The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 10/08/2025. The October 08 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Petri dish growth mediumAGAR
- 5a Turns red, sayDYES
- 9a Michael of “Superbad”CERA
- 13a OverhaulREDO
- 14a European capital with canalsAMSTERDAM
- 16a “Will Ruby go to prom with me?”MYSOURCESSAYNO
- 18a Helpful skill for guessersESP
- 19a “Black-eyed” or “sugar snap” legumePEA
- 20a Take inABSORB
- 22a RequiresNEEDS
- 24a “Despicable Me” protagonistGRU
- 26a Appliance that may have different floor settings, for shortVAC
- 27a Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian GulfIRAN
- 28a Comics dog with a big red tongueODIE
- 30a Singer with the 2011 #1 hit “Set Fire to the Rain”ADELE
- 32a I repeat: “Will Ruby go to prom with me?”ASKAGAINLATER
- 35a Fashion designer SpadeKATE
- 36a Pequod captainAHAB
- 37a Third time’s the charm: “Will Ruby go to prom with me?”WITHOUTADOUBT
- 42a Decrease in intensityABATE
- 44a Swiss Army knives have many of theseUSES
- 45a Encourage, with “on”SPUR
- 46a N, E, W or SDIR
- 47a Group that may have an organizational meeting in Sept.PTA
- 48a Author of “L’Île Mystérieuse”VERNE
- 49a Solfège startDOREMI
- 52a Hairy Halloween costumeAPE
- 54a Beethoven’s “___ to Joy”ODE
- 55a Provider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-AcrossMAGICEIGHTBALL
- 59a Completely immersedENGROSSED
- 60a Double Stuf cookieOREO
- 61a Eye problemSTYE
- 62a A 2-1 record has oneLOSS
- 63a “Hey! Over here!”PSST
- Down
- 1d It shares a 27-mile border with 27-AcrossARMENIA
- 2d Erupting hot springsGEYSERS
- 3d “New and improved” and “For a limited time only”ADSPEAK
- 4d Kanga’s kid in “Winnie-the-Pooh”ROO
- 5d Truth’s alternativeDARE
- 6d Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, in briefYMCA
- 7d Demonym suffixESE
- 8d Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr.STS
- 9d GrouchCRAB
- 10d East Coast counterpart to Dreyer’s in the freezer aisleEDYS
- 11d TrampledRANOVER
- 12d Lacking principlesAMORAL
- 15d Elder son of IsaacESAU
- 17d Positive swingsUPS
- 21d More than 2,000 years ago, for shortBCE
- 23d 23andMe mailingDNAKIT
- 24d Martini or Negroni spiritGIN
- 25d “I can ___”RELATE
- 28d Something you can be under when in courtOATH
- 29d Go extinctDIEOUT
- 30d SomewhatATAD
- 31d Ariana ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for 2021’s “West Side Story”DEBOSE
- 33d ReceiptsGATE
- 34d Cries of enlightenmentAHAS
- 37d Official authorizationWARRANT
- 38d Conference ___ (college athletic association)USA
- 39d BrouhahasUPROARS
- 40d Dresses warmly, with “up”BUNDLES
- 41d Place to buy a fir at ChristmasTREELOT
- 42d ElaborateADD
- 43d Tundras and deserts, e.g.BIOMES
- 47d ___ de gallo (Mexican salsa)PICO
- 48d ScrutinizeVET
- 50d Like soufflésEGGY
- 51d BogMIRE
- 52d “10 and up” precederAGES
- 53d Degrees of success, for short?PHDS
- 56d Course for becoming bilingual, for shortESL
- 57d Prefix with -morphicISO
- 58d Noggin knockBOP