USA Today Crossword October 11, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Saturday, October 11, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword October 11, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from October 11, 2025 contains 78 total clues—39 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	Glaswegian, e.g.	SCOT
5A	Fuel not used by EVs	GAS
8A	Slider or sinker	PITCH
13A	Uncontaminated	PURE
14A	Dark purple berry	ACAI
16A	Cornmeal cake often served with cuajada	AREPA
17A	"Bearded" spring flower	IRIS
18A	Decision spot on a hiking trail	FORK
19A	Girls, in Spanish	NINAS
20A	They might exchange "I love yous"	CLOSEFRIENDS
23A	Slithery swimmer	EEL
24A	Lion's lair	DEN
25A	Just barely	BYAHAIR
29A	Anticipate with foreboding	DREAD
31A	Fin-footed mammal	SEAL
33A	CEO's degree, often	MBA
34A	Org. in some spy-fi movies	CIA
36A	Tres menos dos	UNO
37A	Become a member of	JOIN
38A	They might exchange "I love yews"	FORESTRANGERS
42A	Humerus or scapula	BONE
43A	Concept in Chinese philosophy	TAO
44A	Feeling 🙁	SAD
45A	"Yes, Monsieur"	OUI
46A	Cold War country	USSR
48A	Andes candies	MINTS
52A	They might require palette cleansers	ARTISTS
55A	Brewer's product	ALE
57A	Poke bowl protein	AHI
58A	They might exchange "I love ewes"	SHEEPFARMERS
61A	Cola originally called "Brad's Drink"	PEPSI
64A	Room accessed by a ladder, maybe	LOFT
65A	Mile or minute	UNIT
66A	Devoured	ATEUP
67A	Mope	SULKPOUT
68A	Contributed	GAVE
69A	Awards stars to	RATES
70A	Novelty shop purchase	TEE
71A	Eye-opening Werewolf role?	SEER

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Like a chai latte	SPICED
2D	Athlete who sweeps on ice	CURLER
3D	Baltimore ballplayer	ORIOLE
4D	Author Gerritsen	TESS
5D	Social blunder	GAFFE
6D	Oaks drop them	ACORNS
7D	Wrapped dress	SARI
8D	Animal on the cover of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"	PANDA
9D	Like Enya	IRISH
10D	Point value of FIVE in Scrabble	TEN
11D	Tax pro	CPA
12D	"It ___ been a year!"	HAS
15D	Japanese art of flower arranging	IKEBANA
21D	He led the Hellfire Club in "Stranger Things"	EDDIE
22D	Tights	NYLONS
26D	Spanish for "love"	AMOR
27D	Long-billed wading bird	IBIS
28D	Did a 5K, say	RAN
30D	Lot measurement	ACRE
32D	Kosovo coins	EUROS
35D	Keen	ASTUTE
37D	Knights that eschew the dark side	JEDI
38D	Number of Jupiter's moons that are visible with binoculars	FOUR
39D	"I got this!"	ONIT
40D	Mortarboard adornments	TASSELS
41D	Fan of Fortnite or Frogger, say	GAMER
42D	Feathery accessory	BOA
47D	Fundraiser involving drawing	RAFFLE
49D	Dance move that might follow a whip	NAENAE
50D	Prosper	THRIVE
51D	Solange, to Beyonce	SISTER
53D	Topic at a debate	ISSUE
54D	Fandom's Aziracrow and Obikin, for two	SHIPS
56D	Potato pancake	LATKE
59D	Mope	SULKPOUT
60D	Cups for cocoa	MUGS
61D	___ for the course	PAR
62D	"When r u getting here?"	ETA
63D	Cat or dog, e.g.	PET

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