USA Today Crossword August 31 2025 Answers (8/31/25)

Our USA Today Crossword August 31, 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 31, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the USA Today Crossword on 8/31/25, 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	Billiard ball, e.g.
4A	Sock ___ ('50s school dance)
7A	Speck in the sea
12A	Plant with a canopy
13A	The "T" of EGOT
14A	Drop, like fees
15A	Interpersonal falling-out
16A	Centimeter or decibel
17A	Lumon employee's identity when they're not at work, on "Severance"
18A	Ms. Rachel's has over 15 million subscribers
21A	Glossy
22A	"That hurts!"
23A	Cry of frustration
25A	Business card no.
26A	Bone in a cage
28A	What a goaltender tends
30A	Uninterested in romance, for short
31A	Like some private estates
33A	Consent to marketing emails
35A	1913 Stravinsky ballet
40A	Long for someone
41A	Exceptionally talented
42A	Three, four or five, often
43A	Chow down
46A	"Pokemon" character
47A	Minecraft explosive
50A	Casino calculations
52A	Long-lasting hairdo
54A	Concur
56A	Source of a company's income
59A	Brownish gray
61A	Patronize a bistro
62A	Fifty-and-older org.
63A	Confess
64A	A single time
65A	"Beware the ___ of March"
66A	Crispy South Indian dishes
67A	Many a charitable grp.
68A	Hallucinogenic drug
1D	Baltimore bird
2D	Do a pit stop task
3D	"The Fabulous Four" actress Midler
4D	Dulce Sloan voices her in "The Great North"
5D	Being chilled
6D	Programming language
7D	Cry after hitting a jackpot
8D	Room where things get steamy
9D	Bookish folks
10D	Cartoon villain's facial expression
11D	Short-sleeved shirt
12D	Lovers' rendezvous
13D	Ben & Jerry's container
19D	Where Lvivske beer is brewed
20D	Wow
24D	___ Kong
27D	Hairy Addams Family cousin
29D	"Just you try to beat my score!"
31D	Angry dog's warning
32D	Buck's mate
34D	Post's opposite
35D	Theirs one in this clue
36D	Part of a tennis racquet
37D	Tympanic membranes
38D	Dance style with castanets
39D	Sibling nickname
44D	Many a Nintendo Kong
45D	Muscle-bone connector
47D	___ water (stays afloat)
48D	Drew closer to
49D	Short-term workers
51D	Old-timey photo tint
53D	Regretting
55D	"Holy" Indiana Jones relic
57D	Docs prescribing heartworm meds
58D	"What did I say!?"
59D	Wee bit
60D	"Without further ___ . . ."

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