USA Today Crossword October 27, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Monday, October 27, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword October 27, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from October 27, 2025 contains 74 total clues—38 across and 36 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	Silky dress style	SLIP
5A	New Deal prez.	FDR
8A	Peculiarly	ODDLY
13A	Long time periods	EONS
14A	Eye part	IRIS
16A	"___ zowie!"	WOWIE
17A	Domain of some down-ballot races	LOCALGOVERNMENT
20A	Option during tax prep season	EFILE
21A	2024 Paralympics host city	PARIS
22A	Island garland	LEI
23A	Her daughter might steal her hair ties	CATMOM
25A	Ignited	LIT
26A	___mobile (Cutlass automaker)	OLDS
27A	Translation of "el" or "le"	THE
28A	Tamera's twin	TIA
30A	Fight, flight, freeze and ___ (trauma responses)	FAWN
32A	Org. that awards the Spingarn Medal	NAACP
34A	Carpe ___	DIEM
36A	Podcast with "juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal" stories	NORMALGOSSIP
39A	Colorful dot worn on the forehead	BINDI
40A	"Down bad" or "crash out," e.g.	AAVE
41A	Haircut longer than a bob	LOB
43A	Tuesday treat	TACO
44A	Hoopla	HYPE
45A	___ mortals	MERE
46A	Moose relative	ELK
47A	"We Tried ___ Pod Pizza and We're Still Alive" (Vice.com article)	TIDE
48A	Puts on social media	POSTS
49A	"Eyes Lips Face" brand	ELF
50A	Prefix meaning "all"	OMNI
51A	"The Last of Us ___" (2020 video game sequel)	PARTII
52A	Command from Salt-N-Pepa in a 1987 hit	PUSHITREALGOOD
55A	Neighbor of Armenia	IRAN
56A	Major e-commerce company	ETSY
57A	Auntie ___'s (pretzel purveyor)	ANNE
58A	What an editor might fnid in this clue	TYPO
59A	Colorants	DYES
60A	Loch ___ monster	NESS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Choose	OPT
2D	Shower sponge	LOOFAH
3D	Stir up	INCITE
4D	Biblical hymn	PSALM
5D	Fruit in some Newtons	FIG
6D	Egg ___ soup	DROP
7D	Competitive nemesis	RIVAL
8D	Possesses	OWNS
9D	Suffix for "star" or "free"	DOM
10D	Reside	DWELL
11D	Like some notebook paper	LINED
12D	Himalayan cryptids	YETIS
15D	Font flourish	SERIF
18D	Stretchy suit	LEOTARD
19D	"On the Bus With Rosa Parks" poet	RITADOVE
24D	___ Beach (Art Basel city)	MIAMI
26D	The ___ and twos (turntables)	ONES
29D	Obamacare, for short	ACA
31D	As ___ as an owl	WISE
32D	That's forbidden!	NONO
33D	Not abide by the rules	PLAYDIRTY
35D	First day of school, e.g.	MILESTONE
36D	MCU role for Samuel L. Jackson	NICKFURY
37D	Stare open-mouthed	GAPE
38D	Pie slices, for example	PORTIONS
39D	Soft landing under some slides	BALLPIT
42D	"Not to mention . . ."	BESIDES
43D	Simple top	TEE
44D	Gave a clue	HINTED
45D	Connecticut Sun GM Tuck	MORGAN
47D	"This is ___, but . . ." (overshare starter)	TMI
48D	Buddy	MAC
50D	"This is bad!"	OHNO
51D	"Mind the business that ___ you"	PAYS
53D	Tree goo	SAP
54D	Suffix in language names	ESE

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