USA Today Crossword June 22 2025 Answers (6/22/25)

Our USA Today Crossword June 22, 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 June 22, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the USA Today Crossword on 6/22/25, 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	Driving surfaces (Abbr.)
4A	Lifesaving procedure
7A	Broadway backdrop
10A	Not romantically inclined, for short
11A	Metal deposits
13A	Cole ___ (footwear brand)
15A	"Why not both?" in Spanish
19A	Stereotypical small town
20A	"Now, where ___ we . . .?"
21A	"Keep it down!"
23A	Mary Ann Evans aka George ___
24A	"Doing that now!"
25A	Rad na cuisine
26A	Cause of some trips
27A	Recipe abbreviation
29A	Delivers a keynote address
31A	Sacred object
33A	Exchanges two sheep for an ore, say
34A	In a reckless manner
37A	Component of a roll-and-write game, sometimes
38A	Fancy cake
39A	To an ___ (somewhat)
40A	Common deli bread
41A	Silent assent
44A	___ your loins
45A	_unctional _agnetic _esonance _maging
48A	"Fingers crossed!"
50A	Year, in Portuguese
51A	Region
52A	Not level
53A	Baseball term for a batter striking out four times in a single game
56A	Parts of some daily regimens
57A	Actress and model ___ Mae Lee
58A	SoCal newspaper
59A	Stuff similar to soot
60A	"What Was I Made ___?" (Oscar-winning song)
61A	U-turn from NNW
1D	Rope down a rock face
2D	Salivates
3D	Sleazy
4D	"Let's take a beat and breathe"
5D	School for tots
6D	Stimpy's buddy
7D	One of nine in Mary Gaitskill's book "Bad Behavior"
8D	Effortlessness
9D	Wee bit
12D	Scattered for growing
14D	"I don't mean any disrespect"
16D	Word after "status" or "quid pro"
17D	Polynesian garland
18D	Command that might cause a dog to extend its paw
22D	Angry cat sound
24D	Unbox
25D	Rib
28D	Wipe the slate clean
30D	Hiker's snack
31D	Audibly disapproved
32D	Summer hrs. in Denver
34D	Mostly obsolete way of sending documents
35D	Place for drawers?
36D	Alan who voices Pearl Krabs
37D	Prefix meaning "large"
41D	"White Oleander" and "Disobedience"
42D	Performances with divas
43D	Signify
46D	"I don't dress for women / I don't dress for ___ / Lately I've been dressing for revenge"
47D	Hasty
49D	She/___
51D	Uses the + sign
52D	"Not happening"
54D	"Old Friends" actress Salonga
55D	Clumsy person

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