Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 9, 2025

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Distracted boyfriend and Surprised Pikachu => MEMES
Down: Giants slugger Mel => OTT
Down: Grows faint => DIMS
Down: Glorify => EXALT
Down: __ Beta Kappa => PHI
Down: Waiting, as champagne => ONICE
Down: *Vessel secretly ridden by Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark => GERMANSUB
Down: Saw => MAXIM
Down: Brief fight => SETTO
Down: X and Pearl actress Goth => MIA
Down: Loan option, for short => REFI
Down: *Hank Aaron's record 2,297 => RUNSBATTEDIN
Down: Divine => FORESEE
Down: Clothing line => SEAM
Down: Instrument commonly made from African blackwood => OBOE
Down: Prefix with net or com => INTER
Down: Abate => EBB
Down: Gym unit => REP
Down: *Ursine critter with a distinctive orange patch on its chest => SUNBEAR
Down: Couple => DUO
Down: Go green, perhaps => DYE
Down: Shredded __ => WHEAT
Down: Euro forerunner => LIRA
Down: Actress Remini => LEAH
Down: LeBron James and Steph Curry, by birth => OHIOANS
Down: *Don't pull any shenanigans => MEANBUSINESS
Down: Let There Be Rock band => ACDC
Down: Laid low => HID
Down: Rizzo of Midnight Cowboy => RATSO
Down: Musical endings => CODAS
Down: Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? => MESSYBUNS
Down: Woeful words => ELEGY
Down: Flock sound => BAA
Down: Emma Roberts, to Julia Roberts => NIECE
Down: Really ticks off => IRES
Down: PC key near Z => ALT
Down: City east of the Great Salt Lake => OGDEN
Down: Family Guy daughter => MEG
Down: Awkward people to run into, perhaps => EXES
Down: Frutti di __: Italian seafood dish => MARE
Down: One of many in Boston Common => ELMTREE
Down: Position => STATUS
Down: Black __ => OPS
Down: Flip (through) => THUMB
Down: Leg bone => TIBIA
Down: Abbey title => DOM
Down: Covered by one's insurance => INAREA
Down: Found object art, often => MIXEDMEDIA
Down: N.K. Jemisin genre => SCIFI
Down: Key with one sharp: Abbr. => EMIN
Down: Zero => NONE
Down: Totally stumped => ATSEA
Down: River to the English Channel => SEINE
Down: Region: Abbr. => TERR
Down: Expedition maker => FORD
Down: Comply => OBEY
Down: Obstacle course component, often => ROPELADDER
Down: Org. for LeBron James and Steph Curry => NBA
Down: Grand __ National Park => TETON
Down: Aloe target => BURN
Down: Fluffy accessories => BOAS
Down: Deckhand => SWAB
Down: Totally! => UHHUH
Down: Got clobbered => LOSTBIG
Down: Coop up => ENCAGE
Down: Feminine possessive => HERS
Down: My vote is to skip it => ISAYNO
Down: Scotch cookie spice => MACE
Down: Biotech bacteria => ECOLI
Down: Disney lion => SIMBA
Down: Perfect => IDEAL
Down: Courted? => SUED
Down: As soon as => ONCE
Down: Pt. of GPS => SYS
Down: Convened => SAT
Down: Capitol fig. => SEN

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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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