USA Today Crossword July 21, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Monday, July 21, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword July 21, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from July 21, 2025 contains 76 total clues—40 across and 36 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	Feature of corduroy pants and some potato chips	RIDGE
6A	Main squeeze	BEAU
9A	Pink drink, for short	COSMO
14A	Nail file material	EMERY
15A	Soccer star Freddy	ADU
16A	___ with (as good as)	ONPAR
17A	Input mistake	USERERROR
19A	Entity	BEING
20A	Go-to doc	PCP
21A	White elephant party alternative	SECRETSANTA
23A	Programmer Lovelace	ADA
25A	Thanks, in German	DANKE
26A	Mend, like a sweater	DARN
27A	Like the sea	BRINY
29A	Campus figure	DEAN
30A	Word said with a sigh	ALAS
31A	Wrote up an assessment of	REVIEWED
33A	Thumbs-down in Congress	NAY
35A	Juicy ending?	ADE
36A	FX show whose middle letter stands for "horror"	AHS
37A	"Ice Age" sloth	SID
38A	"You ___ one job!"	HAD
41A	___ Beta Kappa	PHI
42A	High-traffic time to drive	RUSHHOUR
44A	Twosome	DUO
47A	Picket line crosser	SCAB
49A	Nickname for Dorothy	DOTTY
50A	"By that logic . . ."	ERGO
51A	Broken down	KAPUT
53A	_aid _ime _ff	PTO
54A	Fisherman's Wharf or Times Square, e.g.	TOURISTTRAP
57A	"homage to my hips," e.g.	ODE
59A	Makeup mishap	SMEAR
60A	Niche community for a specific topic	SUBREDDIT
62A	Food typically served with sauce	PASTA
63A	Poet Banias	ARI
64A	Finales to many fugues	CODAS
65A	Total jerks	ASSES
66A	Leaves in a cup	TEA
67A	In a timid way	SHYLY

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Extend a subscription	REUP
2D	"My heart is pounding!"	IMSCARED
3D	Thorough examination of a subject	DEEPDIVE
4D	"Do not pet me" sound	GRR
5D	Lumps of coal, for a snowman	EYES
6D	Beer/Pong venues	BARCADES
7D	Embellished	ADORNED
8D	"Found it at last!"	EUREKA
9D	Inner ears?	COBS
10D	Multivitamin brand	ONEADAY
11D	"This Is ___ Tap"	SPINAL
12D	"Om mani padme hum," for one	MANTRA
13D	Instruments heard in ballparks	ORGANS
18D	Word before "carpet" or "tape"	RED
22D	Sport where "love" means zero	TENNIS
24D	Righteous Babe Records creator DiFranco	ANI
27D	It may be wireless or convertible	BRA
28D	"That tracks"	YEAH
32D	Meringue-making tools	WHISKS
34D	One form of neurodiversity	ADHD
37D	"WandaVision" setting	SUBURBIA
38D	Cocktail made with whiskey, lemon and honey	HOTTODDY
39D	Robocall setting	AUTODIAL
40D	Like Death Valley	DRY
41D	Distribute proportionally	PRORATE
42D	Pure bliss	ECSTASY
43D	Bunny movement	HOP
44D	Place for a "pawdicure"	PETSPA
45D	They may entice someone to go into a bakery	AROMAS
46D	"If you say so"	IGUESS
48D	Kept tabs on a tabby	CATSAT
52D	La Brea goo	TAR
55D	Nest egg options	IRAS
56D	Muscles near delts	PECS
58D	"Keep Commerce Human" site	ETSY
61D	Word said with a head slap	DOH

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