Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Sign of aging => PATINA
Down: Leave a black mark on, say => SCORCH
Down: Withdrawal aid => ATMCARD
Down: Sweet-talk => CAJOLE
Down: __ effect: phenomenon of attraction in fluid mechanics, familiarly => CHEERIOS
Down: Didn't work => RESTED
Down: French his => SES
Down: Sure to fail => CANTWIN
Down: Hansel and Gretel figure => HAG
Down: Hertz, for one => UNIT
Down: __ steak => STRIP
Down: Sloggy terrain => MIRE
Down: Twangy-voiced => NASAL
Down: __ canto => BEL
Down: Derry __: sitcom set in Northern Ireland => GIRLS
Down: Home of Whistler's Mother => MUSEEDORSAY
Down: Shooting stars? => SAGITTARIUS
Down: Fallible ones => MEREMORTALS
Down: Prime minister between Theresa and Liz => BORIS
Down: Bad idea => NAH
Down: Clear a way for => LETBY
Down: Port northeast of Djibouti => ADEN
Down: Cuts finely => DICES
Down: Elisabeth of Cobra Kai => SHUE
Down: Former Japanese coin => SEN
Down: Has more than => OUTEATS
Down: The Hurting Kind poet Limón => ADA
Down: Bamboozle => TRIPUP
Down: Features of many Best Picture winners => RRATINGS
Down: Call for => ENTAIL
Down: Plastic souvenir, e.g. => TRINKET
Down: Declares => SAYSSO
Down: Like a good sidekick => TRUSTY
Down: California surf culture apparel brand => PACSUN
Down: Goddess who is a judge in The Eumenides => ATHENA
Down: Construction such as the term un-freaking-believable => TMESIS
Down: Sew up => ICE
Down: Snitch (on) => NARC
Down: Dramatic solos => ARIAS
Down: Cheese substitute? => SCRIP
Down: Bay Area columnist who coined the word beatnik => CAEN
Down: Citrus drinks, for short => OJS
Down: Shelters named for a senator => ROTHIRAS
Down: No kidding => CLEARLY
Down: Equivocates => HEDGES
Down: I'd have a backup plan => DONTBETONIT
Down: Many a Fast & Furious character => STREETRACER
Down: Free-spirited => WILDATHEART
Down: Amazon primate => TAMARIN
Down: Malapropisms, e.g. => MISUSES
Down: Winter racers => LUGES
Down: Spot for a brat => GRILL
Down: Calling card? => SIM
Down: The Masked Singer judge Rita => ORA
Down: Calm => SERENITY
Down: Biotech firm known for vaccines => MODERNA
Down: Juices up? => BASTES
Down: Much obliged => THANKS
Down: Affordable => BUDGET
Down: Like a brewery => YEASTY
Down: Lego brand for little hands => DUPLO
Down: Flinch => START
Down: Nice words of agreement => OUIS
Down: To-do => STIR
Down: Some medical providers, for short => PAS
Down: Shiba __ => INU

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