Today's USA Today Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The USA Today

(July 4, 2025)

ACROSS

• 1. Jouster's weapon - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Mornings (Abbr.) - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Talk up - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Flourish like a flower - Crossword Clue
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• 14. ___ Crunch (cereal mascot whose full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch) - Crossword Clue
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• 16. "How awful!" - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Afro-Brazilian dance - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Selina ___ aka Catwoman - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Red Muppet - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Crumb-carrying insect - Crossword Clue
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• 22. "Let's ___ so" - Crossword Clue
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• 24. No longer willing to participate - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Quote from Will Smith after punching an alien in the face in "Independence Day" (1996) (7,2,5) - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Singer of "Independence Day" (1993) (7,7) - Crossword Clue
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• 30. A long time ___ - Crossword Clue
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• 31. The "p" in mph - Crossword Clue
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• 32. Eyelash, for example - Crossword Clue
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• 33. Gesture of agreement - Crossword Clue
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• 34. Inquires - Crossword Clue
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• 36. Pandemonium - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Not very competent - Crossword Clue
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• 42. Author Tan - Crossword Clue
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• 44. "At any ___ . . ." - Crossword Clue
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• 45. Synagogue - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Traffic cone - Crossword Clue
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• 49. Alternatives to PCs - Crossword Clue
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• 52. 56-/58-Across, for example - Crossword Clue
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• 54. "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects ___ enhances the freedom of others" - Crossword Clue
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• 55. Wedding phrase before a kiss - Crossword Clue
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• 56. With 58-Across, statesman who asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (1852) (9) - Crossword Clue
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• 58. See 56-Across - Crossword Clue
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• 60. Gazed at - Crossword Clue
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• 63. Court challenges - Crossword Clue
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• 64. Has the nerve - Crossword Clue
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• 65. Soaks, like a teabag - Crossword Clue
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• 66. Sneaky "Hey!" - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Pounds (Abbr.) - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Apple pie ___ mode - Crossword Clue
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• 3. ___ de plume (pen name) - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Metallic shade of blue - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Set free - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Dismayed exclamation - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Pandemonium - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Irregular stain - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Body part with a nail - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Dismayed exclamation - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Get ready to talk on a conference call - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Body part with enamel - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Celeb with celeb parents - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Features of Navajo and Gwich'in - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Unsettling - Crossword Clue
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• 25. "Rock me, mama, like a ___ wheel" - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Eat away at - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Piece of punctuation - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Hang on a clothesline - Crossword Clue
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• 29. ___-pedi - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Caesar and Cobb - Crossword Clue
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• 37. LeBron and Luka's team - Crossword Clue
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• 38. Loads - Crossword Clue
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• 39. Patch up - Crossword Clue
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• 41. A slam dunk is worth two (Abbr.) - Crossword Clue
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• 43. ___ out (distribute) - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Ethical principles - Crossword Clue
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• 47. Freedom of the ___ - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Was super nosy - Crossword Clue
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• 49. Mythical king with a golden touch - Crossword Clue
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• 50. Bring home from a shelter - Crossword Clue
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• 51. Style of car - Crossword Clue
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• 53. Spherical object - Crossword Clue
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• 56. Tent part - Crossword Clue
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• 57. Bloke - Crossword Clue
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• 59. "___ whiz!" - Crossword Clue
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• 61. "___ Miz" - Crossword Clue
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• 62. It ends in Nov. - Crossword Clue
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