Wall Street Journal Crossword December 2, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword December 2, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from December 2, 2025 contains 78 total clues—39 across and 39 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Wall Street Journal crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Praises	LAUDS
6A	It’s a long story	SAGA
10A	Sixth of an inch, in layouts	PICA
14A	How most imported goods arrive	BYSEA
15A	Taylor Swift’s ___ Tour	ERAS
16A	Proton’s place	ATOM
17A	“Hairspray” director uses a hose	JOHNWATERS
19A	Far-out travel agency?	NASA
20A	Crocus cousin	IRIS
21A	Night flier	BAT
23A	“___ Misérables”	LES
24A	Window in a roof	DORMER
27A	“Back in the Crowd” singer exhibits patience	TOMWAITS
29A	Stat for a DH	RBI
30A	Gossip, slangily	DISH
32A	Seething	IRATE
33A	Communicate without speaking	SIGN
35A	Fencing weapon	EPEE
37A	Play words	LINES
38A	“My Policeman” star uses a curling iron	HARRYSTYLES
41A	“I’m stumped”	GOTME
43A	“You bet!”	SURE
44A	Takes to court	SUES
47A	Egg-shaped	OVOID
48A	Within earshot, say	NEAR
50A	Word after tech or frat	BRO
51A	“The Civil War” documentarian stays too long on the beach	KENBURNS
54A	Name of 11 pharaohs	RAMSES
56A	“The lie that enables us to realize the truth,” according to Picasso	ART
57A	Swampy place	BOG
58A	NHL All-Star Kovalchuk	ILYA
59A	Connection for a bit	REIN
61A	Home run king uses Super Glue	BARRYBONDS
66A	Unexciting	TAME
67A	Sow sound	OINK
68A	Photographer Diane	ARBUS
69A	Editor’s mark	STET
70A	Throw out	TOSS
71A	Not for everyone	NICHE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	1960s POTUS	LBJ
2D	Edebiri of “The Bear”	AYO
3D	Show people to their seats, informally	USH
4D	Jacket material	DENIMTWILL
5D	Seethed	SAWRED
6D	Tennis match units	SETS
7D	“___ you serious?”	ARE
8D	“Grand Hotel” star	GARBO
9D	Tea-growing region	ASSAM
10D	Scathing review	PAN
11D	They may contain salami and provolone	ITALIANSUBS
12D	Orphaned child in the book referenced at 23-Across	COSETTE
13D	Stockpiles	AMASSES
18D	Less stuffy	AIRIER
22D	Jacket material	DENIMTWILL
24D	They work with 62-Down	DRS
25D	Kimono sash	OBI
26D	Perfectly prompt	RIGHTONTIME
27D	Phoenix hoopsters	THESUNS
28D	Pisces follower	ARIES
31D	1974 Gould/Sutherland CIA spoof	SPYS
34D	Coastal desert of Africa	NAMIB
36D	French 101 verb	ETRE
39D	Provide a new voice for	REDUB
40D	Checkup frequency, maybe	YEARLY
41D	Kids’ racers	GOKARTS
42D	Pig out	OVEREAT
45D	Before, to a poet	ERE
46D	Emergency call	SOS
49D	Big name in shades	RAYBAN
52D	Tik-Tok in the Oz books, e.g.	ROBOT
53D	Mystery writer Marsh	NGAIO
55D	New Zealand native	MAORI
58D	Nettles	IRKS
60D	Clear	NET
62D	They work with 24-Down	RNS
63D	Home of “SNL”	NBC
64D	“Obviously!”	DUH
65D	Atlanta-to-Miami dir.	SSE

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