USA Today Crossword October 31, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Friday, October 31, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword October 31, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from October 31, 2025 contains 77 total clues—37 across and 40 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	"Winged" tree	ELM
4A	Lose traction	SKID
8A	Put on ice	CHILL
13A	Robert Frost took one less traveled by	ROAD
15A	Toe TLC	PEDI
16A	Home to the Vietnamese Women's Museum	HANOI
17A	Taylor-Joy who voiced Princess Peach	ANYA
18A	Assents	AYES
19A	Flight path?	AISLE
20A	Predatory fish that isn't actually a folkloric monster	GOBLINSHARK
23A	Block letters?	ABC
24A	Performance artist Yoko	ONO
25A	Brackish habitat	ESTUARY
29A	Support for a pregnant person	DOULA
31A	Throw	TOSS
33A	Color with cochineal, say	DYE
34A	Flowery term of endearment	SWEETPEA
36A	Slips away from	ELUDES
39A	Pale crustacean that won't actually haunt you	GHOSTCRAB
41A	Dugouts, for example	CANOES
44A	More spicy	HOTTER
46A	What "13" refers to, in "PG-13"	AGE
47A	Waist ribbon	SASH
49A	Common horse gait	TROT
51A	Mario's Super Mushroom, e.g.	POWERUP
54A	Night before	EVE
56A	Moo goo ___ pan	GAI
58A	Darkly colored cephalopod that doesn't actually consume blood	VAMPIRESQUID
61A	Group of witches in "Agatha All Along"	COVEN
64A	Nails	ACES
65A	Money drawer	TILL
66A	Word after "energy" or "soft"	DRINK
67A	Gave for a while	LENT
68A	"Huh . . . Got it"	ISEE
69A	Airplane assignments	SEATS
70A	"___ do this thing!"	LETS
71A	Advanced degs.	PHDS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Time period	ERA
2D	Powerful archery option	LONGBOW
3D	Novelty Heinz sauce that combines two condiments	MAYOCUE
4D	Alhambra's country	SPAIN
5D	Major speeches	KEYNOTES
6D	___ of March	IDES
7D	Some pottery class creations	DISHES
8D	Alignment ___ (player aid for some TTRPGs)	CHART
9D	Poetry form used by Kaga no Chiyo	HAIKU
10D	Career connections	INS
11D	"bahahaha"	LOL
12D	Cheat at Truth or Dare, say	LIE
14D	Blot	DAB
21D	Can't stand	LOATHE
22D	Strongly state	ASSERT
23D	Skippable parts of some YouTube videos	ADS
26D	Tack on	ADD
27D	"The Catcher in the ___"	RYE
28D	"Um, duh!"	YES
30D	Minifigure maker	LEGO
32D	Solemn pledges	OATHS
35D	Marsupial that plays dead	POSSUM
37D	Cafe orders	LATTES
38D	Lyft alternative	UBER
40D	Like a well-constructed argument	COHERENT
41D	Topper for a head or a pen	CAP
42D	"That was so long ___ now!"	AGO
43D	Novel	NEW
45D	Charmingly rakish, like some love interests	ROGUISH
48D	Deeply dismay	APPALL
50D	Shadowed	TAILED
52D	Fundraiser or family reunion, e.g.	EVENT
53D	Arranges on a tier list	RANKS
55D	Waistcoats	VESTS
57D	Whiles away the hours	IDLES
59D	Frozen beverage brand	ICEE
60D	Certain cotton swab	QTIP
61D	Items burned in the '90s	CDS
62D	Minecraft block	ORE
63D	By way of	VIA

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