Universal Crossword October 1 2025 Answers (10/1/25)

Our Universal Crossword October 1, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Universal Crossword is a syndicated crossword that is published across different apps and websites each day. It is created with a focus on clarity and simplicity, making it a great choice for both experienced and casual solvers.

Universal Crossword October 1, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Universal Crossword on 10/1/25, 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	Vocal improvisation in jazz
5A	Photo ___ (PR events)
8A	Connected electrically
13A	Give up, as territory
14A	Angelic ring
16A	Digital greeting
17A	18-year-___ (many new voters)
18A	Stefani of No Doubt
19A	Just getting into
20A	Australian's "Way to go, friend!"
23A	Part of a Santa costume
24A	Workplace sub
25A	Parts of six-packs
28A	Without, in French
30A	Like an aspiring attorney's coursework
32A	Run a tab
35A	5G service provider
38A	Fake
40A	Born, in an alumna's life update
41A	One of a four on a diamond
42A	Pie chart
47A	HS student's exam
48A	Good to go
49A	Vientiane is its capital
51A	"The Rise of Skywalker" heroine
52A	Splashy bash
55A	Bank offerings
58A	Software feature that reduces typing time ... and a hint to the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across
61A	Cast a spell on
64A	"Beetle Bailey" dog whose name is a palindrome
65A	Cafeteria need
66A	Spooky
67A	Word in a disappearing act
68A	Marginal advantage
69A	Marine predators
70A	One who counts from one to ten in a ring
71A	Colored
1D	Barge for garbage
2D	Famous person, informally
3D	Discombobulate
4D	Magnetic flux density units
5D	"I don't want that at all!"
6D	Minor chess piece
7D	Frozen precipitation
8D	Started playing for pay
9D	Drink similar to a Slurpee
10D	"WWE ___" (TV program)
11D	Time of note
12D	Outlawed pesticide: Abbr.
15D	Treater's words
21D	Dully colored
22D	Clock toggle
25D	Name after aka
26D	Lightweight wood
27D	Like most desserts
29D	Something to belt out
31D	Flow back to sea
32D	Award in the form of a statuette
33D	Even as
34D	Ahead of the deadline
36D	Spanish for "to be"
37D	Blue-green
39D	People who introduce speakers: Abbr.
43D	Peas and beans
44D	Coup d'___
45D	Deceitfully dispose of
46D	Basketball target
50D	Like some cocktail glass rims
53D	360-degree maneuver in an air show
54D	One who is cast
56D	Passionate about physics, perhaps
57D	Place for a play
58D	Met solo
59D	Great Plains native
60D	Looked at with interest
61D	Biz boss
62D	That girl
63D	Part of a circumference

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