Wall Street Journal Crossword October 24, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword October 24, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from October 24, 2025 contains 76 total clues—41 across and 35 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	Nordic foursome	ABBA
5A	Spokane hrs.	PST
8A	Aquarium fish	TETRA
13A	Guffaw	LAUGH
15A	Barinholtz of “The Studio”	IKE
16A	Fake name	ALIAS
17A	Tea option	PEKOE
18A	Potential Best Supporting Actor nominees	SIDEKICKS
20A	Sign at a big hit	SRO
21A	Collect, as crops	REAP
23A	Subside	LESSENABATE
24A	Fig pollinator	WASP
26A	Subside	LESSENABATE
28A	Violin great Heifetz	JASCHA
30A	Reliable	GOTO
31A	Central sextet	ABS
34A	Low joint	ANKLE
35A	Palindromic film title of 2020	TENET
36A	Mexican Mrs.	SRA
37A	Cacophonous	NOISY
38A	Smallest bill	ONE
39A	Far from cutting-edge	HOKEY
41A	Notable period	ERA
42A	“Battle of the ___” (2017 sports film)	SEXES
44A	Polishes up	EDITS
45A	Camel kin	TAN
46A	Starmer of Downing Street	KEIR
47A	Really enjoys, as a hobby	ISINTO
48A	Approximately	MOREORLESS
49A	Fin on a surfboard	SKEG
50A	Francis’s home	ASSISI
53A	Filmmaker Jacques	TATI
55A	Bother	ADO
58A	“Yeah, that makes sense”	ICANSEEIT
60A	Burstyn with great energy	ELLEN
62A	Juilliard major	DANCE
63A	Worcester washroom	LOO
64A	Hyundai’s headquarters city	SEOUL
65A	Symbols of life	ANKHS
66A	Business with a fireplace, often	INN
67A	Site with a “Fashion Finds” section	ETSY

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	The Jungfrau and such	ALPS
2D	Boxing champ Max	BAER
3D	Dark and gritty, as a novel	BUKOWSKIAN
4D	Before the present	AGO
5D	Site of a tower finished in 1372	PISA
6D	What traits often do	SKIPAGENERATION
7D	Politico Cruz	TEX
8D	Aviate	TAKETOTHESKIES
9D	Stefanik in Congress	ELISE
10D	Involuntary movements	TICS
11D	Croupier’s tool	RAKE
12D	Org.	ASSN
14D	Treats since 1907	HERSHEYSKISSES
19D	Thrill	ELATE
22D	Ecol. watchdog	EPA
25D	Knee injury sites, for short	ACLS
27D	Ilium and ischium, e.g.	BONES
28D	Former Treasury secretary Yellen	JANET
29D	Best Picture winner of 2024	ANORA
31D	Pushing a friendship too far, maybe	ASKINGALOT
32D	Football’s Favre	BRETT
33D	Authority	SAYSO
35D	Highly unpleasant	TOXIC
40D	Dog usually grinning	ODIE
43D	Spine-tingling	EERIE
47D	Believer	IST
48D	Sure thing	CINCH
50D	Verdi heroine	AIDA
51D	Checkout motion	SCAN
52D	Went under	SANK
54D	Heaps	PILES
56D	God of ancient Rome	DEUS
57D	Word on many traffic signs	ONLY
59D	Director Roth	ELI
61D	Gymnast Suni	LEE

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