Wall Street Journal Crossword November 7, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword November 7, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from November 7, 2025 contains 76 total clues—33 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	Stuff that might stick to your ribs	SAUCE
6A	Golfer’s attempt to impress	SWING
11A	The Vikings play in it	NFC
14A	Social climate	ETHOS
15A	Teegarden in “Friday Night Lights”	AIMEE
16A	Studied time	ERA
17A	Took the Fifth, say	REFUSEDTOANSWER
20A	Düsseldorf direction	NORD
21A	Bill addition	RIDER
22A	Big reason one would not stay up late	REST
25A	Hollywood stars and such	GLITTERATI
29A	Grilled, on Mexican menus	ASADO
31A	One of the Cabinet depts.	ENER
32A	Anonymous Jane or John	DOE
33A	Michener’s “The Bridges at ___”	TOKORI
35A	Cold, in Calais	FROID
38A	“That definitely crossed my mind!”	IWASTEMPTED
41A	Member of the Wolves or Sixers, e.g.	NBAER
42A	Portugal’s old currency	ESCUDO
45A	Take a load off	SIT
48A	Half a Mork sign-off	NANU
50A	“I’ve been thinkin’...”	YKNOW
51A	The New Yorker co-founder and longtime editor-in chief	HAROLDROSS
55A	Geneva-based inst.	CERN
56A	Stress, in “Sopranos” scripts	AGITA
57A	Provo’s place	UTAH
59A	Sweet breakfast item	BROWNSUGARBAGEL
66A	It’s used to snooze	BED
67A	Skating spin	CAMEL
68A	“We ___ please”	AIMTO
69A	“___-haw!”	YEE
70A	Some doctor visits	EXAMS
71A	Take out the ___ (task you must perform on this puzzle)	TRASH

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	To be, to Bolivians	SER
2D	Had apples, raisins or lemons	ATE
3D	Channels above 13, once	UHF
4D	It may precede the Enterprise’s departure	COUNTDOWN
5D	“Put a tiger in your tank!” brand	ESSO
6D	Where cowboys are most comfortable	SADDLE
7D	Cleverness	WIT
8D	“Here’s what I think...”	IMO
9D	Teacher’s org.	NEA
10D	Film category	GENRE
11D	Guy learning to change diapers	NEWDAD
12D	Not restricted from	FREETO
13D	Stephen King’s first novel	CARRIE
18D	Rowing machine unit	ERG
19D	Gentleman	SIR
22D	Fink	RAT
23D	That, in Toledo	ESO
24D	H.H. Munro, to fans	SAKI
26D	Narrative poem of 1321	INFERNO
27D	Period in office	TERM
28D	Overused phrase	TROPE
30D	Dubaian, often	ORAB
34D	“It ___ it ain’t”	ISAND
36D	___-bitsy	ITSY
37D	Where to snooze on a cruise	DECKCHAIR
39D	Rend	TEAR
40D	Beach blocker	DUNE
43D	Palme ___ (Cannes prize)	DOR
44D	Dominate totally on, as Nadal serving Wimbledon’s early rounds	OWN
45D	Threadbare	SHABBY
46D	“Same here”	IAGREE
47D	Early radio part	TRIODE
49D	Norm and Cliff at Cheers, say	USUALS
52D	“Be there soon”	OTW
53D	Weapon tended to by a squire	LANCE
54D	Narrow waterway: Abbr.	STR
58D	Blind as ___	ABAT
60D	Wailing instrument	SAX
61D	Thurman of “Kill Bill”	UMA
62D	Garnet or ruby	GEM
63D	“Today” rival, familiarly	GMA
64D	Visitors from other galaxies	ETS
65D	Writer Sandra Tsing ___	LOH

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