Our Missing Letter Crossword October 5, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.
The Missing Letter Crossword October 5, 2025 Answers
If you need help solving the Missing Letter Crossword on 10/5/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!
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| # |
Clue |
| 1A |
VERB: "to propel through the air by a forward motion of the hand and arm" |
| 6A |
On |
| 10A |
VERB: "to cry weakly; whimper" |
| 14A |
Goes nowhere with the engine running |
| 15A |
NOUN: "a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist" |
| 16A |
Yearn (for) |
| 17A |
ADJECTIVE: "fifty years old" |
| 20A |
"Smoke" |
| 21A |
"Eat ___ Love" (2006 memoir) |
| 22A |
It's two letters after pi |
| 23A |
Recede, as the tide |
| 25A |
Numskull |
| 26A |
NOUN: "the average [number of years on Earth predicted for] an individual" |
| 34A |
NOUN: "a controlled skid that sends an automobile into a tight circle of at least 360 degrees" |
| 35A |
NOUN: "a noise...used interjectionally...to cry out sharply especially from surprise or pain" |
| 36A |
Crossword solver's cry, perhaps |
| 37A |
Taken by mouth, as medication |
| 38A |
VERB: "to hallow or consecrate by religious rite or word" |
| 39A |
NOUN: "the garden where according to the account in Genesis Adam and Eve first lived" |
| 40A |
PREFIX: "single" |
| 41A |
Take care of |
| 42A |
Check for weapons |
| 43A |
NOUN: "a nontraditional...form often with political or topical themes that typically features a live presentation to an audience or onlookers (as on a street) and draws on such [areas] as acting, poetry, music, dance, or painting" |
| 46A |
Intra-office system |
| 47A |
Bouncers check them |
| 48A |
Heroic Schindler |
| 51A |
"___ that strange?" |
| 54A |
Try for an Emmy, maybe |
| 57A |
BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "1946– American film director, writer, and producer" |
| 61A |
"What is ___ you?" (Bill Withers lyric) |
| 62A |
Gusto |
| 63A |
NOUN: "a popular song of an earlier day" |
| 64A |
Love, in Latin |
| 65A |
NOUN: "the arithmetical symbol...denoting the absence of all magnitude or quantity" |
| 66A |
PLURAL NOUN: "any of numerous large waterfowl (family Anatidae) that are intermediate between the swans and ducks and have long necks, feathered lores, and reticulate tarsi" |
| 1D |
Board game with pegs |
| 2D |
Teacher's field (abbr.) |
| 3D |
Et ___ (among other things) |
| 4D |
ADJECTIVE: "seeking to...exact satisfaction for (a wrong) by punishing the wrongdoer" |
| 5D |
Letters on a lawyer's business card |
| 6D |
ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB: "slightly open" |
| 7D |
NOUN: "the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome" |
| 8D |
"___-doke!" |
| 9D |
Autograph tool |
| 10D |
Tomei in 2021's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" |
| 11D |
Smokeless "smoke" |
| 12D |
NOUN: "the loud sound of a hard impact" |
| 13D |
Funny Dunham |
| 18D |
Ice-T's "Shut ___ Happy" |
| 19D |
Helpers (abbr.) |
| 24D |
Put money on it |
| 25D |
Deck foursome |
| 26D |
Michaels of "Saturday Night Live" fame |
| 27D |
"...the bombs bursting ___..." |
| 28D |
NOUN: "a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants" |
| 29D |
Michelangelo masterpiece |
| 30D |
Printer brand |
| 31D |
NOUN: "the lowest point" |
| 32D |
NOUN: "a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings" |
| 33D |
Tug (on) |
| 34D |
Fix, as hair |
| 38D |
Switzerland's capital |
| 39D |
Like some ink |
| 41D |
"___ you!" |
| 42D |
Gave chow to |
| 44D |
NOUN: "the blend of taste and smell sensations evoked by a substance in the mouth" |
| 45D |
Name, as a reference |
| 48D |
Part of the Labor Dept. |
| 49D |
It's long on a lilac |
| 50D |
NOUN: "a diet that supplies large amounts of fats, moderate amounts of proteins, and minimal amounts of carbohydrates and that is undertaken for weight loss or to control seizures in treatment-resistant epilepsy" |
| 51D |
NOUN: "a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent" |
| 52D |
Practice boxing (with) |
| 53D |
Boy, in Buenos Aires |
| 55D |
Hand over |
| 56D |
Baseball Hall-of-Famer ___ Speaker |
| 58D |
Pince-___ glasses |
| 59D |
Sawmill product |
| 60D |
"I never thought of it that way before!" |
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