USA Today Crossword September 24, 2025 Answers

Here's your complete guide to the USA Today Crossword for Wednesday, September 24, 2025. Known for its approachable difficulty and contemporary references, this puzzle is perfect for daily solving practice.

USA Today Crossword September 24, 2025 Answers

This USA Today puzzle from September 24, 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	One might be in a hard or soft shell	TACO
5A	Cash alternative	CARD
9A	Mean, median and mode, e.g.	STATS
14A	"Only Murders in the Building" streaming service	HULU
15A	Berry spelled with a cedilla	ACAI
16A	Blooming bulb	TULIP
17A	Taylor Swift's "reputation" and "Lover," for two	ERAS
18A	Goes bad	ROTS
19A	Restless	ANTSY
20A	"Just so you know . . ."	FORTHERECORD
23A	Prefix for -athlete or -cycle	TRI
24A	Currency in Hokkaido	YEN
25A	Allow	LET
29A	Friend of Joy and Sadness, in "Inside Out"	ANGER
31A	Day before Sun.	SAT
33A	Classroom helper	AIDE
34A	Long, long time	EON
35A	Sleep lab focus	APNEA
37A	Guided	LED
38A	"Make yourself comfortable"	SITBACKANDRELAX
42A	Singer Grande's nickname	ARI
43A	Piece of pizza	SLICE
44A	Sci-fi FX	CGI
45A	L	LOSS
47A	Product of any number and its reciprocal	ONE
48A	69-Across at a bar	STOOL
50A	Walks inside	ENTERS
52A	Taro root paste	POI
53A	Short snooze	NAP
55A	Deity whose name means "Feathered Serpent" in Nahuatl	QUETZALCOATL
59A	Exceptional grade	APLUS
62A	Just okay	SOSO
63A	Legendary star	DIVA
64A	Mattress covering	SHEET
65A	Starting poker bet	ANTE
66A	Environmentalist Brockovich	ERIN
67A	Backyard bodies of water	POOLS
68A	Left on ____ (brushed off over text)	READ
69A	Theater selection	SEAT

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Jean Valjean's crime	THEFT
2D	"Sleeping Beauty" princess	AURORA
3D	Musician such as Doreen Ketchens	CLARINETIST
4D	Boot from office	OUST
5D	Vocation	JOB
6D	Chipmunk's nut	ACORN
7D	Give stars to on Letterboxd	RATE
8D	One of 23 in the human spine	DISC
9D	Intense gaze	STARE
10D	Cold-sounding Toyota truck	TUNDRA
11D	Second Instagram account, say	ALT
12D	"___ the season!"	TIS
13D	Intelligence agent	SPY
21D	"Laughing" scavengers	HYENAS
22D	Made a choice	OPTED
26D	"Phone-a-Friend" game show, informally	MILLIONAIRE
27D	It might be bounced off someone	IDEA
28D	Local lecture series	TEDX
30D	Wad	GOB
31D	"The final frontier"	SPACE
32D	"___ of Green Gables"	ANNE
35D	Similar	AKIN
36D	North Pole's ocean	ARCTIC
38D	Store event	SALE
39D	Fe on the periodic table	IRON
40D	Almost there	NEAR
41D	"Saturday Night Live" star Nwodim	EGO
46D	"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again," to "Mamma Mia!"	SEQUEL
48D	Sang alone	SOLOED
49D	Country between Estonia and Lithuania	LATVIA
51D	Becomes corroded	RUSTS
52D	Capellini or cavatappi	PASTA
54D	Start a garden	PLANT
56D	Former Russian ruler	TSAR
57D	"I'm in the ___!"	ZONE
58D	Works of praise	ODES
59D	Venomous viper	ADDER
60D	Soup with rice noodles	PHO
61D	Sign before Virgo	LEO

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