Belleville News-Democrat Crossword Answers Crossword October 17, 2025

Here are answers to the Crossword in the Belleville News-Democrat on October 17, 2025

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Crossword Clues:
NUMBER	ANSWER	CLUE
1A	4 letters	Bowlfuls next to the chips
5A	4 letters	Bank fixtures
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9A	5 letters	IMDb listings
14A	4 letters	Fresh way to start
15A	4 letters	Boyfriend
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16A	5 letters	Acrobat's company
17A	9 letters	Admission granted to the rich and famous, often
19A	5 letters	Bite playfully
20A	5 letters	Creative spark, for short
21A	5 letters	"___ be great"
23A	7 letters	Button for bypassing online commercials
26A	7 letters	"The Girl From ___" (Brazilian song)
30A	5 letters	Walks off the stage
32A	6 letters	Tennis tourney held in Queens
33A	3 letters	Slimeball
35A	4 letters	Guitar legend Clapton
37A	5 letters	"Challenge accepted!"
38A	3 letters	Not strict
39A	7 letters	"Dance the Night" singer ... or, parsed differently, a hint to the pair of drinks in row 3, 5, 11 or 13 of this grid
41A	3 letters	The "O" of IOU
42A	5 letters	How oysters are served
44A	4 letters	Used a loom
45A	3 letters	Hits up on Insta, maybe
46A	6 letters	Rough
48A	5 letters	Prolonged attack
50A	7 letters	Chopper's landing area
52A	7 letters	Graphics that can easily be added to presentations
56A	5 letters	Little bugs
58A	5 letters	Flood barrier
59A	5 letters	"Keep playing without me"
62A	9 letters	Make a quarter turn?
65A	5 letters	Actress Sevigny
66A	4 letters	Noble below a marquess
67A	4 letters	Walk on a trail
68A	5 letters	Ovens that aren't for food
69A	4 letters	Deli breads
70A	4 letters	Make changes to
1D	5 letters	Actress Viola
2D	5 letters	How checks must be signed
3D	5 letters	Popular pop originally named "Brad's Drink"
4D	7 letters	Exchanged
5D	3 letters	Letters on a phone's 2 button
6D	3 letters	Band ___
7D	4 letters	Ship post
8D	5 letters	It comes in rolls
9D	8 letters	1940 Disney movie with classical music
10D	7 letters	Words of denial
11D	3 letters	Chop (off)
12D	3 letters	Exec's degree, often
13D	3 letters	Harden
18D	4 letters	Sweet-talk
22D	3 letters	___ Nahasapeemapetilon ("The Simpsons" character)
24D	4 letters	God, in French
25D	5 letters	Word before "poll" or "hat"
27D	5 letters	___ salts
28D	5 letters	Needy cats' noises
29D	4 letters	Boleyn who was queen of England
31D	5 letters	Grain towers
33D	5 letters	Boat on a lake
34D	5 letters	Type of symmetry
36D	5 letters	Palindromic Honda model
38D	4 letters	___ Ness Monster
39D	8 letters	Abhors
40D	4 letters	Orange's cover
43D	7 letters	Deep red
45D	7 letters	"Enjoy the Silence" band ___ Mode
47D	3 letters	Consume
49D	4 letters	___ monster
51D	5 letters	Put off
53D	5 letters	Hide from, perhaps
54D	5 letters	Japanese healing technique
55D	5 letters	Principle
57D	4 letters	Do really well, slangily
59D	3 letters	"Gross!"
60D	3 letters	Flyers, on scoreboards
61D	3 letters	Word before "encompassing" or "knowing"
63D	3 letters	Red state?
64D	3 letters	"Thx" counterpart

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