USA Today Crossword August 31, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Sunday, August 31, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword August 31, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from August 31, 2025 contains 77 total clues—39 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	Billiard ball, e.g.	ORB
4A	Sock ___ ('50s school dance)	HOP
7A	Speck in the sea	ISLET
12A	Plant with a canopy	TREE
13A	The "T" of EGOT	TONY
14A	Drop, like fees	WAIVE
15A	Interpersonal falling-out	RIFT
16A	Centimeter or decibel	UNIT
17A	Lumon employee's identity when they're not at work, on "Severance"	OUTIE
18A	Ms. Rachel's has over 15 million subscribers	YOUTUBECHANNEL
21A	Glossy	SLEEK
22A	"That hurts!"	YEOW
23A	Cry of frustration	ARGHGAH
25A	Business card no.	TEL
26A	Bone in a cage	RIB
28A	What a goaltender tends	NET
30A	Uninterested in romance, for short	ARO
31A	Like some private estates	GATED
33A	Consent to marketing emails	OPTIN
35A	1913 Stravinsky ballet	THERITEOFSPRING
40A	Long for someone	YEARN
41A	Exceptionally talented	ELITE
42A	Three, four or five, often	PAR
43A	Chow down	EAT
46A	"Pokemon" character	ASH
47A	Minecraft explosive	TNT
50A	Casino calculations	ODDS
52A	Long-lasting hairdo	PERM
54A	Concur	AGREE
56A	Source of a company's income	REVENUESTREAM
59A	Brownish gray	TAUPE
61A	Patronize a bistro	DINE
62A	Fifty-and-older org.	AARP
63A	Confess	ADMIT
64A	A single time	ONCE
65A	"Beware the ___ of March"	IDES
66A	Crispy South Indian dishes	DOSAS
67A	Many a charitable grp.	NGO
68A	Hallucinogenic drug	LSD

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Baltimore bird	ORIOLE
2D	Do a pit stop task	REFUEL
3D	"The Fabulous Four" actress Midler	BETTE
4D	Dulce Sloan voices her in "The Great North"	HONEYBEE
5D	Being chilled	ONICE
6D	Programming language	PYTHON
7D	Cry after hitting a jackpot	IWON
8D	Room where things get steamy	SAUNA
9D	Bookish folks	LITERATI
10D	Cartoon villain's facial expression	EVILGRIN
11D	Short-sleeved shirt	TEE
12D	Lovers' rendezvous	TRYST
13D	Ben & Jerry's container	TUB
19D	Where Lvivske beer is brewed	UKRAINE
20D	Wow	AWE
24D	___ Kong	HONG
27D	Hairy Addams Family cousin	ITT
29D	"Just you try to beat my score!"	TOPTHAT
31D	Angry dog's warning	GRR
32D	Buck's mate	DOE
34D	Post's opposite	PRE
35D	Theirs one in this clue	TYPO
36D	Part of a tennis racquet	HEAD
37D	Tympanic membranes	EARDRUMS
38D	Dance style with castanets	FLAMENCO
39D	Sibling nickname	SIS
44D	Many a Nintendo Kong	APE
45D	Muscle-bone connector	TENDON
47D	___ water (stays afloat)	TREADS
48D	Drew closer to	NEARED
49D	Short-term workers	TEMPS
51D	Old-timey photo tint	SEPIA
53D	Regretting	RUING
55D	"Holy" Indiana Jones relic	GRAIL
57D	Docs prescribing heartworm meds	VETS
58D	"What did I say!?"	SEE
59D	Wee bit	TAD
60D	"Without further ___ . . ."	ADO

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