Wall Street Journal Crossword October 20, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword October 20, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from October 20, 2025 contains 78 total clues—37 across and 41 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	Cause injury to	HARM
5A	Line dance with Cuban roots	CONGA
10A	Stinger in a nest	WASP
14A	Home to Taiwan and Thailand	ASIA
15A	Choose from the menu	ORDER
16A	Feel the workout	ACHE
17A	Chris Isaak’s only Top 10 hit	WICKEDGAME
19A	Many a TikTok frequenter	TEEN
20A	Former RNC chair Michael	STEELE
21A	Rescue	SAVE
23A	Old music holders	DISCS
26A	Shady spot	ARBOR
30A	Polynesian island nation	SAMOA
33A	People, collectively	HUMANRACE
36A	Prefix for metric or thermal	ISO
37A	Backbone-based	SPINAL
39A	Sketching and sculpture, e.g.	ARTS
40A	Wee pest	MITE
42A	Supplement banned by MLB, for short	ANDRO
43A	“___ ship has sailed”	THAT
44A	“Count on me!”	IMIN
45A	Big name in peanut butter cups	REESES
47A	Count start	ONE
48A	Marriage for romantic reasons	LOVEMATCH
50A	Not live	TAPED
52A	Not just some	EVERY
53A	Justice Elena	KAGAN
55A	Pony’s pace	GAIT
58A	Straightens	ALIGNS
62A	Tom Hiddleston’s role in Marvel movies	LOKI
65A	Alternative to Zoom	GOOGLEMEET
68A	Noted canal site	SUEZ
69A	Practical	UTILE
70A	Card table payment	ANTE
71A	Really push	URGE
72A	Pompeii or the Parthenon, for example	RUINS
73A	For fear that	LEST

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Hems and ___	HAWS
2D	“___ just so happens...”	ASIT
3D	Paddy crop	RICE
4D	Cope	MAKEDO
5D	Cryptology topics	CODES
6D	Red Cross’s URL ending	ORG
7D	Document signed by a new employee: Abbr.	NDA
8D	Diamonds and rubies	GEMS
9D	Carpeting calculation	AREA
10D	Amphibious rodent, or a vagrant who frequents the docks	WATERRAT
11D	High card	ACE
12D	The lady over there	SHE
13D	Livestock container	PEN
18D	Inventor Howe	ELIAS
22D	Moving day vehicle	VAN
24D	Dixie competitor	CHINET
25D	Spot to enjoy summer weather	SUNDECK
27D	Lounge around?	BARHOP
28D	Gas pump rating	OCTANE
29D	Took ten	RESTED
30D	“Clear as mud,” for example	SIMILE
31D	“Foundation” author	ASIMOV
32D	The “why” in a whodunit	MOTIVE
34D	LGBTQ+ activist ___ P. Johnson	MARSHA
35D	Soothing succulent	ALOE
38D	Start for legal or medic	PARA
41D	Supply with juice, in a way	ENERGIZE
46D	No longer fresh	STALE
49D	“Case of the Ex” singer	MYA
51D	20 Questions category	ANIMAL
54D	Strong winds	GALES
56D	Composer Stravinsky	IGOR
57D	Vegan protein choice	TOFU
59D	Chromosome component	GENE
60D	Brooklyn’s NBA team	NETS
61D	Editor’s “leave it”	STET
62D	Shaq’s alma mater	LSU
63D	Owned by us	OUR
64D	Beer bash container	KEG
66D	Anjou affirmative	OUI
67D	“Tic Tac Dough” channel	GSN

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