USA Today Crossword October 9, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Thursday, October 9, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword October 9, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from October 9, 2025 contains 77 total clues—39 across and 38 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	Note that might say "IOU"	CHIT
5A	Separates, like laundry	SORTS
10A	To the point	CURT
14A	Sharpen	HONE
15A	One might be dominant	TRAIT
16A	Mimics	APES
17A	Dialect in the Black community	AAVE
18A	Nimble	AGILE
19A	Title role played by Maia Kealoha in a 2025 remake	LILO
20A	Misty Copeland, famously	PRIMABALLERINA
23A	Ballpark fig.	EST
24A	No. that someone might memorize the last four digits of	SSN
25A	Use the "Find My Friends" app	LOCATE
27A	Moocher	LEECH
29A	Starting ingredient for syrup	SAP
32A	"break up with your girlfriend, i'm ___" (Ariana Grande song)	BORED
33A	Obtain	GET
35A	By way of	VIA
37A	Some ER workers	MDS
38A	Turntable operators	DISCJOCKEYS
42A	High school stat.	GPA
44A	___ tai	MAI
45A	Chopping tool	AXE
46A	Dress style	ALINE
49A	Smooching at recess, e.g	PDA
51A	Follows closely	TAILS
55A	Person pulling shots	BARISTA
57A	"Planet Money" network	NPR
59A	Tiny "bone to pick"	NIT
60A	Many a Peloton employee	CYCLINGTEACHER
63A	"Sexx Laws" artist	BECK
64A	Gave a hand to?	DEALT
65A	Ivy in New Haven	YALE
66A	Double-reed woodwind	OBOE
67A	So far	ASYET
68A	Spiky houseplant	ALOE
69A	Word after "burrito" or "Hollywood"	BOWL
70A	Suspicious	LEERY
71A	Small salamander	NEWT

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	"___ of Love" (song with the lyric "Gee, I really love you / And we're gonna get married")	CHAPEL
2D	Raspy	HOARSE
3D	Ask to a Zoom meeting, say	INVITE
4D	Abound	TEEM
5D	Pierces	STABS
6D	Hearts but not souls	ORGANS
7D	Train track part	RAIL
8D	Cash drawer	TILL
9D	Blue ___ (Zoolander's signature look)	STEEL
10D	Tricolor kitty	CALICO
11D	Ready to cause a scene	UPINARMS
12D	Like a person and their "23andMe" matches	RELATED
13D	General on a Chinese menu	TSO
21D	Bonfire remains	ASHES
22D	Take badly?	ROB
26D	Publishing roles (Abbr.)	EDS
28D	Tech used in MCU films	CGI
30D	Stay away from	AVOID
31D	Insta upload	PIC
34D	Channel with old films	TCM
36D	Alias lead-in	AKA
38D	Elsie is one	DAIRYCOW
39D	___ Breakfast (Michelle Zauner's band)	JAPANESE
40D	Word yelled by a newsie	EXTRA
41D	Pro vote	YEA
42D	Schmooze	GAB
43D	One of about seven in many packs of birth control pills	PLACEBO
47D	Five-cent piece	NICKEL
48D	Subject for some U.S. immigrants	ESL
50D	Moose part	ANTLER
52D	Yoga directive	INHALE
53D	Keep out of sight	LIELOW
54D	Place for a bike lane	STREET
56D	___ wave (large ocean surge)	TIDAL
58D	Trifling	PETTY
61D	"Blood and Bone" actress Nona	GAYE
62D	Ink cartridge color	CYAN
63D	Signature haircut for Anna Wintour	BOB

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