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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 15, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 15, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from November 15, 2025 contains 140 total clues—65 across and 75 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 Answers a host RSVPS
6A 2019 superhero movie SHAZAM
12A Leg, in old slang GAM
15A Yellowfin tuna AHI
18A Alphabet quintet AEIOU
19A Oona Chaplin’s “Game of Thrones” character TALISA
20A “Now get this...” SOLISTEN
22A Went past one’s highway exit? MISSEDARIGHT
24A Conversation starter LETSTALK
25A Past regulation, briefly INOT
26A Takes out OMITS
27A XXX CHIS
29A “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” author Eric CARLE
30A Hip-hop genre with gamer cred NERDRAP
32A Smack some undergrad? WHOPAJUNIOR
34A Bumbler OAF
35A “That drained me!” IMBEAT
38A Eco-friendly building certification, for short LEED
39A Audit some company’s group of directors? CHECKABOARD
43A Set eyes on SPOT
45A Labor Dept. division OSHA
49A Take a scythe to LOP
50A Uniformity EVENNESS
52A Diplomatic accords ENTENTES
54A Reassurance to the boss ONIT
56A Lyrical wordsmith ODIST
57A Put up a porterhouse? HANGASTEAK
59A Crash investigator TECH
60A Ahmed of “Sound of Metal” RIZ
61A Dickensian cry BAH
62A Seat belt, e.g. STRAP
63A Red carpet arrival VIP
65A Hold an interview for the domestic staff? MEETAMAID
70A Desired result AIM
71A Greek fabulist AESOP
73A Nearly forever EON
74A Will Smith franchise, initially MIB
76A Each APOP
79A Undress some guy from Warsaw? STRIPAPOLE
82A Visibly sad TEARY
84A Friction reducer LUBE
85A “That look totally rocks!” ITSSOYOU
86A Al Pacino classic SCARFACE
89A 81-Down’s opposite NON
90A Da’s opposite NYET
91A Unsmiling GRIM
93A Use some barbecue seasoning on the poultry? RUBACHICKEN
95A Contest round HEAT
97A Out of bed ARISEN
99A Rita of “The Masked Singer” ORA
100A Extract ore from Jupiter? MINEAPLANET
104A Brandished WIELDED
108A Sign of spring ARIES
109A New thought IDEA
110A Savory jelly ASPIC
113A Artist with museums in Figueres, Spain, and St. Petersburg, Florida DALI
114A Pretentiously stilted MANNERED
116A Overreact to a bad call on the gridiron? SOCKAREFEREE
119A Like some tedious tasks MINDLESS
120A Popular shopping venue ONLINE
121A Put up ERECT
122A “Fierce Five” gymnast Raisman ALY
123A Take a load off SIT
124A Like some programming loops NESTED
125A Shows patience WAITS

Down Clues

# Clue Answer
1D Force to fit RAMIN
2D Paris divider SEINE
3D Helmet part VISOR
4D Lab research assistant, maybe POSTDOC
5D Take action against SUE
6D Sender’s sticker STAMP
7D Mata ___ HARI
8D Stepped down ALIT
9D Makes a course correction ZIGS
10D Etna ejecta ASH
11D Green tea powder MATCHA
12D Cooperates GOESALONG
13D Genre modifier ALT
14D Gaffe MISCUESLIP
15D Millipede maker ATARI
16D Chat starter HELLO
17D Comic book artist INKER
20D Gaffe MISCUESLIP
21D Have a day in court STANDONTRIAL
23D Help out DOAFAVOR
28D Lusty desire, with “the” HOTS
31D Tool for a Zen garden RAKE
32D Changes status, in a way WEDS
33D VW compacts JETTAS
35D Charge IONIZE
36D Supplies with staff MANS
37D Poison lead singer Michaels BRET
39D Artery blocker CLOT
40D Sharpen HONE
41D The “Iliad” and the “Odyssey,” e.g. EPICVERSE
42D “A slight cloud would ___ the sky”: “Frankenstein” BEDIM
44D Stock holder PEN
46D Sci-fi genre set in the Victorian era STEAMPUNK
47D Whole lot HEAP
48D Be inquisitive ASK
51D Fake front SHAM
53D Spanish 101 word ESTA
55D 2013 apocalyptic Seth Rogen comedy THISISTHEEND
58D Cry of discovery AHA
61D Not permit BAN
64D Cops, in slang POPO
66D Wriggly animal EEL
67D Wiggly parts TOES
68D “Love your work!” IMAFAN
69D Quantum mechanics physicist Paul DIRAC
71D Brief writer, briefly ATTY
72D Workplace disparity PAYGAP
75D Of one’s own volition BYCHOICE
77D Supplier of an orchestra’s A OBOE
78D “Milk” Oscar winner PENN
79D Faux pas by a faithful SIN
80D Roundest, in a way PORTLIEST
81D Arles agreement OUI
82D TTT TAUS
83D Kathryn of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” ERBE
87D Brief review CRIT
88D Word on Dublin coins EIRE
92D Arabian locks MANE
94D Crater Lake, e.g. CALDERA
96D Flip chart supporters EASELS
98D Think through REASON
100D Bambino’s first word MAMMA
101D Letter-shaped track IRAIL
102D Fool NINNY
103D Throws in ADDS
104D On edge WIRED
105D “Too risky for me?” DAREI
106D Choose ELECT
107D Losing schemes DIETS
110D Knee injury sites, for short ACLS
111D Comedy troupe bit SKIT
112D See-through sheet PANE
115D Seller of Trailmade tents REI
117D Not many ONEFEW
118D Not many ONEFEW

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