WSJ Crossword December 20 2025 Answers (12/20/25)

Our WSJ Crossword December 20, 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 20, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 12/20/25, 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	Portuguese currency before the euro
7A	Chicago daily, for short
11A	“I’m being framed!”
18A	Short-term solution during a repair
19A	Skilled in
21A	Barrel builders
22A	Strapping men welcoming orphans?
24A	Fighting fleets
25A	German-based grocery store chain
26A	Cozy spot
27A	Savage beast who’s boringly conventional?
29A	Silent sort
31A	Small swig of Scotch
33A	Dry and withered
34A	Stock holder
35A	Spheres of worms with mystical powers?
40A	British singer Rita
42A	Motionless part of a turbine
43A	Makeup of some coastal California colonies
45A	Woolly mammal
49A	Nucleotide sequence
50A	“Kinda sorta”
52A	Home of the Tokugawa shogunate
53A	Gas whose name comes from the Greek for “hidden”
55A	Statistical fodder
57A	Third qtr.’s end
59A	Salon supply
60A	Rubik of cube fame
61A	London’s ___ Gardens
64A	Add a coat to the village’s prized loaf?
69A	Articles
71A	“Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend” speaker
72A	Narrowest of margins
73A	Words from a knocker
74A	“Oh no! The brewery just caught fire!”?
78A	“...___ the season to be jolly”
79A	Saudi Arabia neighbor
80A	All the rage
81A	QB successes
82A	Buccaneers coach Bowles
84A	Costing over
86A	British verb ending
88A	Famed pajama-wearing mag mogul
89A	Mount south of Olympus
93A	Like a ballerina, at times
94A	First commercial film shown in stereo
98A	Provides with a quality
100A	Nikon product, for short
102A	Filthy film coating a bed on a boat?
104A	Tribute in verse
107A	Creator of a tribute in verse
109A	Orthodontist’s concern
110A	They can’t be returned
111A	Deep pink underwear?
116A	Spore-producing plant
118A	Bravo preceder
120A	Rice collection
121A	Extensive alterations to a jacket?
124A	Mountaineering feats
125A	Rings in the morning?
126A	Little foot warmer
127A	Most austere
128A	Dry dock sight
129A	Has a feeling
1D	Idris of “Pacific Rim”
2D	Life companion
3D	2020 Taylor Swift hit
4D	Boundless
5D	Susan of “The Partridge Family”
6D	Paperless test
7D	Tax max
8D	Break down
9D	Fateful date in old Rome
10D	Soft drink bottler Edward
11D	Empathetic words
12D	Ring figure
13D	In an unsmiling way
14D	On ___ with (equivalent to)
15D	Was a prelude (to)
16D	Steaming
17D	German steel center
19D	Notre Dame cheer
20D	Nashville sch.
23D	Movement for Man Ray
28D	Org.
30D	“The Name of the Rose” author Umberto
32D	Degree for many CEOs
35D	Site of N.Y. Knicks games
36D	Major name in water filters
37D	Beth preceder
38D	Cornea cover
39D	John, to Elton
41D	Trumpeter Herb of the Tijuana Brass
44D	Use words that go over people’s heads?
46D	Stationary
47D	Way to address a Parisian pal
48D	Battery terminals
51D	Leaves port
54D	Cartoon canine
56D	Site for relics and shrines
57D	Marquee name
58D	Being, in Brest
59D	Knock off
61D	Ginza garment
62D	Word source
63D	Site graphics
65D	Orderly
66D	Former Israeli prime minister Barak
67D	They deal with decks
68D	Mavs’ home, familiarly
70D	Candies in some volcanic science demos
75D	P look-alike
76D	Second-stringers
77D	Feature of a credit card offer, at times
83D	Shape of a British pound
85D	Source of some tech answers
86D	Corp. letters
87D	Disco guy on “The Simpsons”
88D	Pork pie producers
90D	“Okay, I’m game!”
91D	Liberates
92D	Sample for an arson investigation
95D	Italian sparkling wine
96D	Weep
97D	1964 Beatles song
99D	Kings’ org.
101D	Some NASA workers
103D	Letters on some towels
104D	Base in which 64 is 100
105D	Extinguish
106D	“Fear of Flying” author Jong
108D	Physicist Mach
112D	Egyptian sun disc
113D	Decline
114D	Strong criticism
115D	Leaves for stuffing
117D	Worn-down pencils
119D	Supporters’ answers
122D	Last letter
123D	Ikura, on a sushi menu

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