Daily Themed Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 12, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
October 12, 2025 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Metered ride | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | ___ and Jerry animated television series | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Get ___ of (discard) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Letters common in Payola and Granola | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Prefix with cycle or verse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | For heaven's ___! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Light touch on the back | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | The Fresh Prince of ___-Air | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Carpet seller's calculation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Towering like skyscrapers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | Char as a steak (rhymes with fear) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Beetle or Prius e.g. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Actor Omar ___ of House | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Crop that thrives in waterlogged fields and takes nearly 6 months of hard work by farmers before reaching our plates | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Brew that needs a kettle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___ Tour (Tiger Woods' group): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | ___ Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony ... (nursery rhyme line) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #18 | Machine that reproduces documents | Show answer | 6 | |
| #19 | Palindromic fair-hiring initials | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Veggie that may roll off your dinner plate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Note to ___ (reminder) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Great ___ of China (landmark) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Coyote's coat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Cheerleader's cheer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | ___ huge fan!: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | What's seen on a clock ... and an invisible ingredient for farmers to grow the crops you see in the puzzle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | 1983 crime film starring Al Pacino | Show answer | 8 | |
| #28 | Right back ___! (You too!): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | ___-hop (musical genre) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Neighbor of Vietnam | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Enthusiasm | Show answer | 4 | |
| #32 | Olympus ___ Fallen (2013 movie) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Wholesome breakfast grains that need 4 months of care by farmers before they make it to our bowls | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Police officer informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Chicken ___ King: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Baseball tool for hitting home runs | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Big brass wind instrument (anagram of abut) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | Law school newbie: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Tiny grain such as proso or foxtail which takes about 3 months of steady care before it reaches our stores | Show answer | 6 | |
| #40 | Not common | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Swedish furnishing giant | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | ___ Santa (Christmastime letter starter) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #43 | Talk back with attitude say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Star ___ (sci-fi television series) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Italian Bye-bye! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Clearasil target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | Chest muscle for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Kung ___ chicken (Chinese delicacy) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Grain of choice for Reuben loaves which takes about 9 months to grow before it reaches our ovens | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Dockside platform | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Hair-stiffening goop | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Dog bark sound in comics | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Air quality monitoring organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Wriggly fish | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Nittany Lion's school: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | A Beautiful Noise singer ___ Keys | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Golden grain that needs about 4 months of hard work to grow before it's ready to become our daily bread | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Nowhere close | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ of passage (ceremonial observance) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Singer Winehouse and actress Adams for two | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Google ___ (navigational app) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Looney Tunes devil familiarly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #63 | Silent letters? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Good Feeling by ___ Rida | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Toy's battery size | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Bunk for a nap | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Feminine suffix with host | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 12, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 12, 2025, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SCARFACE at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 4 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 12, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 12, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 12, 2025 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 67 clues with answers from 3 to 8 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for October 12, 2025 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 12, 2025 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.