Wall Street Journal Crossword September 11, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword September 11, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from September 11, 2025 contains 76 total clues—35 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	Potent brew	BABBLE
7A	Lobster or crab, e.g.	DECAPOD
14A	Plays a bass?	UNREELS
16A	Possible pie preference	ALAMODE
17A	1982 comedy nominated for 10 Oscars	TOOTSIE
18A	Frasier’s sibling	NIBBLES
19A	NFL scores	TDS
20A	BHO’s signature legislation	ACA
21A	Partner of pimienta	SAL
22A	Big name in tennis wear	FBILAB
25A	Diamond with lots of hits	NEIL
28A	Sudden increase	SPURT
30A	Enter, as data	BREADBIN
33A	Nighttime rumble	SNORE
34A	Titania and Oberon, for Uranus	MOONS
35A	Victim of temptation	EVE
36A	Trailer attachments	TOWS
37A	Leafy lunch	SALAD
38A	Lured in	SEDUCED
39A	Leader in the rotation	ACE
40A	Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, familiarly	ELCID
41A	Couples	JOINS
42A	Bronze and brass	BALLBOYS
44A	Mysterious qualities	AURAS
45A	Clear of drifts	PLOW
46A	Horse-drawn carriage	HANSOM
48A	“What was that name again?”	WHO
50A	Trident-shaped letter	PSI
51A	Wild spree	JAG
54A	Acid type	AMINO
58A	Foul, in a way	POLLUTE
60A	Left at the table	UNEATEN
61A	Flatten, perhaps	TREADON
62A	Bearer of striped cubs	TIGRESS
63A	“Scram!” (and a phonetic hint to how to treat seven Across answers)	BEGONE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Behind	AFT
2D	Give ___ to (acknowledge)	ANOD
3D	Frat dudes	BROS
4D	Get into the pool	BET
5D	Old Buick sedan	LESABRE
6D	Summon up	ELICIT
7D	Degree in 51-Down	DAN
8D	New Haven students	ELIS
9D	Changing places	CABANAS
10D	Took a stroll	AMBLED
11D	Running pro	POL
12D	Lofty lines	ODE
13D	Paris’s Jardin ___ Tuileries	DES
15D	Regal imprint	SEAL
22D	Trappers’ wares	FURS
23D	Formally scrap	ABOLISH
24D	Extensive	BROAD
26D	Illustrated travel book by James Michener	IBERIA
27D	Adds pep to	LIVENS
28D	Semisweet theater candy	SNOCAP
29D	Fed chair Jerome	POWELL
31D	Wrap up	END
32D	Anchor offering	NEWS
33D	Wild guess	STAB
34D	“Miracle on 34th Street” setting	MACYS
37D	Start for pitch or mo	SLO
38D	Blue tang of animated films	DORY
40D	Stuart Little’s creator	EBWHITE
41D	Special celebration	JUBILEE
43D	Goal that’s easy to accomplish	LOWBAR
44D	Take in	ABSORB
47D	Cal. jotting	APPT
49D	Bills in tills	ONES
51D	Dojo doings	JUDO
52D	Bunches	ALOT
53D	Gift from a parent	GENE
54D	Save	BUT
55D	Singer-songwriter DiFranco	ANI
56D	Tom’s co-star in rom-coms	MEG
57D	Walk-___ (minor roles)	ONS
59D	Gamer’s annoyance	LAG

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