter Pan	FOE
35A	Animated sax player	LISA
37A	Box for produce or vinyl records	CRATE
38A	Bit of trivia	FUNFACT
41A	Kiss and canoodle	MAKEOUT
43A	Less friendly	ICIER
44A	Astrological border	CUSP
46A	___ Lanka	SRI
47A	"Let's stop, okay?"	CANWENOT
49A	Group of seven	SEPTET
52A	Official language of Grenada (Abbr.)	ENG
53A	Share a border	ABUT
54A	Texter's "However . . ."	OTOH
55A	C major and D minor	SCALES
57A	Really shvitz	SWEAT
60A	"Famous Potatoes" state	IDAHO
63A	Used a sketchbook	DREW
65A	Taj Mahal feature	DOME
66A	Drove up the wall	VEXED
67A	Played a bassoon	BLEW
68A	Sandusky's Great Lake	ERIE
69A	Greta Thunberg, for one	SWEDE
70A	Bronte's Jane	EYRE
71A	Reuben breads	RYES

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	"I'd like to be included on the email"	CCME
2D	Snopes may debunk one	HOAX
3D	"You have my attention"	IMLISTENING
4D	Place that may offer dog facials	PETSPA
5D	Write hastily	JOT
6D	Mined resources	ORES
7D	Landlubbers lack them	SEALEGS
8D	3D images made using laser light	HOLOGRAMS
9D	Activity such as mindlessly scrolling on TikTok	TIMESUCK
10D	Drone rotor sound	WHIR
11D	Very long time	EON
12D	Like the name Dawn, for an early riser	APT
13D	C major or D minor	KEY
21D	Haul to a garage	TOW
23D	Wine and dine	WOO
25D	Softest mineral	TALC
27D	Field of study involving the butterfly effect	CHAOSTHEORY
28D	Surgeon's stitch	SUTURE
29D	"This all makes sense"	IGETIT
30D	Dunder Mifflin workplace	OFFICE
31D	Tropical bird	TOUCAN
33D	Prefix in "prefix"	PRE
36D	"Maybe!"	PERHAPS
39D	Had a ___ (got somewhat drunk)	FEW
40D	207, for Maine	AREACODE
42D	Lhasa ___ (Tibetan dog)	APSO
45D	Entirely	UTTERLY
48D	Court org.	NBA
50D	Beings in flying saucers, for short	ETS
51D	Garlic ___ (spice)	POWDER
55D	Backyard storage structure	SHED
56D	Person with foresight	SEER
58D	Female friend, in French	AMIE
59D	Tops at merch tables	TEES
60D	Hospital drips (Abbr.)	IVS
61D	Moisture on grass	DEW
62D	Tin Man's chopping tool	AXE
64D	Ring announcer Lilian Garcia's org.	WWE

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