WSJ Crossword hints and answers for September 25, 2026
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Clues140
Across67
Down73
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Today’s WSJ Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Canine command (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSPEAK→
6A
Product of mud compaction (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHALE→
11A
Cinemark competitor (3)
Starts with A, ends with CAMC→
14A
Full of life (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSPRY→
18A
Wipe from existence (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
19A
Lion, leopard or lynx, zoologically (5)
Starts with F, ends with DFELID→
20A
Tapestry producer (4)
Starts with L, ends with MLOOM→
22A
Tribe of western New York (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
23A
“Death on the Nile” and the like? (11)
Starts with D, ends with SDESERTCASES→
25A
Backstreet patrollers? (9)
Starts with A, ends with SALLEYCOPS→
27A
Kazakhstan’s capital (6)
Starts with A, ends with AASTANA→
28A
Hollow (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDALE→
29A
Tuna on a sushi menu (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTORO→
30A
Follower of special or black (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOPS→
31A
Maiden name label (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
32A
Dust-up in the Dove factory? (16)
Starts with C, ends with ECHOCOLATESCUFFLE→
37A
Prepare for the tub (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTRIP→
41A
Items on some pedestals (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURNS→
42A
Functions (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUSES→
43A
“Hardwood Classics” network (5)
Starts with N, ends with VNBATV→
45A
Wear with straps (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABRA→
46A
Key, e.g. (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISLE→
49A
Bullion piece (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINGOT→
51A
New Haven scholars (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELIS→
52A
Soprano from Australia (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMELBA→
55A
Strange way to keep burglars out? (13)
Starts with Q, ends with KQUIZZICALLOCK→
59A
Amber-colored wine (7)
Starts with M, ends with AMADEIRA→
61A
Pool problem (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALGAE→
62A
“Meh”-evoking (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOSO→
63A
Org. with a five-ring logo (3)
Starts with I, ends with CIOC→
64A
___ Webster (Twain’s “celebrated jumping frog”) (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDANL→
65A
Take-out general (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTSO→
66A
Fielding error by Mickey Moniak? (13)
Starts with R, ends with EROCKIEMISTAKE→
72A
Pay stub line (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
73A
Flour for puris and parathas (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
75A
Cuatro halved (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDOS→
76A
A/C amts. (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBTUS→
77A
Crafty knife brand (5)
Starts with X, ends with OXACTO→
79A
Prepare for a career change (7)
Starts with R, ends with NRETRAIN→
81A
Some 24-hour fosters? (13)
Starts with O, ends with SOVERNIGHTCATS→
85A
Quartet in a Scrabble box (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRACKS→
86A
Like swampland (4)
Starts with M, ends with YMIRY→
87A
Bête ___ (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOIRE→
88A
Cheery farewell (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATATA→
90A
Clutch item (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEGG→
91A
Shimmery stones (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOPALS→
93A
Malek of “Oppenheimer” (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAMI→
96A
The visitors who visited Amahl (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAGI→
98A
Sweeties (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBAES→
101A
Lustrous fabric (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSATIN→
104A
Schnitzel serving that might shock you? (16)
Starts with E, ends with TELECTRICALCUTLET→
109A
“Knives Out” star de Armas (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
110A
Courtroom fig. (3)
Starts with A, ends with TATT→
111A
Like bulls, bucks and boars (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMALE→
112A
General vicinity (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
113A
Lots to buy (6)
Starts with R, ends with YREALTY→
116A
Sophisticated style? (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECHICSTATE→
119A
Mystifying field features, or a directive for understanding this puzzle’s theme (11)
Starts with C, ends with SCROPCIRCLES→
121A
Watch after (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTEND→
122A
Hubbub (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
123A
Accommodate (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHOUSE→
124A
Play setting (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
125A
Yields to gravity (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSAGS→
126A
Heart chart, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with GECG→
127A
First name in cosmetics (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESTEE→
128A
Lingerie buy (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTEDDY→
Down
1D
Sonata and Accord, e.g. (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSEDANS→
2D
Like some spending limits (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPRESET→
3D
Airline once run by Eddie Rickenbacker (7)
Starts with E, ends with NEASTERN→
4D
Cruising (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASEA→
5D
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” composer (4)
Starts with K, ends with NKERN→
6D
Army’s counterpart of Navy’s CPO (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSFC→
7D
How some problems must be faced (6)
Starts with H, ends with NHEADON→
8D
Historically contested region of Europe (6)
Starts with A, ends with EALSACE→
9D
Stay in hiding (6)
Starts with L, ends with WLIELOW→
10D
1958’s Corsair, e.g. (5)
Starts with E, ends with LEDSEL→
11D
In the style of (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
12D
Like lava (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMOLTEN→
13D
Statues of substantial size (7)
Starts with C, ends with ICOLOSSI→
14D
Moment of time (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSEC→
15D
Some geometry homework (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPROOFS→
16D
Micro wave? (6)
Starts with R, ends with ERIPPLE→
17D
RSVP tally (6)
Starts with Y, ends with SYESSES→
21D
Soldier for hire, for short (4)
Starts with M, ends with CMERC→
24D
XXX part? (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTAC→
26D
The solver of this puzzle (3)
Starts with Y, ends with UYOU→
33D
Great chaos (5)
Starts with H, ends with CHAVOC→
34D
Goldfinger’s first name (5)
Starts with A, ends with CAURIC→
35D
Surname of Steinbeck’s Cal and Aron (5)
Starts with T, ends with KTRASK→
36D
Encouraged (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFUELED→
38D
Mediterranean resort (5)
Starts with I, ends with AIBIZA→
39D
German tank of WWII (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPANZER→
44D
Friday’s preceder? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITGI→
45D
Mayor between Giuliani and de Blasio (9)
Starts with B, ends with GBLOOMBERG→
47D
Trash talk (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSMACK→
48D
Went first (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
50D
To-do list listing (5)
Starts with T, ends with STASKS→
51D
Conditional word (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
53D
Katherina’s sister, in “The Taming of the Shrew” (6)
Starts with B, ends with ABIANCA→
54D
Will of “The Lego Batman Movie” (6)
Starts with A, ends with TARNETT→
55D
Where Al Jazeera is based (5)
Starts with Q, ends with RQATAR→
56D
Loose coat named for a region of Ireland (6)
Starts with U, ends with RULSTER→
57D
“You can’t stop me!” (6)
Starts with I, ends with AIGOTTA→
58D
It’s practiced in le palais de justice (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILOI→
59D
Extinct bird of New Zealand (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMOA→
60D
Some carolers (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALTOS→
63D
“Gooooooooal!” (5)
Starts with I, ends with NITSIN→
67D
Pablo Neruda, e.g. (5)
Starts with O, ends with TODIST→
68D
Bamboozle (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCON→
69D
Response from a humblebragger (4)
Starts with I, ends with YITRY→
70D
Baltimore paper (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSUN→
71D
Faces in the crowd? (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXTRAS→
74D
Bitterly cold (6)
Starts with A, ends with CARCTIC→
78D
Amtrak option (5)
Starts with A, ends with AACELA→
80D
Letters before an alias (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAKA→
81D
Last of 24 letters (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOMEGA→
82D
Ceremony of remembrance (5)
Starts with V, ends with LVIGIL→
83D
Silly sort (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGOOSE→
84D
Femur’s end (3)
Starts with H, ends with PHIP→
89D
“Has it started yet?” (7)
Starts with A, ends with EAMILATE→
92D
Played for time (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSTALLED→
93D
Gasps, say (6)
Starts with R, ends with SREACTS→
94D
Tennis great Gibson (6)
Starts with A, ends with AALTHEA→
95D
Doling (out) (6)
Starts with M, ends with GMETING→
97D
Vinegary (6)
Starts with A, ends with CACETIC→
98D
Carriers for conquistadors (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBURROS→
99D
Patronized a restaurant (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATEOUT→
103D
Stand in opposition to (6)
Starts with N, ends with YNAYSAY→
105D
Brillo and Zillow, for two: Abbr. (3)
Starts with T, ends with STMS→
106D
“Fiddlesticks!” (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRATS→
107D
Hoard of treasure (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECACHE→
108D
Ironman race, for short (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
114D
Part of QED (4)
Starts with E, ends with TERAT→
115D
Plot measure (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
117D
Some S&L offerings (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCDS→
118D
Work unit (3)
Starts with E, ends with GERG→
120D
Epcot center? (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECEE→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for September 25, 2026?+
140 clues: 67 Across and 73 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jem Burch and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Canine command (SPEAK); Product of mud compaction (SHALE); Cinemark competitor (AMC).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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