USA Today Crossword August 16 2025 Answers (8/16/25)

Our USA Today Crossword August 16, 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 16, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the USA Today Crossword on 8/16/25, 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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« August 15 2025 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Lightbulb unit
5A	It might help a dachshund get on the bed
9A	Subject with notes and keys
14A	Prefix with "pop" or "futurism"
15A	Olympic sword
16A	2024 Oscar winner starring Mikey Madison
17A	Home to Naqsh-e Jahan Square
18A	___ queen
19A	Muscle-bone connector
20A	"Now you see it . . . now you don't" performance
23A	Letters on an ambulance
24A	Dial-up pioneer
25A	___ and Herzegovina
29A	Newish
31A	Mail hole
33A	UFO pilots
34A	Rizzo or Miss Bianca
35A	Holier-than-___
36A	Apt anagram of "vile"
37A	Drawbacks
40A	Brood
41A	Do an autumn chore
42A	Substance that's an anagram of 34- and 43-Across
43A	Valuable oil?
44A	Hi-top ___ (hairstyle)
45A	Evades
48A	Nut in some Indian curries
50A	Animation still
51A	Letters that might follow a heartfelt text
52A	Helen Keller's teacher and companion
56A	Dark Horse publication
59A	Large desert in Asia
60A	Mo. when the US Open ends
61A	Responded to an alarm, perhaps
62A	Laudatory poems
63A	Luxuriant
64A	Key ingredient in bread
65A	Girl scout accessory
66A	Most Kongs in "Donkey Kong" lore
1D	Document signed before a hang gliding lesson
2D	Style of many a cozy cabin
3D	Records handled by a registrar's office
4D	"Knives Out" actress Collette
5D	Sizzling
6D	National Pet Day month
7D	Cruel
8D	Simon of "Hot Fuzz" fame
9D	Toucan Sam, e.g.
10D	Syllabus sections
11D	Luke, vis-a-vis Anakin and Padme
12D	Anger
13D	Crow sound
21D	North Pole resident
22D	Ish
26D	"You got this!"
27D	"___ what ___" ("That's life")
28D	Communication system used at Gallaudet U
30D	Lack of difficulty
31D	"___ It Off"
32D	Only
35D	Prime-time promo
36D	"Good heavens!"
37D	Explorer who travels with Boots
38D	Sketched
39D	Ring-shaped coral formation
40D	Big ___ (Whopper competitor)
44D	Person who might wield a 15-Across
45D	"Yummo!"
46D	Pass by
47D	Moogs, e.g.
49D	Seventeen-syllable poem
50D	Six-sided dice shapes
53D	Senses of self
54D	Pop
55D	Puerto Rico, por ejemplo
56D	Half-___ (rhyming coffee order)
57D	Bird that gives a hoot
58D	Cow's greeting

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