Wall Street Journal Crossword September 20, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword September 20, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from September 20, 2025 contains 140 total clues—57 across and 83 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	Buckle, say	WARP
5A	Cry of shear terror?	BAA
8A	Molar parts	CUSPS
13A	City across the Delaware River from Philadelphia	CAMDEN
19A	Baseball family with a combined 11 All-Star nods	ALOU
20A	Truncating letters	ETC
21A	Vision-based	OPTIC
22A	Eight-time Best Actor nominee whose only Oscar was honorary	OTOOLE
23A	Dejected...or like a frenulum?	DOWNINTHEMOUTH
26A	Resolution	METTLE
27A	“Laters!”	SEEYA
28A	Hawkeye State residents	IOWANS
29A	Encircled, as with smoke	WREATHED
31A	5th Dimension frontwoman Marilyn	MCCOO
33A	Hilarious folks	RIOTS
34A	Opening line?	SAYAH
37A	Spur...or a bum rap?	KICKINTHEBUTT
45A	Winfrey’s favorite things	THEOLIST
48A	Toyota minivan	SIENNA
49A	Brest bestie	AMIE
50A	Sure thing...or a falconer’s hawk?	BIRDINTHEHAND
52A	Premium	TOPRATE
55A	Four-time Grammy winner India.___	ARIE
56A	Rocker Rose	AXL
57A	Like a typical building by architect Henry Hobson Richardson	NEOROMAN
58A	Recite rapidly	REELOFF
61A	Brandy made from winery pulp	GRAPPA
66A	Arrested	RANIN
67A	Dopey...or like babies, what with their fontanels?	SOFTINTHEHEAD
70A	Bike part	CHAIN
73A	Way in which one might become (or catch) an inside trader	ONATIP
74A	About a sixth of Tibet’s population	LHASANS
79A	Sleeper cell?	ROOMETTE
81A	Halibut habitat	SEA
83A	Inter ___	ALIA
84A	“...and that’s not even the scariest possibility!”	ORWORSE
85A	Annoyance...or a result of watching a long tennis match?	PAININTHENECK
91A	Two-time attorney general William	BARR
92A	They’ll have you walking tall	STILTS
94A	Object of a high-tech treasure hunt	GEOCACHE
95A	Exasperated...or like a man who’s a member of a certain performance Group?	BLUEINTHEFACE
99A	Unsettle	SHAKE
100A	Hierarchical levels	TIERS
101A	Pipe cleaner	SNAKE
104A	Raid participant	COMMANDO
108A	Miniature hanger?	BATPUP
111A	It’s between hundreds and thousands	COMMA
116A	Jim Palmer, for his whole MLB career	ORIOLE
117A	Lacking resolve...or like a retired catcher?	WEAKINTHEKNEES
120A	Neighborhood north of UCLA	BELAIR
121A	DuPont fabric	ORLON
122A	Bad act	SIN
123A	Fail completely	TANK
124A	When, casually	SOONAS
125A	Düsseldorf denials	NEINS
126A	A bit off	ODD
127A	Responsibility	ONUS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Gum masses	WADS
2D	Eczema treater	ALOE
3D	Investment firm T. ___ Price	ROWE
4D	Pitifully small	PUNY
5D	Hogan who was among the first inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame	BEN
6D	Where lost luggage might be found	ATTIC
7D	Cold burst?	ACHOO
8D	Standard soap opera trope	COMA
9D	Well-informed about	UPON
10D	Music’s Sutcliffe and Cook	STUS
11D	Trading area	PIT
12D	Maker of Orange Krate bikes	SCHWINN
13D	O’Neill title verb	COMETH
14D	Relaxed	MELLOW
15D	Abolitionist Lucretia	MOTT
16D	“O, she ___ teach the torches to burn bright!”: Romeo, spying Juliet	DOTH
17D	Vogue rival	ELLE
18D	Scholarship basis	NEED
24D	2014 documentary about “The Greatest”	IAMALI
25D	Furry Endor native	EWOK
30D	Take turns	SPIN
32D	Uppercut target	CHIN
33D	Zest source	LEMONRIND
34D	British county	SHIRE
35D	Mountain home	AERIE
36D	Mountain holler	YODEL
38D	“Sorta”	KINDA
39D	Langley-based org.	CIA
40D	2023 Ryan Gosling role	KEN
41D	Viscount’s inferior	BARON
42D	Savory flavor	UMAMI
43D	Saturn’s largest moon	TITAN
44D	First-time voter, often	TEEN
45D	It’s uplifting when it’s cold	TBAR
46D	Employee group	STAFF
47D	Texter’s letters of gratitude	THX
51D	Basketball’s Baylor	ELGIN
53D	Marine cry	OORAH
54D	Milanese luxury brand	PRADA
57D	Casual denial	NAH
59D	Weaver’s willow	OSIER
60D	Families full of characters?	FONTS
62D	Component of some modern vaccines	RNA
63D	Court fig.	ATT
64D	Golden ratio symbol	PHI
65D	Sister brand of Gatorade	PEPSI
68D	Small digit	TOE
69D	Fill with cheer	ELATE
70D	Pinkish color	CORAL
71D	Text that might be answered “gr8!”	HOWRU
72D	Leonardo’s love	AMORE
75D	Yemen’s capital	SANAA
76D	Smart guy	ALECK
77D	Narrow field	NICHE
78D	Fermented rice product	SAKE
79D	Stark killed at the “Red Wedding” on “Game of Thrones”	ROBB
80D	Tried-and-true	TESTED
82D	London lang.	ENG
85D	Peach and pecan, for two	PIES
86D	“The Simpsons” composer Clausen	ALF
87D	“Give ___ rest!”	ITA
88D	Group that advises POTUS	NSC
89D	Swedish model Elsa	HOSK
90D	Online payment method	ECHECK
93D	Don hastily	THROWON
96D	Napoli’s nation	ITALIA
97D	Bay Area gridders	NINERS
98D	“Baseball Tonight” network	ESPN
102D	Totally absurd	NUTSO
103D	Sap-sucking pest	APHID
104D	Centers of ears	COBS
105D	Tri-level treat	OREO
106D	Ventimiglia of “This Is Us”	MILO
107D	Suffering sound	MOAN
108D	Indonesian vacation spot	BALI
109D	Mononymic singer with the 2007 #1 hit “Don’t Matter”	AKON
110D	Altoids containers	TINS
112D	Not hoodwinked by	ONTO
113D	Intend	MEAN
114D	Cafe card	MENU
115D	Requests	ASKS
118D	“Thou shalt ___ long be free”: Prospero, to Ariel	ERE
119D	This is the last bit	END

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