Universal Crossword September 21 2025 Answers (9/21/25)

Our Universal Crossword September 21, 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 September 21, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Universal Crossword on 9/21/25, 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	Compelling feature of a novel, ideally
5A	Second chance
9A	Name hidden in "air mattress"
13A	Wear down
14A	App customer
15A	One of a statistical trio
16A	Symbols of peace
17A	Person prone to giving props?
19A	Cynthia Erivo, on Season 2 of "Poker Face"
21A	___ out (distributes)
22A	Vocab-building class
23A	Flat fish
24A	Droop
26A	Tic-___-toe
27A	iPad accessory
29A	Class-y Bong Joon Ho movie?
31A	Quick and classic meal for a college student
33A	Make full
36A	Letters in a telecom company's URL
37A	Trifling
38A	"Prepare to be amazed!"
43A	Chiles ___ (Mexican stuffed peppers)
44A	Wipes out
48A	Assent at sea
49A	Michelle Obama, ___ Robinson
50A	Noncommercial ad
51A	1/48 of a cup: Abbr.
52A	Posers?
54A	Online term for the offline world
57A	%&*? or @#$!
59A	"Not today, ___!"
60A	Reddit forums
61A	Nearly closed
62A	Spew lava
63A	Literary captain, or a cinematic fish
64A	Jeans measurement
65A	___-Ball
1D	French author who associated smell with memory
2D	"Isn't She ___?" (Wonder classic)
3D	Praising poems
4D	Time to give it a shot!
5D	Out of practice
6D	"Puerto Rico ___ bien cabron" (Bad Bunny)
7D	Start of many Christmas missives
8D	End of Wikipedia's URL
9D	Lead-in to a texter's viewpoint
10D	When things happen
11D	Classic song with the line "Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up"
12D	Director's cry
13D	Cylinder's pair
18D	Rocker Winter
20D	Sauciness
25D	Subject of some criticism
28D	Eldest von Trapp child
29D	Trails
30D	Polynesian country
32D	Symbol in a text about Tuesday's dinner, perhaps
33D	Graffiti artist's container
34D	"How do we agree on so much?!"
35D	Morse transmission
39D	Imperfect or past
40D	___ Direction
41D	Animal home in the board game Wingspan
42D	They grow in meadows
45D	Stone-faced figure, maybe
46D	Get away
47D	Wiped out
50D	Father, in Spanish
53D	Response to "Not true!"
55D	Memorable periods
56D	Word after "skate" or "South"
58D	"Here's some money. Go see a 'Star ___.'" ("Arrested Development")

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