USA Today Crossword September 18, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Thursday, September 18, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword September 18, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from September 18, 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	"It left a bad ___ in my mouth"	TASTE
6A	Word after "talent" or "halftime"	SHOW
10A	Took a chair	SAT
13A	Hollywood performer	ACTOR
14A	Untainted	PURE
15A	Met ___ (annual fundraiser)	GALA
16A	Vegetables in the cabbage family	BRUSSELSSPROUTS
19A	Soft throws	LOBS
20A	Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book	OAK
21A	Rich, dense desserts	TORTES
22A	Recede, like the tide	EBB
23A	Fidgety	EDGY
25A	Farming equipment brand	DEERE
26A	Eagle's grippers	TALONS
28A	0.28 + 0.72	ONE
30A	Snakelike fish	EEL
31A	Circus structure	TENT
32A	Conclusions	ENDS
34A	Throws in	ADDS
35A	Paella legumes	LIMABEANS
38A	Ctrl+C command	COPY
41A	Cricket field shape	OVAL
42A	Mickey Mouse hat features	EARS
45A	Obamacare, for short	ACA
46A	Feeling of wonder	AWE
47A	Anticipate	EXPECT
49A	Kept talking and talking	RANON
51A	Wasn't awake	SLEPT
54A	Common "Wheel of Fortune" prize	CAR
55A	Eagle or beagle	ANIMAL
57A	"Pale" drink	ALE
58A	"Yesterday" actress James	LILY
59A	Yellowish document holders	MANILAENVELOPES
62A	Adjust, like writing	EDIT
63A	Family diagram	TREE
64A	Enrolled ___ (tax representative)	AGENT
65A	___ Vegas	LAS
66A	Back talk	SASS
67A	Medicine quantities	DOSES

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	iPad Pro, e.g.	TABLET
2D	Person who falls head over heels?	ACROBAT
3D	Five o'clock shadow, e.g.	STUBBLE
4D	Soft throw	LOB
5D	Hosp. areas	ICUS
6D	Sound of Jell-O hitting the wall	SPLAT
7D	Corn coverings	HUSKS
8D	Surgeons' places, for short	ORS
9D	Reacted to a sad movie	WEPT
10D	Quickly fried in a pan	SAUTEED
11D	Did some tailoring	ALTERED
12D	Graduation cap adornments	TASSELS
15D	Splatter film feature	GORE
17D	Seemingly forever	EONS
18D	Traveled by tuk-tuk	RODE
23D	Prefix for "venom" or "pasto"	ANTI
24D	Sing like the person in a Ricola commercial	YODEL
27D	Exclusively	ONLY
29D	Secretive U.S. org.	NSA
32D	Places where icicles form	EAVES
33D	Org. with Celtics and Clippers	NBA
34D	Urgent initials	ASAP
36D	Trim, like grass	MOW
37D	"Better luck ___ time"	NEXT
38D	Sticky stuff drizzled on ice cream	CARAMEL
39D	Anthem sung in Alberta	OCANADA
40D	Pressed sandwiches	PANINIS
43D	Cooks' sets of instructions	RECIPES
44D	Type of triangle	SCALENE
46D	Fussy about details	ANAL
47D	Olympic blade	EPEE
48D	Lovers' secret meetups	TRYSTS
50D	Skip over	PASS
52D	Highway divisions	LANES
53D	Pointy-eared D&D creatures	ELVES
56D	Pullup muscles, for short	LATS
58D	Corporate emblem	LOGO
60D	Time period in Taylor Swift's career	ERA
61D	British boy	LAD

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