Wall Street Journal Crossword November 13, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 13, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from November 13, 2025 contains 78 total clues—37 across and 41 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	Sport founded by Kan Jigor	JUDO
5A	Mass wear	ALB
8A	“Be quiet!”	SHUSH
13A	Range of interest	AREA
14A	Extinct bird of New Zealand	MOA
15A	Largest blood vessel	AORTA
16A	Exam restriction	IIITMELMT
19A	Turn	GOBAD
20A	Like the tetrodotoxin in fugu	LETHAL
21A	Pasture sound	BAA
23A	Squire’s underling	PAGE
24A	Scheming	SLY
25A	Concerns for tanners	IIIIBKNLNES
28A	Product of scheming	PLAN
29A	Paper purchase	REAM
30A	Purplish boba flavor	TARO
33A	Washington or Jackson, e.g.	ACTOR
36A	Traditional churchyard tree	YEW
39A	Subject of irritation for many grammarians	IIIIISPLTNFNTVE
43A	What Spotify Premium lacks	ADS
44A	First book of el Nuevo Testamento	MATEO
45A	Starbuck’s manager	AHAB
46A	Thompson of the Mavericks	KLAY
48A	Honey-Comb maker	POST
51A	State that’s home to the Delta Blues Museum	IIIIMSSSSPP
55A	Gossip, slangily	TEA
58A	Sandwiches with three main ingredients	BLTS
59A	Deposit in a bank, maybe	ORE
60A	Work supporters	EASELS
62A	Lift up	ELATE
64A	Cry of anticipation, and why 16-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across are presented the way that they are	ICANTWAIT
66A	Better qualified	ABLER
67A	Most common word in written English	THE
68A	Regarding	ASTO
69A	Blends together	MELDS
70A	Down	SAD
71A	Duke, for one	PEER

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Puts away	JAILS
2D	Archangel known as the angel of wisdom	URIEL
3D	Mercury or Mars	DEITY
4D	Formal promise	OATH
5D	2009 Hilary Swank biopic	AMELIA
6D	Response to a funny meme	LOL
7D	1923 book subtitled “A Life in the Woods”	BAMBI
8D	Lose energy	SAG
9D	Hullabaloo	HOOPLA
10D	Monster alligators in the sewers, e.g.	URBANMYTH
11D	Set setting	STAGE
12D	God of the underworld	HADES
17D	Knight wear	MAIL
18D	Key next to Q	TAB
22D	LeBron James’s birthplace	AKRON
26D	Not appropriate	INAPT
27D	Weaken, as a character or weapon, in gamer slang	NERF
28D	Starchy dish made from 30-Across	POI
30D	Acapulco aunt	TIA
31D	Relief	AID
32D	Bet the farm	RISKITALL
34D	Cavaliers, on scoreboards	CLE
35D	Sporty car roofs	TTOPS
37D	Green of “Casino Royale”	EVA
38D	Site for a site	WEB
40D	Prayer leader in a mosque	IMAM
41D	Authority	SAYSO
42D	D.C. baseballer	NAT
47D	Ticked off	LISTED
49D	Made the first bid	OPENED
50D	Petty squabble	SPAT
51D	Basic girder	IBEAM
52D	“Well, how ’bout that!”	ILLBE
53D	Indian honorific	SRI
54D	Splinter groups	SECTS
55D	Razz	TEASE
56D	Choice	ELITE
57D	New York Public Library benefactor	ASTOR
61D	Exchange	SWAP
63D	Hosp. parts	ERS
65D	Expression of insight	AHA

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