WSJ Crossword September 20 2025 Answers

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Across

• 1A Buckle, say Crossword Clue

  Answer: WARP

• 5A Cry of shear terror? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BAA

• 8A Molar parts Crossword Clue

  Answer: CUSPS

• 13A City across the Delaware River from Philadelphia Crossword Clue

  Answer: CAMDEN

• 19A Baseball family with a combined 11 All-Star nods Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALOU

• 20A Truncating letters Crossword Clue

  Answer: ETC

• 21A Vision-based Crossword Clue

  Answer: OPTIC

• 22A Eight-time Best Actor nominee whose only Oscar was honorary Crossword Clue

  Answer: OTOOLE

• 23A Dejected…or like a frenulum? Crossword Clue

  Answer: DOWNINTHEMOUTH

• 26A Resolution Crossword Clue

  Answer: METTLE

• 27A “Laters!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEEYA

• 28A Hawkeye State residents Crossword Clue

  Answer: IOWANS

• 29A Encircled, as with smoke Crossword Clue

  Answer: WREATHED

• 31A 5th Dimension frontwoman Marilyn Crossword Clue

  Answer: MCCOO

• 33A Hilarious folks Crossword Clue

  Answer: RIOTS

• 34A Opening line? Crossword Clue

  Answer: SAYAH

• 37A Spur…or a bum rap? Crossword Clue

  Answer: KICKINTHEBUTT

• 45A Winfrey’s favorite things Crossword Clue

  Answer: THEOLIST

• 48A Toyota minivan Crossword Clue

  Answer: SIENNA

• 49A Brest bestie Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMIE

• 50A Sure thing…or a falconer’s hawk? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BIRDINTHEHAND

• 52A Premium Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOPRATE

• 55A Four-time Grammy winner India.___ Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARIE

• 56A Rocker Rose Crossword Clue

  Answer: AXL

• 57A Like a typical building by architect Henry Hobson Richardson Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEOROMAN

• 58A Recite rapidly Crossword Clue

  Answer: REELOFF

• 61A Brandy made from winery pulp Crossword Clue

  Answer: GRAPPA

• 66A Arrested Crossword Clue

  Answer: RANIN

• 67A Dopey…or like babies, what with their fontanels? Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOFTINTHEHEAD

• 70A Bike part Crossword Clue

  Answer: CHAIN

• 73A Way in which one might become (or catch) an inside trader Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONATIP

• 74A About a sixth of Tibet’s population Crossword Clue

  Answer: LHASANS

• 79A Sleeper cell? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROOMETTE

• 81A Halibut habitat Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEA

• 83A Inter ___ Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALIA

• 84A “…and that’s not even the scariest possibility!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORWORSE

• 85A Annoyance…or a result of watching a long tennis match? Crossword Clue

  Answer: PAININTHENECK

• 91A Two-time attorney general William Crossword Clue

  Answer: BARR

• 92A They’ll have you walking tall Crossword Clue

  Answer: STILTS

• 94A Object of a high-tech treasure hunt Crossword Clue

  Answer: GEOCACHE

• 95A Exasperated…or like a man who’s a member of a certain performance Group? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BLUEINTHEFACE

• 99A Unsettle Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHAKE

• 100A Hierarchical levels Crossword Clue

  Answer: TIERS

• 101A Pipe cleaner Crossword Clue

  Answer: SNAKE

• 104A Raid participant Crossword Clue

  Answer: COMMANDO

• 108A Miniature hanger? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BATPUP

• 111A It’s between hundreds and thousands Crossword Clue

  Answer: COMMA

• 116A Jim Palmer, for his whole MLB career Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORIOLE

• 117A Lacking resolve…or like a retired catcher? Crossword Clue

  Answer: WEAKINTHEKNEES

• 120A Neighborhood north of UCLA Crossword Clue

  Answer: BELAIR

• 121A DuPont fabric Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORLON

• 122A Bad act Crossword Clue

  Answer: SIN

• 123A Fail completely Crossword Clue

  Answer: TANK

• 124A When, casually Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOONAS

• 125A Düsseldorf denials Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEINS

• 126A A bit off Crossword Clue

  Answer: ODD

• 127A Responsibility Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONUS

Down

• 1D Gum masses Crossword Clue

  Answer: WADS

• 2D Eczema treater Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALOE

• 3D Investment firm T. ___ Price Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROWE

• 4D Pitifully small Crossword Clue

  Answer: PUNY

• 5D Hogan who was among the first inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame Crossword Clue

  Answer: BEN

• 6D Where lost luggage might be found Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATTIC

• 7D Cold burst? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACHOO

• 8D Standard soap opera trope Crossword Clue

  Answer: COMA

• 9D Well-informed about Crossword Clue

  Answer: UPON

• 10D Music’s Sutcliffe and Cook Crossword Clue

  Answer: STUS

• 11D Trading area Crossword Clue

  Answer: PIT

• 12D Maker of Orange Krate bikes Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCHWINN

• 13D O’Neill title verb Crossword Clue

  Answer: COMETH

• 15D Abolitionist Lucretia Crossword Clue

  Answer: MOTT

• 16D “O, she ___ teach the torches to burn bright!”: Romeo, spying Juliet Crossword Clue

  Answer: DOTH

• 17D Vogue rival Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELLE

• 18D Scholarship basis Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEED

• 24D 2014 documentary about “The Greatest” Crossword Clue

  Answer: IAMALI

• 25D Furry Endor native Crossword Clue

  Answer: EWOK

• 30D Take turns Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROTATE

• 32D Uppercut target Crossword Clue

  Answer: CHIN

• 33D Zest source Crossword Clue

  Answer: RIND

• 34D British county Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHIRE

• 35D Mountain home Crossword Clue

  Answer: AERIE

• 36D Mountain holler Crossword Clue

  Answer: YODEL

• 38D “Sorta” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ISH

• 39D Langley-based org. Crossword Clue

  Answer: CIA

• 40D 2023 Ryan Gosling role Crossword Clue

  Answer: KEN

• 41D Viscount’s inferior Crossword Clue

  Answer: BARON

• 42D Savory flavor Crossword Clue

  Answer: UMAMI

• 43D Saturn’s largest moon Crossword Clue

  Answer: TITAN

• 45D It’s uplifting when it’s cold Crossword Clue

  Answer: TBAR

• 46D Employee group Crossword Clue

  Answer: STAFF

• 47D Texter’s letters of gratitude Crossword Clue

  Answer: THX

• 51D Basketball’s Baylor Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELGIN

• 53D Marine cry Crossword Clue

  Answer: OORAH

• 54D Milanese luxury brand Crossword Clue

  Answer: PRADA

• 57D Casual denial Crossword Clue

  Answer: NAH

• 59D Weaver’s willow Crossword Clue

  Answer: OSIER

• 60D Families full of characters? Crossword Clue

  Answer: FONTS

• 62D Component of some modern vaccines Crossword Clue

  Answer: RNA

• 63D Court fig. Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATT

• 64D Golden ratio symbol Crossword Clue

  Answer: PHI

• 65D Sister brand of Gatorade Crossword Clue

  Answer: PEPSI

• 68D Small digit Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOE

• 69D Fill with cheer Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELATE

• 70D Pinkish color Crossword Clue

  Answer: CORAL

• 71D Text that might be answered “gr8!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: HOWRU

• 72D Leonardo’s love Crossword Clue

  Answer: AMORE

• 75D Yemen’s capital Crossword Clue

  Answer: SANAA

• 76D Smart guy Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALECK

• 77D Narrow field Crossword Clue

  Answer: NICHE

• 78D Fermented rice product Crossword Clue

  Answer: SAKE

• 79D Stark killed at the “Red Wedding” on “Game of Thrones” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROBB

• 80D Tried-and-true Crossword Clue

  Answer: TESTED

• 82D London lang. Crossword Clue

  Answer: ENG

• 85D Peach and pecan, for two Crossword Clue

  Answer: PIES

• 86D “The Simpsons” composer Clausen Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALF

• 87D “Give ___ rest!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ITA

• 88D Group that advises POTUS Crossword Clue

  Answer: NSC

• 89D Swedish model Elsa Crossword Clue

  Answer: HOSK

• 90D Online payment method Crossword Clue

  Answer: ECHECK

• 93D Don hastily Crossword Clue

  Answer: THROWON

• 96D Napoli’s nation Crossword Clue

  Answer: ITALIA

• 97D Bay Area gridders Crossword Clue

  Answer: NINERS

• 98D “Baseball Tonight” network Crossword Clue

  Answer: ESPN

• 102D Totally absurd Crossword Clue

  Answer: NUTSO

• 103D Sap-sucking pest Crossword Clue

  Answer: APHID

• 104D Centers of ears Crossword Clue

  Answer: COBS

• 105D Tri-level treat Crossword Clue

  Answer: OREO

• 106D Ventimiglia of “This Is Us” Crossword Clue

  Answer: MILO

• 107D Suffering sound Crossword Clue

  Answer: MOAN

• 108D Indonesian vacation spot Crossword Clue

  Answer: BALI

• 109D Mononymic singer with the 2007 #1 hit “Don’t Matter” Crossword Clue

  Answer: AKON

• 110D Altoids containers Crossword Clue

  Answer: TINS

• 112D Not hoodwinked by Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONTO

• 113D Intend Crossword Clue

  Answer: MEAN

• 114D Cafe card Crossword Clue

  Answer: MENU

• 115D Requests Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASKS

• 118D “Thou shalt ___ long be free”: Prospero, to Ariel Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERE

• 119D This is the last bit Crossword Clue

  Answer: END

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