WSJ Crossword October 25 2025 Answers (10/25/25)

Our WSJ Crossword October 25, 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 October 25, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 10/25/25, 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	Informal negation
5A	Publicly criticize
11A	Unit in the 11-Down system
15A	Chimney filth
19A	Deposit in certain banks
20A	Despise
21A	Flat formation
22A	“Once more ___ the breach, dear friends...”
23A	*Bombing, e.g.
25A	*Reptiles that can detect infrared radiation
27A	Farfalle and fusilli, e.g.
28A	Some aces
30A	Chocolaty Post cereal
31A	Thought
34A	More slippery, perhaps
35A	Eat quickly
36A	*It might be dusted
40A	Pop singer Dua
42A	“Young Frankenstein,” e.g.
45A	Russo of “Nightcrawler”
46A	Novelist Gerritsen
47A	Lack
49A	Mysterious glow
50A	Gore and more
51A	Comedian Maron
52A	*Stretched-thin staff
54A	Middle strings
56A	Ready for customers
58A	Strong cotton variety
59A	Tax ID
60A	One of the title characters in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
61A	Simple data structures
63A	Bombay and Beefeater
65A	*With 67-Across, mysterious masked man of drama
67A	*See 65-Across
73A	1973 Toni Morrison novel
74A	Take a risk, in slang
76A	Human, bird or kangaroo
77A	NYU or USC, e.g.
80A	Close
82A	Far from frequent
83A	Whodunit element
84A	*Front, say
88A	Try for a fly
90A	“Great Expectations” hero
91A	Bring in
92A	“Anything you want!”
93A	Lots
94A	Disappear à la the Wicked Witch
95A	Trapped by a hound, perhaps
97A	Shrinking
98A	*Pedigrees
100A	“Auld Lang Syne” language
102A	Smear in the newspaper
104A	Like blue hair
105A	Oldest national park east of the Mississippi River
107A	Guarantee
108A	Materialized
112A	*Hold a candle to, say
114A	Nervousness in front of an audience, or a description of the starred answers
118A	Irritable mood
119A	Pâté de ___ gras
120A	Not merely survive
121A	Toga party site
122A	Sticky stuff
123A	Chinese currency
124A	Talked back
125A	Disaster relief org.
1D	“Right away!”
2D	Andean empire
3D	Haves and have-___
4D	Cheat on
5D	Music genre prefix
6D	Part of a digital footprint?
7D	Bat application
8D	They run from Inwood to Far Rockaway
9D	High-quality
10D	Beach volleyball legend ___ Walsh Jennings
11D	Like pounds and pints, but not meters and liters
12D	It’s declining in Berlin
13D	Setting for a Chicago winter
14D	Chaos
15D	Women Vote! or American Crossroads, e.g.
16D	Pulitzer-winning Willa Cather novel
17D	Other, in Oaxaca
18D	Fling
24D	Slowly vanish
26D	Some nest eggs, briefly
29D	Violent fracas
32D	“¿Dónde ___?” (“Where are you?”)
33D	Taiwanese computer maker
35D	Waited patiently
36D	Bit of neckwear
37D	Enjoy
38D	Shoe extra
39D	Ensure the safety of
41D	Make ready
43D	Prospects for prospectors
44D	Forest youngster
47D	Fashion house headquartered on Seventh Ave.
48D	Bro
51D	Reaction to an escape
52D	Baseball features
53D	“Gray goo” unit
55D	Drinks with a tongue
57D	Course worker
61D	Apple crisp and paper clips, e.g.
62D	Bat signal
64D	Roasting stick
66D	Many a slimy movie monster
68D	New Deal prez
69D	Connects with
70D	Reaction shot?
71D	Angrily criticize
72D	Proficient people
75D	Part of QED
77D	“Don’t delete” marking
78D	Blacken
79D	“My advice would be...”
81D	It comes after first, second and third
83D	Moore of “This Is Us”
85D	Amusing story
86D	Have one’s worth appreciated
87D	Collaborative sites
89D	Bat material
93D	Ready to listen
94D	Belly button location
96D	Slay
98D	1971 song by the Grateful Dead
99D	“The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” poet
101D	Candy not actually made with seawater
103D	The Napoleons in the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”
105D	Brief second?
106D	John of “The Suicide Squad”
107D	Diva’s piece
109D	Shrek, e.g.
110D	Pretender
111D	James of jazz
113D	Debtor’s letters
115D	KP workers
116D	All Hallows’ ___
117D	Stoked

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