USA Today Crossword August 28 2025 Answers (8/28/25)

Our USA Today Crossword August 28, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. USA Today Crossword is a popular daily puzzle that tests the player’s vocabulary, spelling, and general knowledge skills. The puzzle is available in print and digital format and is enjoyed by people of all ages. The clues can range from easy to challenging and the player must use their critical thinking abilities to solve the puzzle. It is a great way to pass the time and challenge oneself.

USA Today Crossword August 28, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the USA Today Crossword on 8/28/25, 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	Give a standing ovation
5A	"___ me!" ("Hope to hear from you!")
9A	Sport for cowpokes
14A	Journalist Kotb
15A	Vicinity
16A	Social occasion
17A	Very often
18A	Word after "exit" or "zodiac"
19A	Repairs
20A	Screenwriter who makes revisions
23A	Grand country house
24A	Phrase on a neon diner sign
28A	Rds.
29A	Tabloid couple
33A	"I've watched that before"
34A	Place for a phone, wallet and keys
35A	Prepares to shoot an arrow
36A	Dreamer's collage
40A	Destroy
42A	Come apart at the ___
43A	Long, narrow ditch
46A	Not pro-
47A	Pop a squat
50A	Guarantees
52A	Ordinary fella
54A	Measures of businesses' dominance
58A	"Morning Joe" network
61A	Big-screen movie format
62A	Unconscious ___ (hiring concern)
63A	Body part that a tear might roll down
64A	Romantic tango moves
65A	"Colossal" actress Hathaway
66A	Clairvoyants
67A	Kamounia or goulash
68A	Reply to "Shall we?"
1D	Deep fissures
2D	Online feline who might request "treets plz"
3D	Decorates
4D	Grilling spot
5D	Playbill listing
6D	Bone-dry
7D	Toy brand that makes a Millennium Falcon kit
8D	Jousting weapon
9D	Far-off
10D	Happens to catch, like a conversation
11D	Leopard's lair
12D	The be-all and ___-all
13D	Periods such as 10th innings, for short
21D	Toyota hybrid
22D	Prof's helpers
25D	Emma Myers' role in "Wednesday"
26D	A swish doesn't touch it, in basketball
27D	Beings such as ALF, for short
30D	Prefix for -cycle or -dent
31D	That, in Spanish
32D	"My Year in ___" (podcast about a high-IQ society)
34D	ATM code, redundantly
36D	Competes
37D	Obi-Wan Kenobi's alias
38D	"Overnight" breakfast bit
39D	Like many residents of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
40D	GPS rec
41D	Coffee holder
44D	Fissures
45D	See 59-Down
47D	Holy place
48D	"Let me rephrase . . ."
49D	Throws out
51D	Slides on the road
53D	Conspiring group
55D	Give off, like heat or vibes
56D	Adhesive in a roll
57D	TX film festival whose "W" stands for "west"
58D	Hosts, for short
59D	With 45-Down, pronoun pair for some women
60D	Formerly named

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