Knives Out writer/director Johnson Crossword Clue

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Knives Out writer/director Johnson Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

DIRECTOR (noun)
1. the person who leads a musical group
2. someone who controls resources and expenditures
JOHNSON (noun)
1. 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
2. 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)

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AIRN

More WSJ Crossword (9/27/2025) Answers

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7. Harbors, maybe

12. The White Lotus network

15. Typical sweat lodge shape

19. Make a claim

20. Enduring, as a rough patch

22. Monopoly token retired in 2013

23. Biblical garment that’s the focus of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

25. Toward l’Arctique

26. NBA MVP before LeBron

27. God of love

28. Perp chasers

29. Rattles off

30. Company with a "spokesduck"

32. Attorney general Bondi

33. “A Walk to Wachusett” essayist

35. Shoemaker Blahnik

39. Appetizer often made with shrimp and lemongrass

42. Song popularized by Elvis in “Blue Hawaii”

44. Sushi Fish

45. Golf course halves

46. Skirt length

47. 1960s psychedelic

49. Promotes heavily

51. Start, slangily

56. In the very near future

60. Not this

61. Groundskeeper’s purchase

62. Scathingly disparage

63. Accept, as terms

66. Home to Nebraska’s largest airport

70. Material for a screened porch’s screens

72. Attorney, at times

73. British nobles

76. Rhetorical question, often

77. Bob Dylan or Dylan Thomas

78. 1979 documentary subtitled “Isaac Stern in China”

85. Throat malady

87. Got off the fence

88. Hoppy brew

89. Logical start?

90. Oscar-nominated soundtrack composer Mosseri

93. Hush-hush grp.

95. Rondeau trio

97. Flowers whose stark whiteness is due to complete lack of chlorophyll

103. Motown baseballers

104. Totally loses it

105. Part of 88-Across

106. Galleria dell’Accademia statue

108. Pal

109. Analogy words

111. Existed

112. Cooler brand

117. Scientific feat first accomplished in 1932, as well as seven times in this puzzle

121. Literature Nobelist Tokarczuk

122. Like some vacation cottages

123. Gofer's work

124. Bit of drudgery

125. USN bigwig

126. Drawn-out tales

127. Fill-in-the-blanks story

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Down

1. Tool in a trunk

2. Curry potato

3. Spill the beans

4. __ noire

5. Sense of self

6. One calling the shots

7. Noted debarking spot

8. “Chocolat” star Juliette

9. Brand whose apostrophe is an ice cream cone

10. Spasm

11. Ski resort transport

12. Something to jump through

13. Ellen with an Oscar

14. Fifth qtrs.

15. Kuwaiti cash

16. Start of Juliet’s monologue

17. Doctor in an H.G. Wells novel

18. Brings to a conclusion

21. Grab hold of

24. Singer Tormé

29. Indication on a Chinese menu

30. In the style of

31. “Good one! I believed you!”

32. Plane figures?

34. Shade

35. Cry from a crib

36. Set down gently

37. Endorsements

38. Brutus Buckeye's school

40. CVS Health subsidiary

41. Soybean paste

43. Telepath's claim

48. Acts in the past?

50. Show to a seat, slangily

52. Not taking the standard deduction

53. Quaker's pronoun

54. Heaters

55. Alternatively, in a text

57. Spirit

58. Investment that may be rolled over

59. D.C. baseballer

64. Paul of “The Holdovers”

65. Dallas quarterback Tony

66. Omar of “House”

67. Tons

68. Future expert

69. Pound sound

70. Oslo Accords signer

71. European wine region

73. 911 responder

74. Don of “Trading Places”

75. Circle spokes

79. Caramel candy

80. Extravagantly theatrical

81. Word with black or special

82. Wood-shaping tool

83. Bring up

84. Fling

86. Chain that offers grooming services

91. Pasture sound

92. “What a day!”

94. Book extras

96. Assistance

97. Lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

98. Co-star of Ford and Fisher

99. Strong-flavored cheese

100. "Enough! I get it already!"

101. Dust collectors

102. Three-stripers

107. Check out

110. Close in anger

111. Kristen of The Martian

112. Site for some sales

113. Abbr. that cuts things short

114. “Beloved” writer Morrison

115. Site for casts, briefly

117. Mom-and-pop lending agcy.

118. JFK group

119. Take up

120. Notable period

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