WSJ Crossword December 22 2025 Answers (12/22/25)

Our WSJ Crossword December 22, 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 22, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 12/22/25, 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	Braying animal
4A	It is in the dictionary now, despite a jocular saying
8A	Latitude line, of Cancer or of Capricorn
14A	Hawaiian garland
15A	Menageries
16A	Couch potato’s gizmo
17A	Crumb carrier
18A	Low-fat breakfast item
20A	Put on, as a play
22A	“The Fountainhead” protagonist Howard
23A	Grunge music genius posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
27A	“RuPaul’s Drag Race” network
30A	Lhasa ___ (small dog)
31A	Wisdom of the elders
32A	On the ball
34A	Genesis figure
35A	Emergency signals
36A	Linus’s prop, in “Peanuts” comics
41A	Show clearly
42A	Makes bales for the barn
43A	Lion features
44A	Sugar or ice unit
45A	Parks in front of a bus?
49A	Where there was no room for Mary and Joseph
50A	Kitty Hawk setting
52A	Outlaw’s moniker
55A	Room at the top?
56A	Uncontrolled development around a city, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles
61A	Bonobo, e.g.
62A	Sound of yips, but not yaps?
63A	Midterm, say
64A	Tailor’s aid
65A	Some vacation homes
66A	Exceedingly
67A	SFO posting: Abbr.
1D	Really big purchase of 1867
2D	Lampooned
3D	Indian lutes
4D	Early Mexican
5D	Debtor’s pledge
6D	Neither partner?
7D	Chiding sound
8D	Test, as a potential new dress
9D	Singer McEntire
10D	Golden Globe winner Sharif
11D	Small facial scar, perhaps
12D	Skater Midori
13D	100 yrs.
19D	Scary-sounding lake
21D	1960s muscle car
24D	Fondly remembered song
25D	Dory or dinghy
26D	Quonset shelter, say
28D	Beech or birch
29D	Three-piece suit piece
32D	“Oh, were it not so!”
33D	Pale
34D	Curved paths
35D	“Lost dog” handout, say
36D	Trucker’s rig
37D	Tony winner “Dear ___ Hansen”
38D	Gooey, sweet treat in many a mall
39D	A in French class?
40D	Paul Bunyan’s blue ox
44D	Zodiac border
45D	Scoundrel
46D	Like some audiobooks
47D	“Don’t bother!”
48D	Climb
50D	Desert watering hole
51D	Like shirtsleeve weather
53D	Cooking fat
54D	A fan of
56D	The Trojans’ sch.
57D	Letter after pi
58D	Gun, as a motor
59D	Guitar, in rock slang
60D	General activity?

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