Belleville News-Democrat Crossword Answers Crossword October 30, 2025

Here are answers to the Crossword in the Belleville News-Democrat on October 30, 2025

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Crossword Clues:
NUMBER	ANSWER	CLUE
1A	4 letters	Design detail, for short
5A	5 letters	What a perspective drawing creates the illusion of
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10A	4 letters	Dust collectors
14A	4 letters	Killer whale
15A	5 letters	Cherish
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16A	4 letters	Sign such as storm clouds on the horizon
17A	4 letters	Leave in a flash
18A	5 letters	Cheapskate
19A	4 letters	Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire"
20A	13 letters	Accepts one's fate (In this answer, note letters 1-2 + 5-6)
23A	5 letters	Put into words
24A	5 letters	Response to "Not so!"
25A	9 letters	Move in the wrong direction (... letters 1-2 + 6-7)
29A	5 letters	Drag events
32A	3 letters	___ tai
33A	5 letters	Riverbank deposits
37A	4 letters	Big heads
38A	5 letters	Mattress brand
40A	4 letters	Heads out
41A	3 letters	Negative aspect
42A	7 letters	They're not buying
44A	3 letters	Delivery vehicle
45A	11 letters	Self-serving option for many people (... letters 1-2 + 7-8)
48A	6 letters	Egyptian underworld god
50A	6 letters	Be short with
53A	5 letters	Less respectful
54A	3 letters	Vigor
57A	5 letters	Garlicky sauce
58A	15 letters	Morning presentation? ... or a theme hint
61A	3 letters	Video game news site
62A	7 letters	Puts handcuffs on
63A	3 letters	Combat sport inits.
64A	3 letters	February 17, 2026, in Vietnam
65A	3 letters	Low digit
66A	3 letters	Expected
67A	3 letters	Sun, in Spanish
1D	3 letters	Bawl
2D	5 letters	Univ. teachers
3D	5 letters	Brilliant success
4D	8 letters	Places for calicoes and cappuccinos
5D	6 letters	Maiden
6D	4 letters	Revise
7D	4 letters	Like a fancy hotel
8D	4 letters	Word before "farm" or "house"
9D	6 letters	Extreme introvert
10D	8 letters	Luau centerpiece
11D	5 letters	Prenatal procedure, briefly
12D	5 letters	Company whose mascot is a gecko
13D	3 letters	Long-running sketch show, for short
21D	4 letters	GPS projections
22D	4 letters	Purposes
26D	5 letters	Take a whiff of
27D	5 letters	With time left on the clock
28D	5 letters	Surfer's destinations?
29D	3 letters	Video camera button
30D	3 letters	Back in time
31D	9 letters	Self-assured
34D	9 letters	Some Dickinson works
35D	3 letters	Gossip, slangily
36D	3 letters	Nine-digit ID
38D	4 letters	Tres y tres
39D	4 letters	Crafts' partner
42D	7 letters	Shoot a smug look
43D	7 letters	Junction between neurons
46D	4 letters	49, for a 7x7 square
47D	4 letters	Villain's den
48D	5 letters	Planet's path
49D	5 letters	Sudden rise
51D	5 letters	Something to remember from history class
52D	5 letters	Kind of wave
54D	4 letters	Trim (down)
55D	3 letters	Opposite of WNW
56D	4 letters	Vet's condition, maybe
59D	3 letters	Picked 'do
60D	3 letters	Disco ___ of "The Simpsons"

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