Today's USA Today Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The USA Today

(October 7, 2025)

ACROSS

• 1. Like the name Mary Berry for a food journalist - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Umami-rich paste - Crossword Clue
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• 8. ___ Penguin (nickname for an extinct species roughly the size of Charles Barkley) - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Doritos flavor in a blue bag - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Dancer's co-worker? - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Extremely competitive - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Journal passage - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Gripping tool - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Unrefined metal - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Semester, for example - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Stir the ___ - Crossword Clue
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• 22. "I'll have another, thanks!" - Crossword Clue
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• 24. "The Secret of ___ Inish" - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Sra., in English - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Assent to a parent - Crossword Clue
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• 30. Infuriates - Crossword Clue
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• 32. Microdosed drug - Crossword Clue
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• 33. GPS guess - Crossword Clue
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• 34. Objection to a parent - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Camp bed - Crossword Clue
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• 36. Post operation? - Crossword Clue
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• 37. Thus far - Crossword Clue
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• 38. Undefeated boxer Laila - Crossword Clue
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• 39. Types of beers, breads and whiskeys - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Underwater detection system first used by da Vinci - Crossword Clue
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• 43. "Toodles!" - Crossword Clue
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• 45. "Huh! Weird . . ." - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Twists in hoses - Crossword Clue
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• 51. "Buenas tardes" - Crossword Clue
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• 52. Yours and mine - Crossword Clue
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• 54. Cove, e.g. - Crossword Clue
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• 55. Country where Anthony Bourdain ate ouzi in the Empty Quarter - Crossword Clue
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• 56. Red Cross event - Crossword Clue
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• 58. Big-time enthusiast - Crossword Clue
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• 59. House level - Crossword Clue
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• 60. "Right away, boss!" - Crossword Clue
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• 61. Exercise facility - Crossword Clue
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• 62. Captain Hook's right hand? - Crossword Clue
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• 63. Number of years in a decade - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. "Back in Black" band - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Billiards - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Major fraternity event in "Animal House" - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Yoga accessory - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Inapt place for outside voices - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Rejects with contempt - Crossword Clue
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• 7. "Well, gosh!" - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Their work is very underground - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Like someone deeply immersed in internet culture - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Microbe - Crossword Clue
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• 11. "___ port in a storm" - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Sweet summer sidewalk business - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Paying close attention - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Nixed - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Washington WNBA player - Crossword Clue
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• 24. "Queen of Country" McEntire - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Heavy responsibility - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Doc's prescription - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Chiwere speakers - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Highlights and Zoobooks, for short - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Cats, in Spanish - Crossword Clue
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• 32. "hahaha" - Crossword Clue
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• 35. P-p-p-poker place - Crossword Clue
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• 36. Low-quality internet content . . . or what might happen after watching it - Crossword Clue
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• 41. Rookie gamers, casually - Crossword Clue
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• 42. Grown-ups - Crossword Clue
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• 44. "Just joking!" - Crossword Clue
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• 45. Flip-flop, in Australia - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Comfortably cozy - Crossword Clue
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• 47. Chili heat unit - Crossword Clue
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• 49. First Minion identified by name - Crossword Clue
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• 50. Editor's "let it stand" - Crossword Clue
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• 53. Feeling the effects of a workout - Crossword Clue
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• 57. Change the color of - Crossword Clue
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