Today's USA Today Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The USA Today

(December 29, 2025)

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• 1. Skating leaps - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Flop at the box office - Crossword Clue
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• 10. "What are the ___?" - Crossword Clue
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• 14. "2 ___ 2 Quit" (MC Hammer song) - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Sydney Opera House solo - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Kayak or canoe - Crossword Clue
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• 17. "I'm SO mad!" feeling - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Perfect scores, perhaps - Crossword Clue
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• 19. "At Last" singer James - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Calf's sound - Crossword Clue
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• 21. ". . . according to rumors, anyway" - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Like many Halloween costumes on November 1 - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Title in Congress (Abbr.) - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Like pond scum - Crossword Clue
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• 30. The 1970s, e.g. - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Arizona's neighbor to the north - Crossword Clue
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• 38. 16-Across builder in Genesis - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Like Marcus Aurelius - Crossword Clue
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• 41. Drinks it all in - Crossword Clue
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• 44. Retail outlet - Crossword Clue
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• 45. Jackson ___, Wyoming - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Old flames - Crossword Clue
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• 47. Least cooked - Crossword Clue
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• 49. ___ out (chose not to participate) - Crossword Clue
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• 51. Mesozoic or Cenozoic - Crossword Clue
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• 53. Breathtaking element? - Crossword Clue
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• 57. Follow-up vaccination - Crossword Clue
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• 63. "Barbie" star Issa - Crossword Clue
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• 64. Negate the effects of - Crossword Clue
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• 65. "___ Lisa" - Crossword Clue
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• 66. Dry-___ marker - Crossword Clue
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• 68. Part of many wineglasses - Crossword Clue
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• 69. Leave out - Crossword Clue
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• 70. "Understood!" - Crossword Clue
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• 71. Sprinkler attachment - Crossword Clue
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• 72. Assign stars to - Crossword Clue
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• 73. Homeowners' documents - Crossword Clue
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• 1. Alternative to Budget - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Gas used in many headlights - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Popular frozen waffles - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Bend the truth - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Casual walk - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Baseball equipment often made from ash, maple or birch - Crossword Clue
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• 7. McFlurry mix-in option - Crossword Clue
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• 8. After-dinner candies - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Criticized severely - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Listen to - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Braille symbols - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Numbers studied by statisticians - Crossword Clue
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• 13. "Please, don't go!" - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Bridle straps - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Spanish for "January" - Crossword Clue
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• 25. On land - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Insect in a meme that might be captioned "Got any lamps?" - Crossword Clue
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• 29. "Hooray!" - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Larry David genre - Crossword Clue
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• 32. Visa competitor, for short - Crossword Clue
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• 33. Great ___ (large dog breed) - Crossword Clue
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• 34. Docs that might treat vertigo - Crossword Clue
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• 35. "Back in the ___" - Crossword Clue
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• 36. "Toodle-oo!" - Crossword Clue
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• 37. Declare formally - Crossword Clue
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• 39. "I need a hand here!" - Crossword Clue
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• 42. "I can't remember my password" option - Crossword Clue
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• 43. "Same here!" - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Minor earthquake - Crossword Clue
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• 50. Renew, say - Crossword Clue
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• 52. Pleasant scent - Crossword Clue
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• 54. Prep a little Parmesan - Crossword Clue
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• 55. Made simpler - Crossword Clue
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• 56. Maslow's hierarchy of ___ - Crossword Clue
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• 57. Part of a hedge - Crossword Clue
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• 58. Not fooled by - Crossword Clue
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• 59. Commemorative poems - Crossword Clue
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• 60. "___ Like It Hot" (Marilyn Monroe film) - Crossword Clue
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• 61. Irritable mood - Crossword Clue
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• 62. Despise - Crossword Clue
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• 67. Fish eggs - Crossword Clue
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