Wall Street Journal Crossword September 22, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword September 22, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from September 22, 2025 contains 74 total clues—36 across and 38 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	Tranquil	SEDATE
5A	Rings out	PEALS
10A	Foxy	SLY
13A	Soothing lotion additive	ALOE
14A	“Free Solo” peak, familiarly	ELCAP
15A	Banana throwaway	PEEL
17A	Loads	ATON
18A	Madame or Monsignor, for example	TITLE
19A	Singer-songwriter Del Rey	LANA
20A	Orange juice specification	NOPULP
22A	They’re into the hot new thing	FADDISTS
24A	Contest with dramatic shifts	SEESAWBATTLE
26A	“Sorta” suffix	ISH
29A	Some toothpastes	GELS
30A	Small bark	YIP
31A	Court tiebreaker	SWINGVOTE
34A	Twisty fish	EEL
37A	Question from the curious	MAYISEE
38A	Condition resulting in flushed cheeks	ROSACEA
42A	Buddy	MAC
43A	Many a presentation	SLIDESHOW
45A	Muslim festival	EID
48A	Environmental science: Abbr.	ECOL
49A	Count starter	ONE
50A	The Sims and Minecraft, for example	SANDBOXGAMES
55A	Matcha source	GREENTEA
56A	Get away	ESCAPE
60A	Work the land	TILL
61A	Cove or fjord	INLET
63A	Warrior in the Trojan War	AJAX
64A	It’s often used in a pinch	SALT
65A	Wavy pattern	MOIRE
66A	Like drone bees	MALE
67A	Neptune’s realm	SEA
68A	Rear-___ (collision type)	ENDER
69A	Experts	PROS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	James of “The Godfather”	CAAN
2D	See 58-Down	ALTO
3D	Coder’s repeated sequence	LOOP
4D	They help with ordering	MENUS
5D	Personal annoyance	PETPEEVE
6D	Inventor Whitney	ELI
7D	Infomercial entreaty	ACTFAST
8D	Winner of four Emmys for outstanding Drama Series	LALAW
9D	Definitely didn’t drag on	SPEDBY
10D	Some soup morsels	SPLITPEAS
11D	Minimal amount	LEAST
12D	1983 Barbra Streisand movie	YENTL
16D	Zap with a beam	LASE
21D	Big name in tights and pantyhose	LEGGS
23D	Ao ___ (Vietnamese dress)	DAI
25D	Fruits for flavoring gin	SLOES
26D	Belief system suffix	ISM
27D	Trade	DEAL
28D	Casual greeting	HIYA
32D	Region north of Cairo	NILEDELTA
33D	Writer Jong	ERICA
35D	Cavern sound	ECHO
36D	“The Haj” author Uris	LEON
39D	Mileage display	ODOMETER
40D	Tennis great Monica	SELES
41D	Solemn wonder	AWE
44D	Passport or driver’s license	LEGALID
46D	Arabic “son of”	IBN
47D	Serve a sentence	DOTIME
50D	Cpl.’s superiors	SGTS
51D	Songs for Sills	ARIAS
52D	Chloe Lanier’s “General Hospital” role	NELLE
53D	Alphabetically last of the noble gases	XENON
54D	Rascal	KNAVE
57D	Slightly open	AJAR
58D	With 2-Down, Silicon Valley city	PALO
59D	Alimony payers	EXES
62D	Before, in verse	ERE

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