WSJ Crossword October 22 2025 Answers

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Across

• 1A Maps app marker Crossword Clue

  Answer: PIN

• 4A Female follower of Bacchus Crossword Clue

  Answer: MAENAD

• 10A Jettison Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOSS

• 14A Former Bolivian president Morales Crossword Clue

  Answer: EVO

• 15A Director with a distinctive style Crossword Clue

  Answer: AUTEUR

• 16A Caucus site Crossword Clue

  Answer: IOWA

• 17A Boyfriend who loves heavy metal? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROCKSTEADY

• 19A Take off Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHED

• 20A Totaled Crossword Clue

  Answer: RANTO

• 21A Donald Duck’s nephews, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRIO

• 23A Came before Crossword Clue

  Answer: LED

• 24A Pebbles’s pet Crossword Clue

  Answer: DINO

• 25A Boyfriend who loves picking up the tab? Crossword Clue

  Answer: CHECKMATE

• 27A Nickname for a Tuskegee Airman Crossword Clue

  Answer: REDTAIL

• 30A California retreat Crossword Clue

  Answer: ESALEN

• 31A That, in Toledo Crossword Clue

  Answer: ESO

• 32A Make quake Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCARE

• 35A Lacking Crossword Clue

  Answer: SANS

• 36A Boyfriend who loves carnivals? Crossword Clue

  Answer: FAIRCATCH

• 39A Quartet from Sweden Crossword Clue

  Answer: ABBA

• 42A Judge of baseball Crossword Clue

  Answer: AARON

• 43A Morgan le ___ (Arthurian sorceress) Crossword Clue

  Answer: FAY

• 46A Judge of art Crossword Clue

  Answer: CRITIC

• 49A Monk’s shaved head Crossword Clue

  Answer: TONSURE

• 51A Boyfriend who loves the zoo? Crossword Clue

  Answer: CAGEMATCH

• 54A Globes Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORBS

• 55A Pot part Crossword Clue

  Answer: LID

• 56A Other, in Oaxaca Crossword Clue

  Answer: OTRO

• 57A City on the Yamuna River Crossword Clue

  Answer: DELHI

• 59A Brewpub offerings Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALES

• 61A Boyfriend who loves department store shopping sprees? Crossword Clue

  Answer: TARGETDATE

• 64A Faulkner’s “As ___ Dying” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ILAY

• 65A An abundance Crossword Clue

  Answer: OCEANS

• 66A Sax great Beneke Crossword Clue

  Answer: TEX

• 67A Blend Crossword Clue

  Answer: MELD

• 68A Like some bread and beer Crossword Clue

  Answer: YEASTY

• 69A No seats left, briefly Crossword Clue

  Answer: SRO

Down

• 1D According to Crossword Clue

  Answer: PER

• 2D They’re often tickled Crossword Clue

  Answer: IVORIES

• 3D “Ain’t gonna happen!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOCANDO

• 4D Cutter part Crossword Clue

  Answer: MAST

• 5D Showroom sight Crossword Clue

  Answer: AUTO

• 6D Busy season in Saint-Tropez Crossword Clue

  Answer: ETE

• 7D Not o’er Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEATH

• 8D Activist poet Lorde Crossword Clue

  Answer: AUDRE

• 9D Carbon dioxide in its solid state Crossword Clue

  Answer: DRYICE

• 10D Sequel to “Angela’s Ashes” Crossword Clue

  Answer: TIS

• 11D “How fancy!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: OOHLALA

• 12D Make more attractive Crossword Clue

  Answer: SWEETEN

• 13D Brings down Crossword Clue

  Answer: SADDENS

• 18D Pretzel inspirer Crossword Clue

  Answer: KNOT

• 22D Gives the nod to Crossword Clue

  Answer: OKS

• 24D Dr. with no medical training Crossword Clue

  Answer: DRE

• 25D Notable nurse Barton Crossword Clue

  Answer: CLARA

• 26D Turn to pulp Crossword Clue

  Answer: MASH

• 28D Simile words Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASA

• 29D Here, to Henri Crossword Clue

  Answer: ICI

• 33D Classic TV brand Crossword Clue

  Answer: RCA

• 34D Base for Starfleet Crossword Clue

  Answer: EARTH

• 36D Lot Crossword Clue

  Answer: FATE

• 37D Overly Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOO

• 38D Blitzer’s base Crossword Clue

  Answer: CNN

• 39D Recognition Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACCLAIM

• 40D Unspoken language Crossword Clue

  Answer: BRAILLE

• 41D “So what?!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: BIGDEAL

• 43D Busbies, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: FURHATS

• 44D One involved in a dispute Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARBITER

• 45D Agreeable answer Crossword Clue

  Answer: YES

• 47D “As I see it…” online Crossword Clue

  Answer: IMO

• 48D Stuffed mouse, perhaps Crossword Clue

  Answer: CATTOY

• 50D Realty sign word Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOLD

• 52D Tiny amount Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRACE

• 53D Chick on a piano Crossword Clue

  Answer: COREA

• 57D Fender bender souvenir Crossword Clue

  Answer: DENT

• 58D Online crafts store Crossword Clue

  Answer: ETSY

• 60D Barrett of Pink Floyd Crossword Clue

  Answer: SYD

• 62D Pump purchase Crossword Clue

  Answer: GAS

• 63D Start for skeleton or sphere Crossword Clue

  Answer: EXO

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