Daily Crossword Answers USA Today - October 23, 2025

across

• Mountain feature Crossword Clue

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  RIDGE

• "___ Miz" Crossword Clue

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  LES

• Hockey scores Crossword Clue

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  GOALS

• "Set Fire to the Rain" singer Crossword Clue

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  ADELE

• Little trickster Crossword Clue

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  IMP

• Not called for Crossword Clue

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  UNDUE

• "The ___ Express" Crossword Clue

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  POLAR

• School-supporting grp Crossword Clue

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  PTA

• PR person's concern Crossword Clue

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  IMAGE

• Income-based fee structure Crossword Clue

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  SLIDINGSCALE

• Greenish-blue color Crossword Clue

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  TEAL

• Phone number add-on (Abbr.) Crossword Clue

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  EXT

• Something to take to a ball? Crossword Clue

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  BAT

• ___ Tome and Principe Crossword Clue

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  SAO

• "Bill-killing" executive power Crossword Clue

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  POCKETVETO

• Brief bit of time Crossword Clue

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  SEC

• Meeting, informally Crossword Clue

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  SESH

• Like dough after proofing Crossword Clue

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  RISEN

• Colorful parrot Crossword Clue

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  MACAW

• Piglet's mom Crossword Clue

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  SOW

• "It's important to me" Crossword Clue

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  ICARE

• "+" end of a battery Crossword Clue

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  ANODE

• Rough voice feature Crossword Clue

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  RASP

• It's here today, gone tomorrow Crossword Clue

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  FAD

• Part of some chemistry exams? Crossword Clue

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  SCREENTEST

• Morning mist Crossword Clue

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  DEW

• "If only ___ listened . . ." Crossword Clue

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  HED

• Bubble ___ Crossword Clue

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  TEA

• "Othello" villain Crossword Clue

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  IAGO

• "You can go about your business" speaker in "Star Wars" Crossword Clue

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  STORMTROOPER

• Sweet braided cake Crossword Clue

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  BABKA

• The "G" in GLAAD Crossword Clue

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  GAY

• One more than once Crossword Clue

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  TWICE

• March follower Crossword Clue

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  APRIL

• Genre for broody teens Crossword Clue

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  EMO

• "Come aboard!" Crossword Clue

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  HOPON

• ___ to high heaven (reeked) Crossword Clue

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  STANK

• Greek letter T Crossword Clue

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  TAU

• Shelled out Crossword Clue

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  SPENT