Wall Street Journal Crossword November 29, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 29, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from November 29, 2025 contains 140 total clues—69 across and 71 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	They go for a spin	TOPS
5A	Pack of schemers	CABAL
10A	Honey-yellow color	AMBER
15A	2016 National League MVP Bryant	KRIS
19A	Notice	SPOT
20A	Put forward	OPINE
21A	“A Woman of No Importance” playwright	WILDE
22A	Heed the bailiff	RISE
23A	Colleague of Salt and DJ Spinderella	PEPA
24A	Rearranging cards during a gin game?	HANDSHAKEUP
26A	From scratch	ANEW
27A	More form-fitting	SNUGGER
29A	Was rude, in a way	STARED
30A	Cheek colorers	ROUGES
32A	Bar supply	SPIRITS
34A	TSA requests	IDS
35A	Talk big	BOAST
36A	Phony	POSEUR
37A	Mardi Gras wear	MASK
40A	Remove from a to-do list, perhaps	CROSSOFF
43A	Tough things to get out of	RUTS
44A	Work schedule for a robber?	STICKUPSHIFT
48A	Location de la Antártida	SUR
49A	Hold forth	ORATE
51A	“That’s ___ ask”	ALLI
52A	Huge	EPIC
53A	Former Nebraska senator Ben	SASSE
55A	Big name in ATMs	NCR
56A	Running mascara?	MAKEUPTRACKS
60A	Troubadour’s instrument	LUTE
61A	Develop	GESTATE
63A	This, in Tijuana	ESTO
64A	Wide around the pelvis	HIPPY
66A	Box score column	HITS
67A	San Diego Zoo’s 100	ACRES
69A	Locks in a stable?	MANE
70A	Printer’s daggers	OBELI
72A	Burden	ONUS
73A	Gathers together	AMASSES
77A	Display	SHOW
78A	Never loses a fight?	CANTBEBEATUP
83A	Crew’s control?	OAR
84A	Part of Fred Flintstone’s yell	DABBA
86A	First pope to bear the same papal name as the current pope	LEOI
87A	Symbols of stability	OAKS
88A	Plot surprise	TWIST
90A	Short trader?	ARB
91A	Face shot of an early astronaut?	GLENNCLOSEUP
95A	Indian flour	ATTA
96A	Letter producer, of a sort	KEYBOARD
98A	Ill-fated shepherd	ABEL
99A	Pals	AMIGOS
101A	NSFW viewing	PORNO
102A	Gender prefix	CIS
104A	Kitchen faucet insert	AERATOR
106A	Webb’s “Dragnet” role	FRIDAY
108A	Ivy League nickname	OLDELI
111A	Fan of the mockumentary band whose amps “go to 11”	TAPHEAD
113A	First-rate	AONE
114A	Quarrel between harpists?	ANGELDUSTUP
117A	Anglo-Saxon laborer	ESNE
118A	Self-satisfied	SMUG
119A	John who married Pocahontas	ROLFE
120A	Trombone piece	SLIDE
121A	Inside runners	RUGS
122A	Toledo tidbit	TAPA
123A	Suit yourself?	DRESS
124A	Precept	TENET
125A	Dueling sword	EPEE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Recipe amts.	TSPS
2D	Like Linux and MySQL	OPENSOURCE
3D	Experts at infield flies?	POPUPSTARS
4D	Most theatrical	STAGIEST
5D	Surviving siblings, sometimes	COHEIRS
6D	Independently	APART
7D	Carry-on site	BIN
8D	Common connectors	ANDS
9D	For fear that	LEST
10D	Tony or Hugo	AWARD
11D	Studio equipment	MIKES
12D	Extorted money from	BLED
13D	Finish for an Adelphi address	EDU
14D	Censure	REPROOF
15D	Bluegrass music’s Alison	KRAUSS
16D	Split decision?	RINGTOSSUP
17D	“Gotcha”	ISEE
18D	Attaches patches	SEWS
25D	Poetic writing/with 17 syllables/and only three lines	HAIKU
28D	Despicable character in “Despicable Me”	GRU
31D	Drying kilns	OASTS
33D	Cheese product?	SMILE
35D	Component of some pizzeria ovens	BRICK
36D	Plug part	PRONG
38D	Rights watchdog org.	ACLU
39D	Pass over	SKIP
40D	Harpo’s big brother	CHICO
41D	Outdated	FUSTY
42D	Between appointments	FREE
45D	Captures	TAKES
46D	By its very nature	PERSE
47D	Obsolete footwear	SPATS
50D	Some phone reading	EMAIL
54D	Setting of les chalets de Suisse	ALPES
57D	Home storage, often	ATTIC
58D	Far from verbose	TERSE
59D	Former SeaWorld performer	SHAMU
62D	“Dawson’s Creek” network	THEWB
65D	Unsuitable	INAPT
67D	Composer Webern	ANTON
68D	Third degree, as an equation	CUBIC
69D	Island in the Taiwan Strait	MATSU
70D	Where to watch Chicago touchdowns	OHARE
71D	Cop in the “Full Monty” calendar?	BOBBYPINUP
72D	Ceaselessly	ONEND
74D	Blasé observation about a helium balloon?	SOITGOESUP
75D	Newark neighbor	EASTORANGE
76D	Mex. misses	SRTAS
77D	Badlands Natl. Park site	SDAK
79D	Oldsmobile model	ALERO
80D	Nitwit	BOOB
81D	Lack of affectation	EASE
82D	Wolf who mentors Mowgli	AKELA
85D	Ancient marketplace	AGORA
89D	“Don’t move until I get back”	WAITHERE
92D	Whistle holder	LANYARD
93D	Zapped surgically	LASED
94D	Protective wall	PARAPET
97D	Barrio shop	BODEGA
100D	Tourist purchase	MAP
102D	Staff figures	CLEFS
103D	Does nothing	IDLES
105D	Chopin composition	ETUDE
106D	Swift	FAST
107D	2018 Oscar-nominated film set in Mexico, not Italy	ROMA
108D	Look bad?	OGLE
109D	Satyric sin	LUST
110D	Globe dot	ISLE
112D	“___ Dem Dose” (Dorsey Brothers tune)	DESE
115D	Neither companion	NOR
116D	Solder ingredient	TIN

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