Oscar winner Berry Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Oscar winner Berry” from the USA Today crossword of August 12, 2025? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

USA TODAY, AUGUST 12, 2025

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

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More clues from the USA Today (August 12, 2025)

Across

1. Singer Lance, or his vocal part in *NSYNC
5. Therefore
9. Line on a map
13. Reverberating sound
14. Lucky number in Beijing
16. "What ___ is new?"
17. Consider to be
18. God, in Arabic
19. Bento box staple
20. Opening words at many wedding ceremonies
23. Give it a go
24. Most direct route
25. "Start the music!"
28. "That'll be the ___"
30. Forest clearing
31. "Severance" star Scott
32. Pull up a chair
33. Game Boy batteries
34. Philadelphia tourist attraction that was rung for the last time in 1846
37. "___ Just Not That Into You"
40. Not as tight
41. Sailor's "yes"
42. "This Will Be" singer Natalie
43. Angsty music genre
44. Ctrl+V command
46. Full moon, e.g.
47. Small salamander
48. Test for a future judge
50. Word before "error" or "flaw"
53. Stood on its hind legs, like a horse
55. "'Tis a shame!"
56. Stamp on a grocery store item
60. Coke or Dr Pepper
61. Pep ___
62. Declare with certainty
63. Color similar to turquoise
64. Collect over time
65. Assign stars to

Down

1. Breakfast in ___
2. High card in a royal flush
3. Reacted to a hairy situation, say?
4. On occasion
5. Misty-eyed
6. "Running Up That ___" (Kate Bush song)
7. Like some Christmas sweaters
8. "Not too ___!" ("Nice work!")
9. Throws the dice again in Yahtzee
10. "good 4 u" singer Rodrigo
11. Move upward
12. Older sister in "Dexter's Laboratory"
15. Old-timey pronoun
21. The "A" of MoMA
22. Permitted by law
25. Oscar winner Berry
26. "Under the weather," e.g.
27. Socially off-limits
28. Home project letters
29. Chance for a hit
32. Scarecrow stuffing
33. Pub drink
35. Push away
36. Estimates by sight alone
37. Elaborate trick
38. "Into the Unknown" singer in "Frozen 2"
39. "Does this ___ off to you?"
42. "Sharp" dairy product
45. Go live on Twitch
46. Mice, to owls
47. Nose-related
49. Sandwich chain with "the meats"
50. Speedy
51. Moisturizer ingredient
52. "Look what I did!"
54. Composer and singer Fitzgerald
56. Spanish for "Mrs."
57. Director DuVernay
58. Youngster
59. Lamb's mom

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This clue also appeared in the USA Today on March 26, 2025.

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Questions

What is the answer to “Oscar winner Berry”?

HALLE, 5 letters.

When was “Oscar winner Berry” last seen in a crossword?

In the USA Today crossword of August 12, 2025, and 1 more time before that.

How many letters does the answer have?

5 letters, starting with H.