WSJ Crossword September 16 2025 Answers (9/16/25)

Our WSJ Crossword September 16, 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 September 16, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 9/16/25, 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	Soup serving
5A	Many Shia
11A	Heartbroken
14A	Flightless bird of South America
15A	Grasshopper in a swarm
16A	Before of yore
17A	Kentucky’s governor since 2019
19A	Number before quattro
20A	City just under 500 miles west of Helsinki
21A	Pro who tries to make you look better?
23A	“Tom Lake” novelist Patchett
25A	Host of TV’s “The Floor”
26A	Hot tub exclamation
29A	Short cuts
32A	Main character in the 2010 film “Winter’s Bone”
33A	Excessive online postings about minutiae
36A	Highways with nos.
40A	Stick in a relay
41A	Mojito liquor
42A	Sign of summer
43A	Stadium at which many Honey Deuce cocktails are drunk
44A	Imitation
46A	Swim-bike-run competition, familiarly
48A	Drops the ball
49A	Rx writers
50A	Vacillates
54A	Unit of resistance
56A	First Amendment guarantee
59A	Flasher on the Vegas Strip
62A	___-di-dah
63A	Temblors
66A	Broke bread
67A	Misbehave
68A	Fey of “Mean Girls”
69A	Small peg
70A	Frog, at times
71A	Votes for
1D	Product from Fantasie
2D	“That’s horrible!”
3D	Rings up?
4D	Song that asks “...won’t you ease my worried mind”
5D	Paris’s ___ de la Cité
6D	National flower of the United States
7D	Sore
8D	Part of LGBTQ
9D	Dancer Duncan
10D	Flash
11D	Brief tussle
12D	Shape of the first and last letters in the Subway logo
13D	Big name in tractors
18D	Chocolate-covered confection
22D	Member of the first estate
24D	“...___ a lender be”
26D	Band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by the two surviving members of the Bee Gees
27D	“Regrettably...”
28D	Ice planet in “The Empire Strikes Back”
30D	“I’m freezing!”
31D	“On the Beach” author Nevil
34D	“Faust” playwright
35D	Arab League bigwig
37D	Prune
38D	“Zounds!”
39D	Days on Mars
42D	Preserver of Hinduism
44D	Competition in which all the competitors are high
45D	Natural do
47D	Annul
50D	Major scale whose penultimate note is C
51D	Hopping mad
52D	Laughing sound
53D	Company known for its Counting Sheep
55D	Full of substance
57D	Mille Bornes hazard card
58D	Elisabeth of “The Karate Kid”
60D	Tom Joad, for one
61D	“99 Luftballons” artist
64D	NBA game division
65D	Carrier to Stockholm

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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