USA Today Crossword September 19, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Friday, September 19, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword September 19, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from September 19, 2025 contains 80 total clues—39 across and 41 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	"I want to be on that email"	CCME
5A	Sherlock's assignment	CASE
9A	Nebraska city home to America's largest indoor rainforest	OMAHA
14A	Frozen precipitation	SLEET
15A	Black gem	ONYX
16A	Manis' partners	PEDIS
17A	"___ all work out!"	ITLL
18A	Skin condition	ACNE
19A	Amanda Gorman and Mary Oliver	POETS
20A	Really stand out onstage	STEALTHESHOW
23A	Significant time period	ERA
24A	"What have we here!"	OHO
25A	Jump to conclusions	ASSUME
29A	Smoothly, on a score	LEGATO
31A	Style between mini and maxi	MIDI
33A	Bean in shoyu sauce	SOY
34A	"Now I've ___ it all!"	SEEN
35A	Ready for business	OPEN
37A	Feature of some crosswords	THEME
39A	Protest like Colin Kaepernick in 2016	TAKEAKNEE
42A	Phony-baloney sort	FAKER
45A	"In addition . . ."	TOO
46A	Electric instrument's booster	AMP
49A	That's cold!	ICE
50A	"Did you ___ me?"	MISS
52A	Nurture's counterpart	NATURE
55A	"Give Me One ___" (Tracy Chapman song)	REASON
57A	U.S. tax ID	SSN
58A	Coral or Caspian	SEA
59A	Be frugal	PINCHPENNIES
63A	"The Great Muppet ___"	CAPER
66A	Liquid precipitation	RAIN
67A	Peak	APEX
68A	Girl who fell down a rabbit hole	ALICE
69A	Brewpub bevvies	ALES
70A	Hammer target	NAIL
71A	Buildings where dough is stored?	BANKS
72A	Animal that aptly rhymes with "hole"	MOLE
73A	Futbol chant	OLE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Michelangelo's tools	CHISELS
2D	Structure that may include a scratching post	CATTREE
3D	Odometer reading	MILEAGE
4D	Jazzy Fitzgerald	ELLA
5D	Place to hang a parka, say	COATHOOK
6D	Dried chili pepper	ANCHO
7D	"Auld Lang ___"	SYNE
8D	Former partners	EXES
9D	Small, to large	OPPOSITE
10D	Catty remarks?	MEOWS
11D	Sports drink suffix	ADE
12D	Batter's goal	BASEHIT
13D	Animal that says "hee-haw"	ASS
21D	Parking spot	LOT
22D	"You ___ to be there"	HAD
26D	Employ	USE
27D	Lisa Bonet, to Zoe Kravitz	MOM
28D	LASIK ___ surgery	EYE
30D	Initial poker stake	ANTE
31D	Breakfast and lunch	MEALS
32D	Calligrapher's supplies	INKS
36D	Veggies in a pod	PEAS
38D	Spiciness	HEAT
40D	Tall wardrobes	ARMOIRES
41D	Balderdash	ROT
42D	Festive evergreen	FIR
43D	Card up one's sleeve, in an idiom	ACE
44D	Mauna ___ (Hawaii's highest peak)	KEA
47D	"Six" or "& Juliet"	MUSICAL
48D	Baby born early	PREEMIE
51D	Traveler's lodging	INN
53D	Author Patchett	ANN
54D	Artist's stand	EASEL
56D	Spot of paint	SPECK
57D	Sales pitch	SPIEL
60D	Jam-pack	CRAM
61D	Beyonce song with the lyric "I got my angel now"	HALO
62D	Teeny-tiny prefix	NANO
63D	Taxi	CAB
64D	Boeuf ___ mode	ALA
65D	Donkey's tail fastener in a game	PIN

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