Belleville News-Democrat Crossword Answers Crossword October 29, 2025

Here are answers to the Crossword in the Belleville News-Democrat on October 29, 2025

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Crossword Clues:
NUMBER	ANSWER	CLUE
1A	4 letters	Parts of a comic's act
5A	4 letters	Crows' hellos
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9A	4 letters	Minor quarrel
13A	5 letters	Add to the family, perhaps
15A	4 letters	Be detrimental to
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16A	4 letters	Cross one's fingers
17A	5 letters	Penne shapes
18A	4 letters	Brainchild
19A	4 letters	Ready for business
20A	13 letters	Carolers riding tracked vehicles?
23A	3 letters	Colorful card game
24A	3 letters	Retired grunt, for instance
25A	5 letters	Shop
28A	15 letters	Wine bar offering that might get out of hand?
33A	3 letters	Hubbub
34A	3 letters	Scooby-___
35A	3 letters	Baseball big shots, for short
36A	7 letters	"Like I care"
40A	7 letters	"I hear ..."
43A	3 letters	___ Lingus
44A	3 letters	Glass of "This American Life"
46A	3 letters	Pester persistently
47A	15 letters	Bunch of people from the Italian Riviera?
54A	5 letters	Tito's alternative, informally
55A	3 letters	Hi-___ imaging
56A	3 letters	Nada
57A	13 letters	Disclaimer after an unintended witticism ... or an alternative title for this puzzle
62A	4 letters	Unfair leaning
64A	4 letters	Fiction's opposite
65A	5 letters	Like some French wine
66A	4 letters	Composer's work
67A	4 letters	Milky birthstone
68A	5 letters	Closer to "still mooing"
69A	4 letters	Musical Perry
70A	4 letters	With it, upstairs
71A	4 letters	Soldier's chow hall
1D	6 letters	Bruce Wayne's underwater vehicle
2D	6 letters	"Couldn't tell ya"
3D	6 letters	Additionally
4D	4 letters	Blueprint detail, in brief
5D	6 letters	Tool used on marble
6D	7 letters	Did a book review of?
7D	4 letters	Warbly garden visitor
8D	4 letters	Dateless
9D	6 letters	Igloo feature?
10D	8 letters	Many are played at school dances
11D	3 letters	Chimpanzee or orangutan
12D	3 letters	Diver's ideal score
14D	3 letters	Org. that ended its "shoes-off" policy in July 2025
21D	7 letters	Hallmark Channel feature
22D	3 letters	Mentalist's "ability"
26D	4 letters	Tomato variety from Maryland, ironically
27D	4 letters	Digital craft market
29D	3 letters	Piece of portable art, for short
30D	3 letters	Poem of praise
31D	3 letters	Message spelled in the sand, perhaps
32D	7 letters	With the least delay
36D	4 letters	Tail movements
37D	4 letters	Police attention, slangily
38D	8 letters	Mythical follower of Jason
39D	3 letters	Sold-out show initials
41D	3 letters	"Phew!"
42D	3 letters	Diva's problem
45D	7 letters	Like some lions and leopards
48D	6 letters	Like a shiny 49-Down
49D	3 letters	One of two used for a kiss
50D	6 letters	Mild-mannered
51D	6 letters	Tolerate
52D	6 letters	Prolonged attacks
53D	6 letters	Senior figures
58D	4 letters	Alien ships
59D	4 letters	West Coast wine hub
60D	3 letters	Make a mistake
61D	4 letters	Pioneering linguist Chomsky
62D	3 letters	___ choy
63D	3 letters	Brew such as Hazy Little Thing

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