Happy December 15, 2025! Looking for some help with today’s USA Today Crossword? This daily word puzzle challenges your vocabulary and problem-solving skills, offering fresh clues every day. Below, you’ll find today’s hints and complete answers to help you finish the puzzle with ease. Whether you’re stuck on a tough clue or just curious, we’ve got you covered.

Across

1A Challenging H.S. science course – APBIO

6A “Git!” – SHOO

10A Twin Cities airport (Abbr.) – MSP

13A Like a visage in a haunted house, often – PALE

14A Prefix with “educator” or “medic” – PARA

15A Row, row, row your boat with one – OAR

16A 1 or 2 on the Kinsey scale, perhaps – HETERO

19A Chappell Roan subgenre – POP

20A Frog’s kid-lit friend – TOAD

21A Baking measurement (Abbr.) – TSP

23A Opening at a coin-op arcade – SLOT

24A Podcast units, for short – EPS

26A Drink that can be made in a siphon brewer – COFFEE

28A Light brown – TAN

29A “Castle ___ Cloud” (“Les Miserables” song) – ON A

30A Valencia school for creatives – CALARTS

31A “Am not!” reply – ARETOO

33A For fear that – LEST

34A Warm-but-breathable synthetic material – POLARTEC

37A Got 100% on – ACES

39A “Good enough!” – DECENT

40A Crunchy orange snacks – CHEETOS

43A Appropriate – APT

44A Student-run org. supporting LGBTQ+ youth – GSA

47A Vegas NFL player – RAIDER

48A Wharton degree, for short – MBA

49A Experts – PROS

50A Doc who inserts ear tubes – ENT

51A Teeny arachnid – MITE

53A Sewing kit items – PINS

55A No. 1 hit from “Back to the Future” – THEPOWEROF LOVE

58A “Scary!” – EEK

59A Lo-cal – DIET

60A Top picks, for short – MVP

61A “Drunk in Love” co-writer Moon – THE DREAM

62A Online crafts marketplace – ETSY

63A Long lock – TRESS

Down

1D Totally horrified – APPALLED

2D One-pot dish from Valencia – PAELLA

3D Shirt fastener – BUTTON

4D Lacking skill – INAPT

5D Other, in Spanish – OTRA

6D Letters on Banana Boat products – SPF

7D Comes to a stop – HALTS

8D Cookie with an Apple Pie a la Mode flavor – OREO

9D Mexican state known for mole – OAXACA

10D Group of emus – MOB

11D Like bland pretzels – SALTY

12D Car radio features – PRESETS

17D Prince, for the Rolling Stones in ’81 – OPENER

18D Revered person – IDOL

22D Annoyance – PEST

25D Jamaican ___ (creole language) – PATOIS

27D “Nurse Jackie” actor Edie – FALCO

29D “Critical Role” monster – ORC

30D Team work? – CHEER

31D Helped – AIDED

32D Quaint word meaning “frequently” – OFT

34D “I also don’t do that” – NOR I

35D Texas city on the Rio Grande – LAREDO

36D Summer time zone in NYC – EDT

37D One-hundredth of Pooh’s forest – ACRE

38D Emulated Gregorian monks – CHANTED

41D Office sub – TEMP

42D Maryland state bird – ORIOLE

44D Flow state – GROOVE

45D Gets a clue? – SEES

46D Weigh the pros and cons – ADVISE

48D Gets introduced to – MEETS

49D ___ vortex (icy phenomenon) – POLAR

52D Fool – ID

54D Sound of derision – SNEER

56D ___ out a living – EKE

57D ___ Mysterio (WWE wrestler) – REY

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