WSJ Crossword December 18 2025 Answers (12/18/25)

Our WSJ Crossword December 18, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.

WSJ Crossword December 18, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 12/18/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Location of Athens’s Temple of Hephaestus
6A	Desk accessory
10A	Facebook page feature
14A	Jimmy, e.g.
15A	Plant with toothed leaves
16A	Middle name in the National Inventors Hall of Fame
17A	Gounod opera with the aria “The Golden Calf”
18A	*Supporter of women’s athletics?
20A	*Weapons depots
22A	Ready for tenants
23A	False friend
24A	Slicer setting
25A	Any of 16 in Byron’s “Don Juan”
27A	*Auditions
31A	Day before mercredi
32A	Some are dense
33A	Euphonium cousin
34A	Punk offshoot
35A	*Item in a trunk
38A	Surpass
39A	Gather from the fields
41A	Athletic event
42A	Return option
44A	*Como and Crosby, for two
46A	Go on ___ (slim down)
47A	Tennis star Lacoste
48A	Eyedropper end
49A	Like some former racehorses
52A	*Changed a B to an A, say
56A	*Alternative to hash browns
58A	Symbolic logic great George
59A	“You said it!”
60A	2022 Jordan Peele film
61A	Remy’s brother in “Ratatouille”
62A	Root for the cook
63A	Basic idea
64A	Not now, and, if reparsed, a feature of each starred answer (but only by one space)
1D	Bravo preceder
2D	Patek Philippe part
3D	Fertility clinic cell
4D	Echo
5D	Like calligraphy and collages
6D	Cornea-correcting tool
7D	Zermatt’s surroundings
8D	Jersey call
9D	Deliberately contrary
10D	Mussolini, e.g.
11D	Idris of “A House of Dynamite”
12D	Bouchard of the Edmonton Oilers
13D	Move swiftly
19D	Yarn
21D	Flying Cloud of the 1920s, e.g.
24D	Sudoku entry
25D	Onyx decoration
26D	Reacting to a touchdown, maybe
27D	Market bags
28D	Belly bulge
29D	Letter-shaped fastener
30D	Packager’s roll
31D	Chicago exchange, familiarly
32D	Membre de la famille
36D	Legally modifying
37D	Johnnie Walker whisky
40D	Sign
43D	Benign tumor
45D	Square of trois
46D	Mo. originally called Sextilis
48D	Trouble persistently
49D	Fictional monomaniac
50D	Major volume
51D	Hook helper
52D	Gym count
53D	Daring words
54D	Vogue rival
55D	Glade grazers
57D	Palais personage

The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.

The WSJ Crossword was first introduced in 2008, and has since become a popular source of entertainment and mental stimulation for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is created by a team of experienced crossword constructors, who are known for their creativity and skill in the field of crossword puzzles.

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