USA Today Crossword August 23, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Saturday, August 23, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword August 23, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from August 23, 2025 contains 68 total clues—33 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	"___ are made to be broken"	RULES
6A	Class of medication whose second "S" stands for serotonin	SSRI
10A	Colorful wrap	SERAPE
11A	Some Pennsylvania Dutch speakers	AMISH
13A	Error in reasoning that stems from one's subjective perception	COGNITIVEBIAS
16A	Oil grp.	OPEC
17A	"___ Nagila"	HAVA
18A	Spanish for "Miss" (Abbr.)	SRTA
20A	Extend, like a subscription	RENEW
22A	Sandwich often served with tzatziki	GYRO
24A	Faucet annoyance	DRIP
26A	Doc who might treat tinnitus	ENT
27A	___ mattress	AIR
29A	Abate	EBB
31A	Home to many Sherpa people	TIBET
33A	Strongly desired	CRAVED
34A	Celebratory "RENT" song with the lyric "To Sontag / To Sondheim / To anything taboo"	LAVIEBOHEME
36A	Overjoys	ELATES
38A	Stand out on stage	SHINE
39A	Sprayed a hose on	WATERED
41A	Provided a meal for	FED
42A	"Do the ___" (soda slogan)	DEW
45A	Never Have I ___ (party game)	EVER
46A	Apple assistant originally voiced by Susan Bennett	SIRI
48A	Emerge	ARISE
50A	Secondary social media accounts	ALTS
52A	Civil rights activist Horne	LENA
54A	Toothed whale that's a cosmopolitan species	ORCA
55A	Ms. Rachel postings, e.g.	YOUTUBEVIDEOS
58A	Stale, in a way	TRITE
59A	Frozen spike that tinsel resembles	ICICLE
60A	"I ___ so high school every time I look at you"	FEEL
61A	Tooth-related	DENTAL

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Start taking customers again	REOPEN
2D	Dire	URGENT
3D	Jouster's spear	LANCE
4D	Prefix for "dural" or "graph"	EPI
5D	"The Studio" co-creator Rogan	SETH
6D	Shrewd	ASTUTE
7D	Spreads messily	SMEARS
8D	Poke fun at	TEASE
9D	Egyptian fertility goddess	ISIS
10D	Board game calculation	SCORE
12D	"That's absolutely my feeling, too"	HARDSAMEIAGREE
14D	"That's absolutely my feeling, too"	HARDSAMEIAGREE
15D	Try really hard	STRIVE
19D	Assistant	AIDE
21D	Certain approval form	WAIVER
23D	Boo-boo	OWIE
25D	___ XING	PED
28D	Birds similar to herons	IBISES
30D	"Running Point" actress Song	BRENDA
31D	Morsel in some hot dishes	TATERTOT
32D	"Dinner and a Movie" channel	TBS
34D	Nowadays	LATELY
35D	"If you insist"	OHFINE
36D	She sheep	EWE
37D	Rolling rock?	LAVA
40D	Make weaker	DILUTE
42D	Unlike someone who beats around the bush	DIRECT
43D	"Oh, Mary!" writer and star Cole	ESCOLA
44D	Ferret or stoat	WEASEL
47D	Revolting person?	REBEL
49D	Beauty entrepreneur Linda	RODIN
51D	Ride the tube?	SURF
53D	Enthusiastic	AGOG
56D	Cause of extra innings	TIE
57D	"Rocks"	ICE

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