USA Today Crossword October 23, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Thursday, October 23, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword October 23, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from October 23, 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	Mountain feature	RIDGE
6A	"___ Miz"	LES
9A	Hockey scores	GOALS
14A	"Set Fire to the Rain" singer	ADELE
15A	Little trickster	IMP
16A	Not called for	UNDUE
17A	"The ___ Express"	POLAR
18A	School-supporting grp.	PTA
19A	PR person's concern	IMAGE
20A	Income-based fee structure	SLIDINGSCALE
23A	Greenish-blue color	TEAL
24A	Phone number add-on (Abbr.)	EXT
25A	Something to take to a ball?	BAT
28A	___ Tome and Principe	SAO
30A	"Bill-killing" executive power	POCKETVETO
33A	Brief bit of time	SEC
34A	Meeting, informally	SESH
35A	Like dough after proofing	RISEN
36A	Colorful parrot	MACAW
38A	Piglet's mom	SOW
40A	"It's important to me"	ICARE
41A	"+" end of a battery	ANODE
42A	Rough voice feature	RASP
44A	It's here today, gone tomorrow	FAD
45A	Part of some chemistry exams?	SCREENTEST
48A	Morning mist	DEW
49A	"If only ___ listened . . ."	HED
50A	Bubble ___	TEA
51A	"Othello" villain	IAGO
53A	"You can go about your business" speaker in "Star Wars"	STORMTROOPER
58A	Sweet braided cake	BABKA
61A	The "G" in GLAAD	GAY
62A	One more than once	TWICE
63A	March follower	APRIL
64A	Genre for broody teens	EMO
65A	"Come aboard!"	HOPON
66A	___ to high heaven (reeked)	STANK
67A	Greek letter T	TAU
68A	Shelled out	SPENT

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Performs like Eve	RAPS
2D	Admired person	IDOL
3D	Place where food often comes with a pickle	DELI
4D	"I'd be delighted!"	GLADTO
5D	Like things in the uncanny valley	EERIE
6D	It might be applied while puckering	LIPGLOSS
7D	CPR experts	EMTS
8D	"Carrie" actor Sissy	SPACEK
9D	"Travel" that may leave you feeling lousy	GUILTTRIP
10D	"I'm buying!"	ONME
11D	1990 antidiscrimination law	ADA
12D	Haul with difficulty	LUG
13D	Observe	SEE
21D	Back of the neck	NAPE
22D	Firefighter's tool	AXE
25D	"Careful out there!"	BESAFE
26D	Consumed without cooking	ATERAW
27D	Like a weightlifter	TONED
28D	Spirited gathering?	SEANCE
29D	Agreement	ACCORD
31D	Vacuuming, for one	CHORE
32D	Old ___ (London theater)	VIC
33D	Huge hit	SMASH
34D	Charm with flattery	SWEETTALK
37D	Suffix with "lime"	ADE
39D	"Care to own up to this one?"	WASITYOU
43D	Headliner	STAR
46D	Keanu's "The Matrix" role	NEO
47D	Store with a mascot named Bullseye	TARGET
48D	'50s music genre	DOOWOP
52D	Some broody teens	GOTHS
53D	Organ with pores	SKIN
54D	Mom's partner, maybe	MAMA
55D	Plumbing tube	PIPE
56D	Subj. for a business major	ECON
57D	"One Song Glory" musical	RENT
58D	Some undergrad degrees	BAS
59D	Just right for the occasion	APT
60D	Garment that may have a clasp	BRA

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