Vulture Crossword October 16 2025 Answers (10/16/25)

Our Vulture Crossword October 16, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

Vulture Crossword October 16, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Vulture Crossword on 10/16/25, 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	Team that beat 22-Across in four matches in the WNBA finals
5A	Description in some dating profiles
9A	“Awkwafina Is ___ From Queens”
10A	Classic video-game character voiced by Chris Pratt in a 2023 movie
11A	Garnish on an old-fashioned
13A	Measurements on pants
14A	Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham
15A	Like an exam with an average grade of a D-minus
19A	Actress who plays Quinta’s mother on “Abbott Elementary”
21A	Hangout spot on “How I Met Your Mother” (but not “Friends”)
22A	See 1-Across
24A	Insomniac’s complaint
27A	“The ___ Wife” (Vanessa Walters book set in Nigeria)
28A	“And another thing …”
29A	Tangled piece of string
30A	“___ & Ben” (play written by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers)
1D	Rub with ceremonial oil
2D	Transparent part of the eye
3D	Chalkboard implement
4D	Making sense
5D	Setting for much of “Where the Crawdads Sing”
6D	Horror director Aster
7D	Transgression
8D	Fish typically used in fish and chips
10D	Julia Fox’s “Down the Drain” and Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” for two
12D	Fuel sources in a chem lab
16D	“In the Heights” matriarch
17D	Most hard to find
18D	Sichuan style of stir-fry
20D	“I ___ messing around!”
23D	Edible shellfish
24D	Type
25D	Container for pantry staples like chickpeas
26D	“A long time ___, in a galaxy far, far away …”

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