Wall Street Journal Crossword September 26, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword September 26, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from September 26, 2025 contains 72 total clues—35 across and 37 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	Laundry amount	PILE
5A	Fit for a king	REGAL
10A	Subtle signal	PSST
14A	Charger’s letters	AMEX
15A	Firenze friend	AMICO
16A	Aims for an Emmy, maybe	ACTS
17A	Smart	CHIC
18A	European fashion center	MILAN
19A	Schooner, e.g.	SHIP
20A	Pair that’s half cuddly, half chompy?	KOALAALLIGATOR
23A	Sturm ___ Drang (literary movement)	UND
24A	Treat pitched by Selena Gomez	OREO
25A	Pair with two horns and a tough shell?	KUDUARMADILLO
31A	IQ researcher Alfred	BINET
32A	Passport producer	HONDA
33A	Palindromic channel	TNT
35A	“Friends” friend	ROSS
36A	Tedious faction	BORES
37A	Nursery sight	CRIB
38A	Tempe sch.	ASU
39A	Pops out of a can	SODAS
40A	Writer Jong	ERICA
41A	Pair with a Himalayan and a Rocky mountaineer?	KIANGANTELOPE
44A	Shade close to turquoise	TEAL
45A	Bar fixture	TAP
46A	Pair that might give you a woolly jumper?	KANGAROOALPACA
53A	1979 #1 hit for Styx	BABE
54A	Sam in “The Hunt for Red October”	NEILL
55A	Colorful computer	IMAC
56A	She, in Chile	ELLA
57A	___ Lama	DALAI
58A	“The Big Easy”	NOLA
59A	Knotty attire	TIES
60A	Genre for “Salt” and “Tenet”	SPYFI
61A	Part of the crossword where all these animals live; some might also live in another kind of place	GRID

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Prepare to travel	PACK
2D	Letters preceding a viewpoint	IMHO
3D	Luke’s sister	LEIA
4D	Keeps out	EXCLUDES
5D	Best Western rival	RAMADA
6D	German painter Nolde	EMILL
7D	Bass part	GILL
8D	Smoothie fruit	PAPAYA
9D	Underdogs face them	LONGODDS
10D	Soft hue	PASTEL
11D	Students may need a permission slip for it	SCHOOLTRIP
12D	Ruckus	STIR
13D	Recipe amt.	TSP
21D	“Sometimes you feel like ___” (old candy bar commercial line)	ANUT
22D	Opera house number	ARIA
25D	Newsstand	KIOSK
26D	Wrong for the situation	UNSUITABLE
27D	“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” spinoff	RHODA
28D	Newsman Terry	MORAN
29D	“___ of traitors!” (cry in “The Winter’s Tale”)	ANEST
30D	Phrase in skating show names	ONICE
31D	Honeylove garment	BRA
34D	Still up in the air, as an airtime: Abbr.	TBA
36D	Peaty places	BOGLANDS
37D	Preparing magazine photos, often	CROPPING
39D	Setback	SNAG
40D	Server of kosher meals	ELAL
42D	Human son of Aphrodite	AENEAS
43D	List-ending words	ETALII
46D	Fierce goddess	KALI
47D	Collect the harvest	REAP
48D	Like sardines and mackerel	OILY
49D	Former German chancellor Scholz	OLAF
50D	Love of the Latin language	AMOR
51D	L.A. is there	CALI
52D	Part of USNA	ACAD
53D	Exacta or trifecta	BET

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