Wall Street Journal Crossword October 7, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword October 7, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from October 7, 2025 contains 76 total clues—36 across and 40 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	Park ranger’s ID	BADGE
6A	Lover’s flower	ROSE
10A	Number in a sportscast	STAT
14A	Bike lock type	UBOLT
15A	Environmental sci.	ECOL
16A	“Aquarius” musical	HAIR
17A	Jazz great Vaughan	SARAH
18A	Openings	GAPS
19A	General assembly?	ARMY
20A	Aaron nickname	HAMMERINHANK
23A	Commercial suffix akin to “a-go-go”	ORAMA
24A	Where software like ChatGPT is developed	AILAB
28A	October attraction	HAUNTEDHAYRIDE
32A	Remarkably unusual	OUTRE
33A	Diving seabird	AUK
34A	Gillette brand	ATRA
35A	Sculpture and murals, e.g.	ART
36A	Golf ball elevator	TEE
39A	Chronic complainer	NAG
41A	Spanish hero El ___	CID
42A	Faithful	TRUE
44A	Piece of intimate apparel	BRA
46A	Inferno remnants	ASHES
48A	Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president	HANNIBALHAMLIN
52A	Homes for mowers	SHEDS
53A	Bygone document duplicator	MIMEO
54A	Question asked in response to the starts of both words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across	WHATSSOFUNNY
60A	Visitors to a Bethlehem newborn	MAGI
63A	Expresses sorrow	SOBS
64A	Slushy beverages	ICEES
65A	A long time	AGES
66A	Covered walkway in ancient Greece	STOA
67A	Lose a beard	SHAVE
68A	Colosseum locale	ROME
69A	Message with emojis	TEXT
70A	Keyed up	HYPER

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Vice president after Mondale	BUSH
2D	Common rhyme scheme for a quatrain	ABAA
3D	Student’s digs	DORM
4D	Condé Nast women’s magazine that’s been only online since 2019	GLAMOUR
5D	Wi-Fi alternative	ETHERNET
6D	Authoritarian government	REGIME
7D	Anthem with both English and French lyrics	OCANADA
8D	Last year’s frosh	SOPH
9D	Anna’s sister, in “Frozen”	ELSA
10D	“Hips Don’t Lie” singer	SHAKIRA
11D	Paving crew goo	TAR
12D	Asset for an archer	AIM
13D	Give it a shot	TRY
21D	Sewer scurrier	RAT
22D	Thumbs-down vote	NAY
25D	Chinese fruit with white flesh	LITCHI
26D	“The Brutalist” star Brody	ADRIEN
27D	Perspiration drops	BEADS
28D	Jubilant exclamation	HURRAH
29D	Make harmonious	ATTUNE
30D	Attila, e.g.	HUN
31D	Letters before an alias	AKA
32D	Solemn promises	OATHS
37D	Lose vitality	EBB
38D	Notable period	ERA
40D	Marlin, e.g.	GAMEFISH
43D	How train cars are coupled	ENDWISE
45D	Church collection receptacle	ALMSBOX
47D	Lacking good posture	SLOUCHY
49D	In the ballpark	ISH
50D	Warn, cat-style	HISSAT
51D	“I love,” in Latin	AMO
55D	Mgr.’s aide	ASST
56D	Carry around	TOTE
57D	Tide type	NEAP
58D	Campbell of “Scream”	NEVE
59D	River of Flanders	YSER
60D	Tarnish	MAR
61D	Before now	AGO
62D	Setting filler	GEM

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