Thing destroyed in a 1979 Atari arcade classic Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Thing destroyed in a 1979 Atari arcade classic featured in USA Today puzzle on December 25, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ASTEROID.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ASTEROID Thing destroyed in a 1979 Atari arcade classic (8) USA Today Dec 25, 2025
3% QBERT Classic arcade game with a pyramid (5) New York Times Dec 6, 2025
3% PAC "___-Man" (classic arcade game) (3)
2% SKEE ___-ball (arcade game) (4)
2% GAMER Arcade enthusiast (5) Eugene Sheffer Dec 24, 2025
2% NEO Prefix with classic (3) New York Times Dec 23, 2025
2% LATIN Classical language (5) The Times Concise Dec 16, 2025
2% SLOT Opening at a coin-op arcade (4) USA Today Dec 15, 2025
2% SHRED Destroy, as a sensitive document (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 15, 2025
2% KILL Destroy (4) (4) Puzzler Dec 11, 2025

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