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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 22, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 22, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from November 22, 2025 contains 140 total clues—67 across and 73 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 Break ground, perhaps HOE
4A Line on a check DATE
8A Reach for the stars ASPIRE
14A Royal attendant PAGE
18A Mr. Potato Head piece EAR
19A Laughfest RIOT
20A Blue Origin rival SPACEX
21A Nation on the Arabian Sea OMAN
22A *Dental woe that Horton might hear about? WHOCARES
24A *Fairy tale creature in no rush for victims to cross his bridge? PATENTTROLL
26A Lazy server SUSAN
27A Mannheim mister HERR
28A Scottish squirt WEELAD
30A Still clueless NOWISER
34A City across the Missouri from Council Bluffs OMAHA
38A In the raw BARE
39A Port vessel VAT
41A Nelson Muntz catchphrases HAHAS
42A It orbits la Tierra LUNA
43A Oscar winner for “Tootsie” and “Blue Sky” LANGE
44A *Film with a cast of unknowns? NOBODYMOVE
46A *Strapless top to wear with a grass skirt? SODBUSTER
48A Inventor Whitney ELI
49A Permeate IMBUE
50A Barge with a scoop DREDGER
52A Take steps ACT
53A Diamond of note NEIL
54A Pique IRE
55A Lose face EATCROW
59A Woolly youngsters LAMBS
61A Breakfast option DANISH
64A George of “Route 66” MAHARIS
66A And higher, in pricing ONUP
67A *Two-faced Mensa members? SMARTPHONES
70A “I came,” to Julius Caesar VENI
71A Capital of Cyprus NICOSIA
73A Pumpkinseed PEPITA
74A “Shrinking” star Jason SEGEL
75A Brand with Buffalo Wing and Smoked Gouda varieties CHEEZIT
77A Gym unit REP
78A Tropical hardwood TEAK
81A Draft pick ALE
82A Echo RESOUND
84A Drag booster TURBO
85A Palindromic diarist NIN
86A *Money-laundering outfit in the hood? HOMEFRONT
90A *Even lamer joke on a humor blog? CORNERPOST
92A Does as directed OBEYS
93A “Peter Pan” dog NANA
95A Hang around for AWAIT
96A Supporter’s suffix IST
97A Just a memory now GONE
98A Key ISLET
99A Commits a gridiron foul PILESON
101A Suppresses SITSON
103A Filled with tension TAUT
105A Former U.S. Army base near Monterey FTORD
109A *Flea market kiosk with more pizzazz than the others? SHOWERSTALL
113A Spelling rule you must apply to make sense of the starred answers IBEFOREE
116A Went like lightning TORE
117A Revolt UPRISE
118A Narthex neighbor NAVE
119A Preserve, in a way CAN
120A Hillside glider SLED
121A Lack permission to MAYNOT
122A Scholarship criterion NEED
123A Newspaper features ADS

Down Clues

# Clue Answer
1D Chops HEWS
2D Site of Waialua, Waikele and Waipahu OAHU
3D Cupid counterpart EROS
4D Pipe cleaner brand DRANO
5D Make known AIR
6D Pirouette pivot TOE
7D UFO crew ETS
8D Bad-mouth ASPERSE
9D Prepare for a bout SPAR
10D Recon unit PATROL
11D Diamonds, slangily ICE
12D Stimpy’s cartoon pal REN
13D Office no. EXT
14D Skin opening PORE
15D Miniature shape-shifters AMOEBAS
16D Chivalrous GALLANT
17D Blow up ENLARGE
23D Division of a long poem CANTO
25D Former carrier TWA
27D Chuck HEAVE
29D Glade grazer DEER
31D “What did I do to deserve this?” WHYME
32D Poets’ feet IAMBI
33D Woulda, coulda follower SHOULDA
35D Calliope, e.g. MUSE
36D Battery end ANODE
37D Was a player HADGAME
39D Like obsidian and basalt VOLCANIC
40D Somewhat excessive ABITMUCH
43D Help around Wednesday LURCH
44D Kevin of “SNL” and “Weeds” NEALON
45D Rackets DINS
47D Test versions BETAS
50D Formed a stalactite, say DRIPPED
51D Forward, as a parcel RESHIP
54D Many a summer worker INTERN
56D Party with an EDM soundtrack RAVE
57D Herbs with Italian and Greek varieties OREGANOS
58D Sommelier’s offering WINELIST
60D Lodge letters BPOE
62D Dada’s Jean ARP
63D All the rage HOT
65D Like some partners SILENT
67D Jewelry store device SIZER
68D Parisian houses MAISONS
69D Untouched NATURAL
72D Feudal workers SERFS
74D Chocolate-and-toffee candy bar SKOR
76D Melodious TONAL
79D Bert’s bud ERNIE
80D Risks arrest by helping ABETS
83D Digital digest founder Eric UTNE
84D Specifically TOWIT
86D Bikers’ bikes HOGS
87D They’re often behind the violists in an orchestra OBOISTS
88D Cool-tasting oil MENTHOL
89D Monstrosity EYESORE
90D Family in a Verona feud CAPULET
91D Kind of horse or bean PINTO
94D Secure ATTAIN
98D Ending for Max or Joseph INE
100D Did in OFFED
102D Had to repay OWED
104D In addition ALSO
106D Finned predator ORCA
107D Crack a book READ
108D Creature digs DENS
110D Piña colada ingredient RUM
111D Vacation spot SPAINN
112D Put in the effort TRY
113D Vacation spot SPAINN
114D Dearest BAE
115D Second person EVE

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