WSJ Crossword April 12 2025 Answers

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Across

• 1A Potpourri piece Crossword Clue

  Answer: PETAL

• 6A Bit of personal info, slangily Crossword Clue

  Answer: DEET

• 10A Tale Crossword Clue

  Answer: YARN

• 14A Reggae forerunner Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKA

• 17A Wipe away Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERASE

• 18A Handbag seller since 1941 Crossword Clue

  Answer: COACH

• 19A Unit charges Crossword Clue

  Answer: CONDOFEES

• 21A Retort to a doubter of one’s ability Crossword Clue

  Answer: CANSO

• 22A Body mass with a name meaning “little bunch of grapes” Crossword Clue

  Answer: UVULA

• 23A Purple-topped vegetables Crossword Clue

  Answer: RUTABAGAS

• 24A Scottish city that probably doesn’t have any crocodiles Crossword Clue

  Answer: DUNDEE

• 26A Befuddled Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATSEA

• 28A Shindig Crossword Clue

  Answer: EVENT

• 29A Get a closer look, in a way Crossword Clue

  Answer: ZOOMIN

• 31A Really mispronounce, say Crossword Clue

  Answer: BUTCHER

• 33A Growth site Crossword Clue

  Answer: UTERUS

• 34A Yours, in Tours Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATOI

• 35A “Gosh darn!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: CRAP

• 37A Bozos, in Canadian slang Crossword Clue

  Answer: HOSERS

• 39A Cases for podiatrists Crossword Clue

  Answer: CORNS

• 41A Cry from a Verona balcony Crossword Clue

  Answer: OROMEO

• 43A Some soccer shots Crossword Clue

  Answer: HEADERS

• 49A Song sung by Disney’s Dwarfs Crossword Clue

  Answer: HEIGHHO

• 51A Drink slowly Crossword Clue

  Answer: NURSE

• 53A Encouraged Crossword Clue

  Answer: URGEDON

• 54A Small village Crossword Clue

  Answer: HAMLET

• 56A Company added to the Dow in 1979 after dropping out four decades earlier Crossword Clue

  Answer: IBM

• 58A Justice Samuel Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALITO

• 63A Org. that aids startups Crossword Clue

  Answer: SBA

• 64A Fight site Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARENA

• 67A Give a post more comments than likes, in internet slang Crossword Clue

  Answer: RATIO

• 68A Craig’s predecessor as morning TV anchor Crossword Clue

  Answer: HODA

• 69A Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle’s answers, in a way Crossword Clue

  Answer: PARTTIMEJOB

• 73A “Over there,” to Shakespeare Crossword Clue

  Answer: YOND

• 74A Break out in ___ sweat Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACOLD

• 76A “Past Lives” star Lee Crossword Clue

  Answer: GRETA

• 77A Yellowfin, at the sushi restaurant Crossword Clue

  Answer: AHI

• 78A Hindu honorifics Crossword Clue

  Answer: SRIS

• 80A Luau loop Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEI

• 81A Like a super’s keys Crossword Clue

  Answer: JANGLY

• 84A “Wow! My mind is blown!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: IMINAWE

• 86A Light on the range Crossword Clue

  Answer: PILOT

• 89A Barely manages Crossword Clue

  Answer: EKESOUT

• 94A Nuclear treaty provision Crossword Clue

  Answer: TESTBAN

• 97A Jazz legend with an Egypt-inspired name Crossword Clue

  Answer: SUNRA

• 98A Sonata sections Crossword Clue

  Answer: RONDOS

• 101A Take it easy Crossword Clue

  Answer: LAZE

• 103A Grating sound Crossword Clue

  Answer: RASP

• 104A “Give it a rest!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: OHCMON

• 109A Neat and tidy Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORDERLY

• 111A Angle symbols, in trig Crossword Clue

  Answer: THETAS

• 113A Completely opposite Crossword Clue

  Answer: POLAR

• 114A Iraq’s chief port Crossword Clue

  Answer: BASRA

• 115A Line in a book? Crossword Clue

  Answer: EMDASH

• 117A Where do you get off? Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRAINSTOP

• 120A “1, 2 Step” singer Crossword Clue

  Answer: CIARA

• 122A Person who puts up with you Crossword Clue

  Answer: GUEST

• 125A Fishy deli choice Crossword Clue

  Answer: TUNAONRYE

• 126A “Confessions” singer Crossword Clue

  Answer: USHER

• 127A Samurai wear Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARMOR

• 128A CIA predecessor Crossword Clue

  Answer: OSS

• 129A Lower digits Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOES

• 130A Care for Crossword Clue

  Answer: TEND

• 131A Tall and thin Crossword Clue

  Answer: REEDY

Down

• 1D Delt neighbor Crossword Clue

  Answer: PEC

• 2D Historic stretch Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERA

• 3D Kind of chicken that might be served with a yogurt marinade Crossword Clue

  Answer: TANDOORI

• 4D Presumptuous Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASSUMING

• 5D Téa of “Madam Secretary” Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEONI

• 6D Something you might find in your freezer or your shower Crossword Clue

  Answer: DOVEBAR

• 7D Seine contents Crossword Clue

  Answer: EAU

• 9D “The Iron Lady” subject Crossword Clue

  Answer: THATCHER

• 10D “Don’t deny it!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: YOUARE

• 11D Hill colonist Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANT

• 12D FDA suggestion Crossword Clue

  Answer: RDA

• 13D What “check” might mean Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOBET

• 14D “Night Moves” singer Bob Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEGER

• 15D “Sad ___” (2010 meme of an actor on a bench eating a sandwich) Crossword Clue

  Answer: KEANU

• 16D Short staff? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASSTS

• 18D Pool poker Crossword Clue

  Answer: CUE

• 19D Grand Council of the ___ (Quebec political group) Crossword Clue

  Answer: CREES

• 20D Top pick, informally Crossword Clue

  Answer: FAVE

• 25D Org. once led by Tim Kaine Crossword Clue

  Answer: DNC

• 27D Waves away Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHOOS

• 29D Galifianakis of “The Hangover” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ZACH

• 30D Great Plains tribe Crossword Clue

  Answer: OTOE

• 32D Barely leading Crossword Clue

  Answer: UPONE

• 33D Software licensee Crossword Clue

  Answer: USER

• 36D Home device that doubles as a vehicle for cats Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROOMBA

• 38D Baba au ___ (spongy cake) Crossword Clue

  Answer: RHUM

• 40D “Too loud!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHH

• 42D Make a significant change Crossword Clue

  Answer: MUTATE

• 44D Petri dish substrate Crossword Clue

  Answer: AGAR

• 45D Airport woes Crossword Clue

  Answer: DELAYS

• 46D Sentence shortener, of a sort Crossword Clue

  Answer: EDITOR

• 47D Helical pasta Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROTINI

• 48D Ornamental hairnets Crossword Clue

  Answer: SNOODS

• 50D Padlock’s place Crossword Clue

  Answer: HASP

• 52D “___ Kleine Nachtmusik” Crossword Clue

  Answer: EINE

• 55D Tee choice Crossword Clue

  Answer: LARGE

• 57D Native of the Caribbean’s Bridgetown, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: BAJAN

• 59D Former NBC film critic Gene Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHALIT

• 60D In the future Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOCOME

• 61D Beautiful youth of Greek myth Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADONIS

• 62D On-air performers, in showbiz lingo Crossword Clue

  Answer: TALENT

• 65D Popular fabric dye brand Crossword Clue

  Answer: RIT

• 66D Key of Dvoák’s “Serenade for Strings” Crossword Clue

  Answer: EMAJOR

• 70D Klutzy move Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRIP

• 71D “Deary me!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: OHGEEZ

• 80D Joking Jay Crossword Clue

  Answer: LENO

• 82D Bikini you could swim around but not in Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATOLL

• 83D “Certainly!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: YES

• 85D Alert Crossword Clue

  Answer: WARN

• 87D Bygone music players Crossword Clue

  Answer: IPODS

• 88D Like a wooden jigsaw puzzle Crossword Clue

  Answer: LASERCUT

• 91D Words in the title of a composer’s homage Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONATHEME

• 92D Bear in the sky Crossword Clue

  Answer: URSA

• 93D Pub fixtures Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAPS

• 96D Like a complex performance Crossword Clue

  Answer: LAYERED

• 99D Sign on a girls’ pillow fort Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOBOYS

• 100D Hang Crossword Clue

  Answer: DRAPE

• 102D LGA approximation Crossword Clue

  Answer: ETD

• 104D Decide you will Crossword Clue

  Answer: OPTTO

• 105D Son of Osiris Crossword Clue

  Answer: HORUS

• 106D Extended families Crossword Clue

  Answer: CLANS

• 107D Mother of Hermes Crossword Clue

  Answer: MAIA

• 108D “Welp, guess you hate that idea” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORNOT

• 110D Salary booster Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAISE

• 112D “Horrible” Viking of the comics Crossword Clue

  Answer: HAGAR

• 116D Blemish Crossword Clue

  Answer: MAR

• 118D ___ Balls (Hostess snack) Crossword Clue

  Answer: SNO

• 119D Square root of nove Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRE

• 121D Philip of TV’s “Kung Fu” Crossword Clue

  Answer: AHN

• 123D Lawn material Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOD

• 124D Make an attempt Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRY

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