Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Ill-fitting => INAPT
Down: Ground-breaking tool => SPADE
Down: Passed with flying colors => ACED
Down: Zenith's opposite => NADIR
Down: Stand in art class => EASEL
Down: Theater box => LOGE
Down: Enthralled by the theater => STAGESTRUCK
Down: Apple variety => IMAC
Down: Outlets => EXITS
Down: Swimwear brand founded in Australia in 1914 => SPEEDO
Down: Viola clef => ALTO
Down: Scallions' kin => LEEKS
Down: Squirming => ANTSY
Down: Green-and-yellow farm playthings for kids => JOHNDEERETOYS
Down: Krauss of bluegrass-country => ALISON
Down: One more thought ... => ALSO
Down: Bubbly drink => POP
Down: Fled => RAN
Down: Frozen Four org. => NCAA
Down: Early bloomers => TULIPS
Down: Folks who get creative in court => SKETCHARTISTS
Down: Quick bread at tea => SCONE
Down: Detective story? => ALIBI
Down: Boundless => VAST
Down: Smoothie fruit => PAPAYA
Down: Lower back bones => SACRA
Down: System operator => USER
Down: Shift responsibility to someone else, and an apt title for this puzzle => PASSTHEBUCK
Down: Spot for curlers => RINK
Down: Lauder of cosmetics => ESTEE
Down: First Greek letter => ALPHA
Down: Intrusive => NOSY
Down: Veggies for chips => SPUDS
Down: Intel job => RECON
Down: LiMu business => INS
Down: D.C. ballplayer => NAT
Down: 1990 accessibility law, for short => ADA
Down: Statue toppers => PIGEONS
Down: Dino with long teeth and short arms => TREX
Down: Small sofa => SETTEE
Down: Text analyst => PARSER
Down: Tempe sch. => ASU
Down: Advent mo. => DEC
Down: Community group with lodges => ELKS
Down: Extraterrestrial visitors, perhaps => ALIENS
Down: Extraterrestrial visitor, certainly => COMET
Down: Yikes! => EGADS
Down: Wooden duck, e.g. => DECOY
Down: Hush => SILENCE
Down: Shareholder dividend => PAYOUT
Down: Slightly cracked => AJAR
Down: Title person in a Kinks hit => LOLA
Down: Lean => THIN
Down: Mauna __: alphabetically first of two Hawaiian volcanoes with similar names => KEA
Down: Mo. town => STL
Down: Party animal? => DONKEY
Down: Big bird => OSTRICH
Down: Tuscan tower town => PISA
Down: Makes a choice => OPTS
Down: Covert summons => PSST
Down: One step __ time => ATA
Down: Knee stabilizer, for short => ACL
Down: Suitable for habitation => LIVABLE
Down: Snidely critical => SNARKY
Down: Sounded like a 59-Down => HISSED
Down: Becomes less intense => ABATES
Down: Rebuff => SPURN
Down: Label printer maker => CASIO
Down: Blossoms => OPENS
Down: Gibbons, e.g. => APES
Down: Nurture => REAR
Down: Nile snake => ASP
Down: Early Beatles bassist Sutcliffe => STU
Down: Scanned lines on a pkg. => UPC
Down: Margaret of Fire Island => CHO
Down: Mo. neighbor => KAN

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 77 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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