Wall Street Journal Crossword November 14, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 14, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from November 14, 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	Refine	HONE
5A	National Mall array	ELMS
9A	Some C-suite members	VPS
12A	Popular sponge brand	OCELO
14A	Tedious talker	BORE
15A	Propaganda, perhaps	LIES
16A	Prevents access to	SHUTS
17A	End for annoy or assist	ANCE
18A	Computer maker based in Taiwan	ACER
19A	Maker of Era speakers	SONOS
20A	Freshly delivered?	NEONATAL
22A	Cocoa bean bit	NIB
24A	London lowlifes	ROTTERS
25A	Rivendell resident	ELF
28A	Have something	EAT
30A	Bakery buy	LOAF
31A	Daughter of Padmé Amidala	LEIA
33A	___ Vegas	LAS
35A	Andean animal	LLAMA
39A	Hawaii, formerly	SANDWICHISLANDS
43A	Grande’s “Wicked” co-star	ERIVO
44A	H, on Rhodes	ETA
45A	“Heavens!”	GOSH
46A	“As ___ saying...”	IWAS
49A	Reggae forerunner	SKA
51A	Maiden name label	NEE
52A	Maintains	ASSERTS
55A	Options for Chicago commuters	ELS
57A	Skewed rectangle	RHOMBOID
59A	Cyber Monday business	ETAIL
63A	Sound of contentment	PURR
64A	Letters on a zero button	OPER
65A	Reciprocal of hecto-	CENTI
66A	Dark day in the Senate	IDES
67A	Capital on the Baltic Sea	RIGA
68A	Graceful swimmers	SWANS
69A	Original	NEW
70A	Pipe part	STEM
71A	Jam or pickle	SPOT

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Brother of Adam and Little Joe	HOSS
2D	Eight, in Acapulco	OCHO
3D	Nine, in Nuremberg	NEUN
4D	Bernie’s longtime songwriting partner	ELTON
5D	Israel’s Abba	EBAN
6D	Solitary sort	LONER
7D	Hip fellow	MRCOOL
8D	Handled	SEENTO
9D	Parish personage	VICAR
10D	Spa treatments	PEELS
11D	Ukraine, once	SSR
13D	Ruby’s husband	OSSIE
15D	It may come out after the refs huddle	LATEFLAG
21D	Even a little	ATALL
23D	It’s across the Java Sea from Borneo	BALI
25D	Different	ELSE
26D	“The Jumblies” poet	LEAR
27D	Completed, in Cannes	FINI
29D	Tic-toe go-between	TAC
32D	Financial firm staff	ADVISORS
34D	That lady	SHE
36D	Before long, poetically	ANON
37D	Dept. store stock	MDSE
38D	Name on the world’s largest tennis stadium	ASHE
40D	Earn a standing ovation, say	WOWEM
41D	Easy-to-mispunctuate word	ITS
42D	Rice wine on Honshu	SAKE
47D	Shady shelters	ARBORS
48D	Command to misbehaving children	STOPIT
50D	Baseball’s Bohm and Burleson	ALECS
52D	In for ___ awakening	ARUDE
53D	Tiny mammal	SHREW
54D	Battle tactic	SIEGE
56D	Hearty dishes	STEWS
58D	Wee bit of whiskey	DRAM
60D	“Someone needs ___!” (parent’s comment)	ANAP
61D	“Give ___ further thought!”	ITNO
62D	Shopper’s aid	LIST
63D	Grenade part	PIN

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