USA Today Crossword June 15, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Sunday, June 15, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword June 15, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from June 15, 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	Plays a part on stage	ACTS
5A	"Is this really necessary?"	MUSTI
10A	Allow	LET
13A	Baby bird's chirp	PEEP
14A	Kazakhs and Uzbeks	ASIANS
16A	Promise at the altar	IDO
17A	"This past week has been rough . . ."	INEEDADRINK
19A	Rebellion leader Turner	NAT
20A	Regard highly	ADMIRE
21A	Yearly apartment contracts	LEASES
23A	Some dorm residents	COEDS
24A	Lyft alternative	UBER
26A	Window piece	PANE
28A	Makes a mistake	ERRS
29A	Born and ___	BRED
30A	Bring into being	BEGET
31A	Luggage identifiers	TAGS
32A	Bay Area NFL team, for short	NINERS
33A	Pop-ups based on past web visits and purchases	TARGETEDADS
36A	Brinks	VERGES
38A	Degrees for many execs	MBAS
39A	Italian for "love"	AMORE
40A	Grabs	NABS
41A	___-pedi	MANI
45A	Postal worker's adhesive	TAPE
46A	A whole bunch	TONS
47A	"Splish Splash" singer Bobby	DARIN
48A	"Rumor has it . . ."	SOIHEAR
50A	Tower on a medieval castle	TURRET
51A	"Bel-Air" actress Tatyana	ALI
52A	Words it might be wise to heed	SOUNDADVICE
55A	Previously known as	NEE
56A	Country where pierogies originated	POLAND
57A	Like numbers divisible by two	EVEN
58A	Six-point NFL plays	TDS
59A	Is unresolved	PENDS
60A	"___ we forget"	LEST

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Per person	EACH
2D	Bleep out	EDIT
3D	Wobble	TEETER
4D	Goes 60 in a 45, say	SPEEDS
5D	Term of address for a lady	MAAM
6D	American currency (Abbr.)	USD
7D	Term of address for a knight	SIR
8D	Followed stealthily	TAILED
9D	Word before "tube" or "circle"	INNER
10D	Genealogy histories	LINEAGES
11D	Actor in "Up" and "Elf"	EDASNER
12D	Tater ___	TOT
15D	Jamaican music genre	SKA
18D	___ Moines, Iowa	DES
22D	Fork over, like cash	SPEND
24D	Sudden desire	URGE
25D	Groom's main support at a wedding	BESTMAN
27D	UFO pilots	ETS
29D	Grocery holders	BAGS
30D	Prejudice that might be unconscious	BIAS
31D	Elm or aspen	TREE
32D	Confidentiality contracts (Abbr.)	NDAS
33D	Awards for top finishers at many crossword tournaments	TROPHIES
34D	Say yes	AGREE
35D	Recedes like the tide	EBBS
36D	Winery container	VAT
37D	Sent a message to a coworker, say	EMAILED
40D	Small bump	NODULE
41D	Captain ___ aka Shazam (DC Comics character, ironically)	MARVEL
42D	Show up	COME
43D	Nephews' sisters	NIECES
44D	Purpose	INTENTION
46D	Girl Scout group	TROOP
47D	Firecracker that fizzled	DUD
49D	Egyptian serpent	ASP
50D	Wee bits	TADS
51D	Insect that communicates with pheromone trails	ANT
53D	Granny, in England	NAN
54D	RPG featured in "Stranger Things"	DND

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