USA Today Crossword July 26, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Saturday, July 26, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword July 26, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from July 26, 2025 contains 78 total clues—37 across and 41 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	Tower-building game	JENGA
6A	Tax org.	IRS
9A	Speck of dust	MOTE
13A	One might be set before an early flight	ALARM
14A	Serving of butter	PAT
15A	Cause to laugh	AMUSE
17A	Summer camp boat	CANOE
18A	Bill in a tip jar	ONE
19A	"___ la vista!"	HASTA
20A	Professional whose job involves critical thinking	KNOWLEDGEWORKER
23A	Place for gloss	LIP
24A	Cleaning cloth	RAG
25A	"Is this someone I know?"	WHO
28A	"Pronto!"	ASAP
31A	Dishes served with dressing	SALADS
36A	What electrolytes contain	IONS
38A	Has to pay back	OWES
40A	"Nose goes" phrase	NOTIT
41A	What punch cards are designed to reward	CUSTOMERLOYALTY
44A	Haunted house sound	MOAN
45A	Former wound	SCAR
46A	Destiny	FATE
47A	Word before "projection" or "plane"	ASTRAL
49A	Where "it's fun to stay," in a Village People hit	YMCA
51A	Palindromic "help!"	SOS
52A	"___ can't win 'em all"	YOU
54A	Cooling systems, for short	ACS
56A	Furniture, rugs, e.g., for a residence	HOMEFURNISHINGS
65A	Early video game console	ATARI
66A	Place a wager	BET
67A	1986 autobiography of the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll"	ITINA
68A	Grieve	MOURN
69A	"What ___ your plans?"	ARE
70A	Grandmas	NANAS
71A	Otherwise	IFNOT
72A	___ de plume	NOM
73A	Gets bigger	GROWS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Face card with the lowest value	JACK
2D	Gusto	ELAN
3D	Prefix meaning "one billionth"	NANO
4D	"I'm a dog and I'm angry" sound	GROWL
5D	Aviator Earhart	AMELIA
6D	Former Apple music device	IPOD
7D	Used a doorbell	RANG
8D	Take the helm	STEER
9D	"I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich ___" ("Anchorman" quote)	MAHOGANY
10D	"This Is Us" actor Epps	OMAR
11D	Walrus feature	TUSK
12D	Ninety degrees from norte	ESTE
16D	Elf's pointy body part	EAR
21D	___ salts	EPSOM
22D	Used to be	WAS
25D	Religion also known as "The Craft"	WICCA
26D	The month of August has 744	HOURS
27D	Beginning phase	ONSET
29D	Wows	AWES
30D	"___ Jackson & the Olympians"	PERCY
32D	Challah unit	LOAF
33D	Map book	ATLAS
34D	"Same!"	DITTO
35D	Eyelid afflictions	STYES
37D	Shape of some chore chart stickers	STAR
39D	Poetry event	SLAM
42D	"Have it your way"	OKAYFINE
43D	Marine predators	ORCAS
48D	Gymnast Mary ___ Retton	LOU
50D	Feeling sore	ACHY
53D	City-related	URBAN
55D	Anoushka Shankar's instrument	SITAR
56D	Monte Cristo meat	HAM
57D	Great Plains tribe	OTOE
58D	Totally wallop in competition	MAUL
59D	Drops the ball	ERRS
60D	Infamous Roman emperor	NERO
61D	Tabloid couple	ITEM
62D	"The Godfather" composer Rota	NINO
63D	Chew like a beaver	GNAW
64D	Back talk	SASS

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