Wall Street Journal Crossword September 17, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword September 17, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from September 17, 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	Avoids all intake	FASTS
6A	Dregs of humanity	SCUM
10A	Popular food fish	COD
13A	Africa’s “City of a Thousand Minarets”	CAIRO
14A	Action film sequence	CHASE
15A	Bird that yields a moisturizing oil	EMU
16A	Star of “Matewan” and “Lone Star”	CHRISCOOPER
18A	Zoom call annoyance	LAG
19A	Washington’s Grand ___ Dam	COULEE
20A	Soda brand with many flavors	NEHI
21A	Unconvincing	WEAK
24A	Singer-songwriter who’s the subject of Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away”	JOSHGROBAN
27A	Brightness measures, briefly	IQS
28A	Spanish honorific	DON
29A	Prospectors’ finds	ORES
30A	Hotel booking	SUITE
32A	Baked appetizer at Luigi’s	CROSTINI
36A	Man with a mission	PADRE
37A	“Forrest Gump” lieutenant	DAN
38A	To whom Mork reported on “Mork & Mindy”	ORSON
39A	Pill taken at bedtime	SLEEPAID
41A	Praises	LAUDS
42A	Catches in the act	NABS
43A	High degree	PHD
45A	Last letter	ZEE
46A	Jazz pianist who played in Miles Davis’s band	CHICKCOREA
50A	Fair-minded	JUST
51A	Cannabis product	HASH
52A	Country that spans 11 time zones	RUSSIA
54A	Historical chapter	ERA
55A	Actor whose breakout role was Oberyn Martell on “Game of Thrones”	PEDROPASCAL
60A	“Me time” destination	SPA
61A	Noodle creations?	IDEAS
62A	Cheese soaked in brine	GOUDA
63A	“I expected better from you!”	TSK
64A	Looping lock	CURL
65A	Doing the best	ONTOP

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Org. that might remove a curse	FCC
2D	Sound of contentment	AAH
3D	Alfred Hitchcock title	SIR
4D	Magician’s feat	TRICK
5D	Nothing to write home about	SOSO
6D	They’re not worn in mosques	SHOES
7D	Tip of the South American continent	CAPEHORN
8D	Capitalize on	USE
9D	Côte d’Azur sight	MER
10D	Paparazzi attractor	CELEB
11D	City on the Missouri River	OMAHA
12D	Began eating	DUGIN
14D	It blinks to denote seconds on an Apple Watch	COLON
17D	Stephen King novel named for a dog	CUJO
20D	Cosa ___	NOSTRA
21D	Cotton ball fragments	WISPS
22D	Attain the level of	EQUAL
23D	Fourth-wall-breaking comment	ASIDE
25D	Miracle-___	GRO
26D	Found a new buyer for, say	RESOLD
28D	Self-help guru Chopra	DEEPAK
31D	Channel watched by soldiers?	TRENCH
32D	Bounder	CAD
33D	Maker of diesel-powered vehicles	ISUZU
34D	Junctures	NODES
35D	Like engagement ring diamonds	INSET
37D	Medical problem	DISORDER
40D	“The Rookie” broadcaster	ABC
43D	Cuban bread	PESOS
44D	Door securer	HASP
46D	Common X-ray focus	CHEST
47D	Stringed instruments	HARPS
48D	Surname of the “Wicked Game” singer	ISAAK
49D	Like much of the Midwest	RURAL
50D	Golden Fleece seeker	JASON
53D	Shakespeare schemer	IAGO
55D	Snap	BREAK
56D	Collegiate address ender	EDU
57D	Album inclusion	CUT
58D	Bother	FRET
59D	Hawaiian guitar’s place	LAP

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