Wall Street Journal Crossword September 18, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword September 18, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from September 18, 2025 contains 78 total clues—39 across and 39 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	Put a cap on	ROOF
5A	Marla of “The Jeffersons”	GIBBS
10A	Gradual declines	EBBS
14A	Maker of Come & Get It! dog food	ALPO
15A	Husband of Bathsheba	URIAH
16A	Event with a red carpet, perhaps	GALA
17A	Commuting option	RAIL
18A	Celia Cruz’s specialty	SALSA
19A	Snatch, slangily	GLOM
20A	Place for a lace	EYELET
22A	*Brownish mineral that’s an iron ore	LIMONITE
24A	Like some agreements	ORAL
26A	Sport that takes place in a dohyo	SUMO
27A	*Agonize about	STEWOVER
31A	Weary sounds	SIGHS
34A	Sheets of stamps	PANES
35A	High land	TIBET
37A	Cut off	LOP
39A	Ready for decanting	AGED
40A	Chess column listing	MOVES
41A	Copier component	TRAY
42A	Find a total	SUM
43A	Intelligence test pioneer Alfred	BINET
44A	Cleaned out, in a way	BROKE
45A	Arsonists, informally	PYROS
47A	*Like nuts and bolts	THREADED
49A	To boot	ALSO
51A	007 portrayer before Roger	SEAN
52A	*Legume-derived ingredient of Scottish bannocks	PEAFLOUR
56A	Janet’s partner in 2004’s Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction”	JUSTIN
60A	“Fernando” quartet	ABBA
61A	Beneficial	UTILE
63A	“Dream a Little Dream ___”	OFME
64A	Largest of Canada’s First Nations	CREE
65A	Thing of the past	RELIC
66A	Physicist’s measure	MASS
67A	Ring out	TOLL
68A	Namely, in another language	IDEST
69A	Mailbox feature	SLOT

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Highly collectible	RARE
2D	Super Serum Body Wash maker	OLAY
3D	Andy Taylor’s boy	OPIE
4D	Subscribed to a social media feed	FOLLOWED
5D	Composer Mahler	GUSTAV
6D	Savings option, initially	IRA
7D	Tab	BILL
8D	Foundation	BASIS
9D	Gumshoes	SHAUMUSES
10D	Seasonal quaff	NOG
11D	Indonesian island	BALI
12D	Ink smudge	BLOT
13D	Matching	SAME
21D	Amorous god	EROS
23D	Fail to mention	OMIT
25D	Disclose	LETON
27D	Luxury resort offerings	SPAS
28D	Prepare to advance, maybe	TAGUP
29D	Hostile group	ENEMY
30D	Metal fastener	RIVET
32D	King in “Jesus Christ Superstar”	HEROD
33D	Moccasin, e.g.	SNAKE
36D	Letters between alephs and gimels	BETHS
38D	Not natural	DYED
40D	Bismarck’s river	MISSOURI
41D	Door toppers	TRANSOMS
43D	Flax seed capsule	BOLL
44D	Male admirer	BEAU
46D	Tennis great Nadal	RAFAEL
48D	Turn down	REJECT
50D	Exposed, in a way	IMSO
52D	Covenant	PACT
53D	Zaragoza’s river	EBRO
54D	Ill-fated shepherd	ABEL
55D	Really annoy	RILE
57D	Big name in nonstick cookware	TFAL
58D	“___ Excited” (Pointer Sisters hit)	IMSO
59D	Hatchling’s home	NEST
62D	Sue Grafton’s “___ for Lawless”	LIS

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