USA Today Crossword June 26, 2025 Answers

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

USA Today Crossword June 26, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from June 26, 2025 contains 80 total clues—37 across and 43 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	Created	MADE
5A	Carne ___ tacos	ASADA
10A	Synagogue chests	ARKS
14A	Canceled abruptly	AXED
15A	Common jumbotron shoutout	HIMOM
16A	Talk up	TOUT
17A	Horse-drawn winter excursion	SLEIGHRIDE
19A	Traveled by train	RODE
20A	Sealy alternative	SERTA
21A	Personal hero	IDOL
22A	"___ a roll!"	IMON
23A	Crafty	SLY
25A	"It's my call"	ISAYSO
27A	"Kinda"	ABIT
30A	"Dig in, everyone!"	LETSEAT
34A	Ooze	SEEP
36A	Really impresses	WOWS
37A	Alleviated	EASED
42A	Reacts joyfully to a grandchild's performance in a school musical, say	SWELLSWITHPRIDE
45A	"Therefore . . ."	ERGO
46A	Olympic sword	EPEE
47A	Lion's hair	MANE
48A	Chose from a menu	ORDERED
51A	Feature of an open-world video game	MAP
52A	Sea creatures with eight arms and three hearts	OCTOPI
56A	___ Angeles	LOS
58A	Gazpacho or pho	SOUP
59A	Violin tuning parts	PEGS
63A	"It's true!"	NOLIE
67A	Meet-___ (rom-com trope)	CUTE
68A	Toy that attaches to a garden hose	SLIPNSLIDE
70A	Taiwanese laptop brand	ACER
71A	Pond scum	ALGAE
72A	Niqab, for example	VEIL
73A	"Better Call Saul" star Seehorn	RHEA
74A	Squander	WASTE
75A	Wraps up	ENDS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Density times volume	MASS
2D	Rod that connects wheels	AXLE
3D	Does and bucks	DEER
4D	Changes to manuscripts	EDITS
5D	Satisfied sound	AHH
6D	Apple assistant	SIRI
7D	Surrounded by	AMONG
8D	Extinct flightless bird	DODO
9D	___ Bedelia (children's book character who struggles to understand idioms)	AMELIA
10D	Sun-filled lobbies	ATRIA
11D	Spacious	ROOMY
12D	"Congrats!"	KUDOS
13D	___ pad (retro notebook)	STENO
18D	Nerve	GALL
24D	Evergreen trees used to make archery bows	YEWS
26D	Part of a recipe	STEP
27D	"Hair Love" actor Rae	ISSA
28D	Like many T-shirt quilts	SEWN
29D	Pay attention to	HEED
31D	Pulled behind	TOWED
32D	Run through a card reader	SWIPE
33D	"Cuando Baila Yemaya" artist Hernandez	ESTER
35D	"thx" counterpart	PLS
38D	Asset for an outfielder	ARM
39D	Thailand's former name	SIAM
40D	Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay	EDNA
41D	Profound	DEEP
43D	Incredicoaster feature	LOOP
44D	Back of the foot	HEEL
49D	Carpenter's hand tool	RIPSAW
50D	Slips into, like clothing	DONS
52D	Grouchy "Sesame Street" character	OSCAR
53D	Sofa	COUCH
54D	Student with a private teacher	TUTEE
55D	"Otello" or "Madama Butterfly"	OPERA
57D	Complete, like a crossword puzzle	SOLVE
60D	"Sweetpea" star Purnell	ELLA
61D	Bands' jobs	GIGS
62D	Minor argument	SPAT
64D	Property claim	LIEN
65D	Possible response to "Who let the dogs out?"	IDID
66D	Slippery fish	EEL
69D	Previously known as	NEE

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