USA Today Crossword July 19, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Saturday, July 19, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword July 19, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from July 19, 2025 contains 76 total clues—37 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	Rude person	BOOR
4A	"A threat to any minority is a threat to all minorities" org.	ACLU
8A	Phrase that might be tough to translate	IDIOM
13A	Chew like a rodent	GNAW
15A	Sounds from unhappy fans	BOOS
16A	S, in the Greek alphabet	SIGMA
17A	Medical professional who makes house calls	HOMENURSE
19A	Heeds a yellow light	SLOWS
20A	Emerged	AROSE
21A	Setting after resetting	DEFAULT
23A	Sonnet's last six lines	SESTET
25A	Flavor of some purple ice cream	UBE
26A	Prefix for -pod or -athlon	TRI
29A	Org. requiring Real ID	TSA
30A	Power tools	DRILLS
33A	"Come again?"	HUH
34A	Gray-blue color	SLATE
35A	Study of morals	ETHICS
37A	"Let me hear you cheer"	MAKESOMENOISE
40A	"I don't have any sixes" card game	GOFISH
41A	Not abridged	UNCUT
42A	Makeshift boat	RAFT
43A	Life's work	CAREER
45A	Discreetly include on an email	BCC
48A	Game with Reverse cards	UNO
49A	Protective jab	VAX
50A	S, in the NATO alphabet	SIERRA
52A	Stone in some countertops	GRANITE
56A	Winter athlete	SKIER
57A	Blotch on a blouse	STAIN
59A	"Good grief"	EGADS
61A	Espresso beverage with the most milk	LATTE
62A	Tie to a dock	MOOR
63A	Actress Ward	SELA
64A	Double-reed instruments	OBOES
65A	Performed by a choir	SUNG
66A	Same-___ marriage	SEX

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Clutching one's pearls	AGHAST
2D	Goes "honk shoo, honk shoo"	SNORES
3D	Pastry that may be served with chutney	SAMOSA
4D	___ Dhabi	ABU
5D	Parachute part	CORD
6D	Fail to prevail	LOSE
7D	Advantageous	USEFUL
8D	Topic in a debate	ISSUE
9D	Herb in some kosher pickles	DILL
10D	"Let me take care of it"	IGOTTHIS
11D	"leaving now"	OMW
12D	More, in Spanish	MAS
14D	Toward sunset	WEST
18D	Detritus in a pine forest	NEEDLES
22D	Missed days of school	ABSENCES
24D	Oscar the Grouch's home	TRASHCAN
27D	The Kentucky Derby, for one	HORSERACE
28D	"___ a jolly holiday with Mary"	ITS
31D	Olympic skater Midori	ITO
32D	Primate from Madagascar	LEMUR
33D	The littlest bit	WHIT
34D	Sketch performance	SKIT
36D	Major industry in the Maldives	TOURISM
37D	Haunted house sound	MOAN
38D	Espresso-and-ice cream treat	AFFOGATO
39D	U-turn from WSW	ENE
40D	The Minions' boss	GRU
44D	Self-evident truths	AXIOMS
45D	Pickling liquids	BRINES
46D	Leah Chase's cuisine	CREOLE
47D	Coating in a detailing job	CARWAX
49D	Barn roof spinners	VANES
51D	___ out (barely manages)	EKES
53D	Bat mitzvah, for example	RITE
54D	Ten Commandments pronoun	THOU
55D	Major for a future MBA	ECON
57D	___-mo	SLO
58D	Browser subwindow	TAB
60D	4-Across, for example	ORG

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