Daily Crossword Answers USA Today - August 16, 2025

across

• Lightbulb unit Crossword Clue

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  WATT

• It might help a dachshund get on the bed Crossword Clue

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  RAMP

• Subject with notes and keys Crossword Clue

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  MUSIC

• Prefix with "pop" or "futurism" Crossword Clue

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  AFRO

• Olympic sword Crossword Clue

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  EPEE

• 2024 Oscar winner starring Mikey Madison Crossword Clue

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  ANORA

• Home to Naqsh-e Jahan Square Crossword Clue

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  IRAN

• ___ queen Crossword Clue

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  DRAG

• Muscle-bone connector Crossword Clue

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  SINEW

• "Now you see it . . . now you don't" performance Crossword Clue

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  VANISHINGACT

• Letters on an ambulance Crossword Clue

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  EMS

• Dial-up pioneer Crossword Clue

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  AOL

• ___ and Herzegovina Crossword Clue

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  BOSNIA

• Newish Crossword Clue

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  RECENT

• Mail hole Crossword Clue

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  SLOT

• UFO pilots Crossword Clue

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  ETS

• Rizzo or Miss Bianca Crossword Clue

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  RAT

• Holier-than-___ Crossword Clue

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  THOU

• Apt anagram of "vile" Crossword Clue

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  EVIL

• Drawbacks Crossword Clue

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  DISADVANTAGES

• Brood Crossword Clue

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  MOPE

• Do an autumn chore Crossword Clue

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  RAKE

• Substance that's an anagram of 34- and 43-Across Crossword Clue

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  TAR

• Valuable oil? Crossword Clue

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  ART

• Hi-top ___ (hairstyle) Crossword Clue

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  FADE

• Evades Crossword Clue

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  DODGES

• Nut in some Indian curries Crossword Clue

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  CASHEW

• Animation still Crossword Clue

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  CEL

• Letters that might follow a heartfelt text Crossword Clue

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  ILY

• Helen Keller's teacher and companion Crossword Clue

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  ANNESULLIVAN

• Dark Horse publication Crossword Clue

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  COMIC

• Large desert in Asia Crossword Clue

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  GOBI

• Mo. when the US Open ends Crossword Clue

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  SEPT

• Responded to an alarm, perhaps Crossword Clue

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  AWOKE

• Laudatory poems Crossword Clue

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  ODES

• Luxuriant Crossword Clue

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  LUSH

• Key ingredient in bread Crossword Clue

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  FLOUR

• Girl scout accessory Crossword Clue

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  SASH

• Most Kongs in "Donkey Kong" lore Crossword Clue

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  APES