WSJ Crossword Answers (November 2025)

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WSJ Crossword November 29 2025 Answers

Across

• 1A They go for a spin Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOPS

• 5A Pack of schemers Crossword Clue

  Answer: CABAL

• 10A Honey-yellow color Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMBER

• 15A 2016 National League MVP Bryant Crossword Clue

  Answer: KRIS

• 19A Notice Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPOT

• 20A Put forward Crossword Clue

  Answer: OPINE

• 21A “A Woman of No Importance” playwright Crossword Clue

  Answer: WILDE

• 22A Heed the bailiff Crossword Clue

  Answer: RISE

• 23A Colleague of Salt and DJ Spinderella Crossword Clue

  Answer: PEPA

• 24A Rearranging cards during a gin game? Crossword Clue

  Answer: HANDSHAKEUP

• 26A From scratch Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANEW

• 27A More form-fitting Crossword Clue

  Answer: SNUGGER

• 29A Was rude, in a way Crossword Clue

  Answer: STARED

• 30A Cheek colorers Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROUGES

• 32A Bar supply Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPIRITS

• 34A TSA requests Crossword Clue

  Answer: IDS

• 35A Talk big Crossword Clue

  Answer: BOAST

• 36A Phony Crossword Clue

  Answer: POSEUR

• 37A Mardi Gras wear Crossword Clue

  Answer: MASK

• 40A Remove from a to-do list, perhaps Crossword Clue

  Answer: CROSSOFF

• 43A Tough things to get out of Crossword Clue

  Answer: RUTS

• 44A Work schedule for a robber? Crossword Clue

  Answer: STICKUPSHIFT

• 48A Location de la Antártida Crossword Clue

  Answer: SUR

• 49A Hold forth Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORATE

• 51A “That’s ___ ask” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALLI

• 52A Huge Crossword Clue

  Answer: EPIC

• 53A Former Nebraska senator Ben Crossword Clue

  Answer: SASSE

• 55A Big name in ATMs Crossword Clue

  Answer: NCR

• 56A Running mascara? Crossword Clue

  Answer: MAKEUPTRACKS

• 60A Troubadour’s instrument Crossword Clue

  Answer: LUTE

• 61A Develop Crossword Clue

  Answer: GESTATE

• 63A This, in Tijuana Crossword Clue

  Answer: ESTO

• 64A Wide around the pelvis Crossword Clue

  Answer: HIPPY

• 66A Box score column Crossword Clue

  Answer: HITS

• 67A San Diego Zoo’s 100 Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACRES

• 69A Locks in a stable? Crossword Clue

  Answer: MANE

• 70A Printer’s daggers Crossword Clue

  Answer: OBELI

• 72A Burden Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONUS

• 73A Gathers together Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMASSES

• 77A Display Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHOW

• 78A Never loses a fight? Crossword Clue

  Answer: CANTBEBEATUP

• 83A Crew’s control? Crossword Clue

  Answer: OAR

• 84A Part of Fred Flintstone’s yell Crossword Clue

  Answer: DABBA

• 86A First pope to bear the same papal name as the current pope Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEOI

• 87A Symbols of stability Crossword Clue

  Answer: OAKS

• 88A Plot surprise Crossword Clue

  Answer: TWIST

• 90A Short trader? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARB

• 91A Face shot of an early astronaut? Crossword Clue

  Answer: GLENNCLOSEUP

• 95A Indian flour Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATTA

• 96A Letter producer, of a sort Crossword Clue

  Answer: KEYBOARD

• 98A Ill-fated shepherd Crossword Clue

  Answer: ABEL

• 99A Pals Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMIGOS

• 101A NSFW viewing Crossword Clue

  Answer: PORNO

• 102A Gender prefix Crossword Clue

  Answer: CIS

• 104A Kitchen faucet insert Crossword Clue

  Answer: AERATOR

• 106A Webb’s “Dragnet” role Crossword Clue

  Answer: FRIDAY

• 108A Ivy League nickname Crossword Clue

  Answer: OLDELI

• 111A Fan of the mockumentary band whose amps “go to 11” Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAPHEAD

• 113A First-rate Crossword Clue

  Answer: AONE

• 114A Quarrel between harpists? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANGELDUSTUP

• 117A Anglo-Saxon laborer Crossword Clue

  Answer: ESNE

• 118A Self-satisfied Crossword Clue

  Answer: SMUG

• 119A John who married Pocahontas Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROLFE

• 120A Trombone piece Crossword Clue

  Answer: SLIDE

• 121A Inside runners Crossword Clue

  Answer: RUGS

• 122A Toledo tidbit Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAPA

• 123A Suit yourself? Crossword Clue

  Answer: DRESS

• 124A Precept Crossword Clue

  Answer: TENET

• 125A Dueling sword Crossword Clue

  Answer: EPEE

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• 1D Recipe amts. Crossword Clue

  Answer: TSPS

• 2D Like Linux and MySQL Crossword Clue

  Answer: OPENSOURCE

• 3D Experts at infield flies? Crossword Clue

  Answer: POPUPSTARS

• 4D Most theatrical Crossword Clue

  Answer: STAGIEST

• 5D Surviving siblings, sometimes Crossword Clue

  Answer: COHEIRS

• 6D Independently Crossword Clue

  Answer: APART

• 7D Carry-on site Crossword Clue

  Answer: BIN

• 8D Common connectors Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANDS

• 9D For fear that Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEST

• 10D Tony or Hugo Crossword Clue

  Answer: AWARD

• 11D Studio equipment Crossword Clue

  Answer: MIKES

• 12D Extorted money from Crossword Clue

  Answer: BLED

• 13D Finish for an Adelphi address Crossword Clue

  Answer: EDU

• 14D Censure Crossword Clue

  Answer: REPROOF

• 15D Bluegrass music’s Alison Crossword Clue

  Answer: KRAUSS

• 16D Split decision? Crossword Clue

  Answer: RINGTOSSUP

• 17D “Gotcha” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ISEE

• 18D Attaches patches Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEWS

• 25D Poetic writing/with 17 syllables/and only three lines Crossword Clue

  Answer: HAIKU

• 28D Despicable character in “Despicable Me” Crossword Clue

  Answer: GRU

• 31D Drying kilns Crossword Clue

  Answer: OASTS

• 33D Cheese product? Crossword Clue

  Answer: SMILE

• 35D Component of some pizzeria ovens Crossword Clue

  Answer: BRICK

• 36D Plug part Crossword Clue

  Answer: PRONG

• 38D Rights watchdog org. Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACLU

• 39D Pass over Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKIP

• 40D Harpo’s big brother Crossword Clue

  Answer: CHICO

• 41D Outdated Crossword Clue

  Answer: FUSTY

• 42D Between appointments Crossword Clue

  Answer: FREE

• 45D Captures Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAKES

• 46D By its very nature Crossword Clue

  Answer: PERSE

• 47D Obsolete footwear Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPATS

• 50D Some phone reading Crossword Clue

  Answer: EMAIL

• 54D Setting of les chalets de Suisse Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALPES

• 57D Home storage, often Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATTIC

• 58D Far from verbose Crossword Clue

  Answer: TERSE

• 59D Former SeaWorld performer Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHAMU

• 62D “Dawson’s Creek” network Crossword Clue

  Answer: THEWB

• 65D Unsuitable Crossword Clue

  Answer: INAPT

• 67D Composer Webern Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANTON

• 68D Third degree, as an equation Crossword Clue

  Answer: CUBIC

• 69D Island in the Taiwan Strait Crossword Clue

  Answer: MATSU

• 70D Where to watch Chicago touchdowns Crossword Clue

  Answer: OHARE

• 71D Cop in the “Full Monty” calendar? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BOBBYPINUP

• 72D Ceaselessly Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONEND

• 74D Blasé observation about a helium balloon? Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOITGOESUP

• 75D Newark neighbor Crossword Clue

  Answer: EASTORANGE

• 76D Mex. misses Crossword Clue

  Answer: SRTAS

• 77D Badlands Natl. Park site Crossword Clue

  Answer: SDAK

• 79D Oldsmobile model Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALERO

• 80D Nitwit Crossword Clue

  Answer: BOOB

• 81D Lack of affectation Crossword Clue

  Answer: EASE

• 82D Wolf who mentors Mowgli Crossword Clue

  Answer: AKELA

• 85D Ancient marketplace Crossword Clue

  Answer: AGORA

• 89D “Don’t move until I get back” Crossword Clue

  Answer: WAITHERE

• 92D Whistle holder Crossword Clue

  Answer: LANYARD

• 93D Zapped surgically Crossword Clue

  Answer: LASED

• 94D Protective wall Crossword Clue

  Answer: PARAPET

• 97D Barrio shop Crossword Clue

  Answer: BODEGA

• 100D Tourist purchase Crossword Clue

  Answer: MAP

• 102D Staff figures Crossword Clue

  Answer: CLEFS

• 103D Does nothing Crossword Clue

  Answer: IDLES

• 105D Chopin composition Crossword Clue

  Answer: ETUDE

• 106D Swift Crossword Clue

  Answer: FAST

• 107D 2018 Oscar-nominated film set in Mexico, not Italy Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROMA

• 108D Look bad? Crossword Clue

  Answer: OGLE

• 109D Satyric sin Crossword Clue

  Answer: LUST

• 110D Globe dot Crossword Clue

  Answer: ISLE

• 112D “___ Dem Dose” (Dorsey Brothers tune) Crossword Clue

  Answer: DESE

• 115D Neither companion Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOR

• 116D Solder ingredient Crossword Clue

  Answer: TIN

WSJ Crossword November 26 2025 Answers

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• 1A Frying fat Crossword Clue

  Answer: LARD

• 5A Miss, in Mex. Crossword Clue

  Answer: SRTA

• 9A Vance in Okla. or Edwards in Cal., e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: AFB

• 12A Poet Khayyám Crossword Clue

  Answer: OMAR

• 13A “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” writer Anita Crossword Clue

  Answer: LOOS

• 14A One of the ancient elements Crossword Clue

  Answer: WATER

• 18A Game setting Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARENA

• 19A Some skilled Balearic Islanders? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ABLEMINORCANS

• 21A Pony up Crossword Clue

  Answer: PAY

• 23A Company with brown trucks Crossword Clue

  Answer: UPS

• 24A Gets smart, in a way Crossword Clue

  Answer: SASSES

• 25A Saws Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADAGES

• 27A 2013 #1 hit for Katy Perry Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROAR

• 29A English city whose cathedral holds a stained glass museum Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELY

• 30A The Darling family dog Crossword Clue

  Answer: NANA

• 31A Composer Prokofiev Crossword Clue

  Answer: SERGEI

• 33A Signal shining from Miami’s LoanDepot Park? Crossword Clue

  Answer: MARLINSBEACON

• 38A People change them on a regular basis Crossword Clue

  Answer: BABIES

• 39A Cavaliers center Mobley Crossword Clue

  Answer: EVAN

• 41A Audio file extension Crossword Clue

  Answer: WAV

• 44A Spot for un chapeau Crossword Clue

  Answer: TETE

• 45A “Fawlty Towers” star Crossword Clue

  Answer: CLEESE

• 47A Keys of music Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALICIA

• 49A None too smart Crossword Clue

  Answer: DIM

• 50A Inexperienced Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAW

• 51A Nutritional listing on some Hormel packages? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BACONMINERALS

• 55A Nolan Ryan, once Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASTRO

• 56A Mixed vegetable dish whose ingredients are mixed in the three longest Across answers Crossword Clue

  Answer: SUCCOTASH

• 59A Parts of potatoes Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKINS

• 60A Fan’s favorite Crossword Clue

  Answer: IDOL

• 61A Surrealist Tanguy Crossword Clue

  Answer: YVES

• 62A Western omelet component Crossword Clue

  Answer: HAM

• 63A Parched Crossword Clue

  Answer: SERE

• 64A Budget amount Crossword Clue

  Answer: RENT

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• 1D Online chuckle Crossword Clue

  Answer: LOL

• 2D Parisian pal Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMI

• 3D Hindu epic composed of 24,000 couplets Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAMAYANA

• 4D Washed out Crossword Clue

  Answer: DRAB

• 5D Is out, in a way Crossword Clue

  Answer: SLEEPS

• 6D Gives in to wanderlust Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROAMS

• 7D “Beloved” author Morrison Crossword Clue

  Answer: TONI

• 8D Org.’s kin Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASSN

• 9D Relaxed Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATEASE

• 10D Seasoning in Italian sausage Crossword Clue

  Answer: FENNEL

• 11D Impudently bold Crossword Clue

  Answer: BRASSY

• 14D Front location Crossword Clue

  Answer: WARAREA

• 15D Curving paths Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARCS

• 17D Tan’s replacement in M&M colors Crossword Clue

  Answer: BLUE

• 20D “Killers of the Flower Moon” tribe Crossword Clue

  Answer: OSAGE

• 21D Chef’s need Crossword Clue

  Answer: PAN

• 22D Economist Smith Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADAM

• 26D Dress Crossword Clue

  Answer: GARB

• 27D Enjoy, as a favorite movie Crossword Clue

  Answer: RESEE

• 28D Round figures Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORBS

• 31D Sulky state Crossword Clue

  Answer: SNIT

• 32D Brain-freezing brand Crossword Clue

  Answer: ICEE

• 34D Many Telemundo viewers Crossword Clue

  Answer: LATINOS

• 35D Basic girder Crossword Clue

  Answer: IBEAM

• 36D Take thrift to extremes Crossword Clue

  Answer: OVERSAVE

• 37D Artemis mission org. Crossword Clue

  Answer: NASA

• 40D Original Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEW

• 41D River through Indiana Crossword Clue

  Answer: WABASH

• 42D Major purchase of 1867 Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALASKA

• 43D Prey Crossword Clue

  Answer: VICTIM

• 45D Round figure Crossword Clue

  Answer: CIRCLE

• 46D Online guffaw Crossword Clue

  Answer: LMAO

• 48D One of the two ingredients in 56-Across Crossword Clue

  Answer: CORN

• 49D Inside look? Crossword Clue

  Answer: DECOR

• 52D Fertility goddess Crossword Clue

  Answer: ISIS

• 53D Out of gear? Crossword Clue

  Answer: NUDE

• 54D About six trillion mi. Crossword Clue

  Answer: LTYR

• 57D Rep.’s counterpart Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEN

• 58D Fair Deal pres. Crossword Clue

  Answer: HST

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