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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 3, 2025 Answers

Working through the Wall Street Journal Crossword from November 3, 2025? The WSJ brings sophisticated wordplay and creative themes that challenge even experienced solvers.

Wall Street Journal Crossword November 3, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from November 3, 2025 contains 78 total clues—35 across and 43 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 Grazing group HERD
5A Help out, illegally ABET
9A Salary WAGE
13A Vegetable with layers ONION
15A Misfortunes ILLS
16A Earth Day sci. ECOL
17A Stubborn beast in Russia? MOSCOWMULE
19A Cries loudly SOBS
20A Scrape (out) EKE
21A Teeny bit MITE
22A Parts of hearts ATRIA
23A Arm bandage in Southeast Asia? SINGAPORESLING
27A Poem of praise ODE
28A Poker payment ANTE
29A “Moby-Dick” captain AHAB
32A Debate topic ISSUE
34A Make inquiries ASK
37A Light wind at a Southern California cove? MALIBUBAYBREEZE
41A Mischievous sprite IMP
42A Amazon’s virtual assistant ALEXA
43A Dental visit image XRAY
44A Spanish equivalent of the French “Mlle” SRTA
45A Free TV spot PSA
47A Jail in Montgomery? ALABAMASLAMMER
54A Rorschach test images BLOTS
55A Gulp down CHUG
56A “Strange Magic” rock band ELO
57A Like custard and meringue EGGY
58A Parental figure in Nassau? BAHAMAMAMA
61A Secret hideout LAIR
62A Strong smell ODOR
63A Arias, e.g. SOLOS
64A Eye part LENS
65A Grabbed TOOK
66A “Hey! Over here!” PSST

Down Clues

# Clue Answer
1D Domiciles HOMES
2D Cook’s mushroom ENOKI
3D Out of bed RISEN
4D Disney dwarf with spectacles DOC
5D “We ___ please” AIMTO
6D More melancholy BLUER
7D Building extension ELL
8D “The Waste Land” monogram TSE
9D Short-legged white terrier, for short WESTIE
10D Squirrel’s snack ACORN
11D Shoot for the moon GOBIG
12D Disney queen with an icy touch ELSA
14D Wanderer TREKKER
18D Use a sponge on WIPE
22D Modify ALTER
24D Desert of Mongolia and China GOBI
25D GPA-boosting course EASYA
26D Rebuff SNUB
29D Friend, in France AMI
30D Meat in a Denver omelet HAM
31D Swiss peak ALP
32D Letter-shaped girder IBEAM
33D Jazz instrument SAX
34D ___ Lingus AER
35D “Kill Bill” singer SZA
36D Lock opener KEY
38D Cutting remarks BARBS
39D Beauty retailer ULTA
40D Final, for one EXAM
44D Lustful woodland gods SATYRS
45D Purple shade PLUM
46D Epic tales SAGAS
47D Seaweed, for example ALGAE
48D Enter a password, perhaps LOGIN
49D Sneeze sound ACHOO
50D Mako or thresher SHARK
51D DoorDash deliveries MEALS
52D St. ___ fire (luminous phenomenon) ELMOS
53D Friars Club event ROAST
54D Carillon part BELL
58D Autonomous program BOT
59D Hoopla ADO
60D Swabbing tool MOP

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