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Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers Dec 20 2025 were just published. The solution for Saturday, 20 December 2025 Puzzle is here for you, if you need help.
The Puzzle Grid for Today is 21 boxes wide and 21 boxes tall. It’s name is In For a Bad Spell. The todays puzzle is classified as an American type of puzzle and was created by Mark MacLachlan & Edited by Mike Shenk. It has a total of 64 Horizontal Clues and 76 Vertical clues, which need to be solved to completely solve the puzzle.
WSJ Printable Version PDf is HERE.
WSJ ACROSS
- 1. Portuguese currency before the euroESCUDO
- 7. Chicago daily, for shortTRIB
- 12. “I’m being framed!”ITSALIE
- 20. Short-term solution during a repairLOANER
- 21. Skilled inGOODAT
- 24. Barrel buildersCOOPERS
- 25. Strapping men welcoming orphans?BURLYADOPTERS
- 27. Fighting fleetsARMADAS
- 28. German-based grocery store chainALDI
- 29. Cozy spotLAIR
- 30. Savage beast who’s boringly conventional?SQUAREBRUTE
- 32. Silent sortMIME
- 34. Small swig of ScotchDRAM
- 36. Dry and witheredSERE
- 37. Stock holderPEN
- 38. Spheres of worms with mystical powers?MAGICBAITBALLS
- 44. British singer RitaORA
- 46. Motionless part of a turbineSTATOR
- 47. Makeup of some coastal California coloniesSEALIONS
- 49. Woolly mammalLLAMA
- 53. Nucleotide sequenceGENE
- 54. “Kinda sorta”ISH
- 56. Home of the Tokugawa shogunateEDO
- 57. Gas whose name comes from the Greek for “hidden”KRYPTON
- 59. Statistical fodderDATA
- 61. Third qtr.’s endSEP
- 64. Salon supplyDYE
- 66. Rubik of cube fameERNO
- 67. London’s ___ GardensKEW
- 71. Add a coat to the village’s prized loaf?PAINTTHETOWNBREAD
- 76. ArticlesITEMS
- 78. “Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend” speakerLEAR
- 79. Narrowest of marginsHAIR
- 80. Words from a knockerITSME
- 81. “Oh no! The brewery just caught fire!”?MYBEERSAREBURNING
- 85. “…___ the season to be jolly”TIS
- 86. Saudi Arabia neighborOMAN
- 87. All the rageHOT
- 88. QB successesTDS
- 89. Buccaneers coach BowlesTODD
- 91. Costing overNORTHOF
- 93. British verb endingISE
- 96. Famed pajama-wearing mag mogulHEF
- 98. Mount south of OlympusOSSA
- 102. Like a ballerina, at timesONTOE
- 103. First commercial film shown in stereoFANTASIA
- 107. Provides with a qualityENDUES
- 109. Nikon product, for shortSLR
- 111. Filthy film coating a bed on a boat?SCUMOFTHEBERTH
- 113. Tribute in verseODE
- 117. Creator of a tribute in versePOET
- 119. Orthodontist’s concernBITE
- 120. They can’t be returnedACES
- 121. Deep pink underwear?CORALBRIEFS
- 126. Spore-producing plantFERN
- 128. Bravo precederALFA
- 130. Rice collectionTUITION
- 131. Extensive alterations to a jacket?BLAZERSURGERY
- 134. Mountaineering featsASCENTS
- 135. Rings in the morning?BAGELS
- 136. Little foot warmerBOOTEE
- 137. Most austereLEANEST
- 138. Dry dock sightKEEL
- 139. Has a feelingSENSES
WSJ DOWN
- 1. Idris of “Pacific Rim”ELBA
- 2. Life companionSOULMATE
- 3. 2020 Taylor Swift hitCARDIGAN
- 4. BoundlessUNLIMITED
- 5. Susan of “The Partridge Family”DEY
- 6. Paperless testORAL
- 8. Tax maxTOPRATE
- 9. Break downROT
- 10. Fateful date in old RomeIDES
- 11. Soft drink bottler EdwardBARQ
- 13. Empathetic wordsICARE
- 14. Ring figureTORERO
- 15. In an unsmiling waySOMBERLY
- 16. On ___ with (equivalent to)APAR
- 17. Was a prelude (to)LEDUP
- 18. SteamingIRATE
- 19. German steel centerESSEN
- 22. Notre Dame cheerGOIRISH
- 23. Nashville sch.TSU
- 26. Movement for Man RayDADA
- 31. Org.ASSN
- 33. “The Name of the Rose” author UmbertoECO
- 35. Degree for many CEOsMBA
- 39. Site of N.Y. Knicks gamesMSG
- 40. Major name in water filtersBRITA
- 41. Beth precederALEPH
- 42. Cornea coverLID
- 43. John, to EltonLOO
- 45. Trumpeter Herb of the Tijuana BrassALPERT
- 48. Use words that go over people’s heads?SKYWRITE
- 50. StationaryATREST
- 51. Way to address a Parisian palMONAMI
- 52. Battery terminalsANODES
- 55. Leaves portSAILSOFF
- 58. Cartoon canineREN
- 60. Site for relics and shrinesAPSE
- 62. Marquee nameSTAR
- 63. Being, in BrestETRE
- 65. Knock offDOIN
- 68. Ginza garmentKIMONO
- 69. Word sourceETYMON
- 70. Site graphicsWEBART
- 72. OrderlyNEAT
- 73. Former Israeli prime minister BarakEHUD
- 74. They deal with decksTARS
- 75. Mavs’ home, familiarlyBIGD
- 77. Candies in some volcanic science demosMENTOS
- 82. P look-alikeRHO
- 83. Second-stringersBTEAM
- 84. Feature of a credit card offer, at timesNOFEE
- 90. Shape of a British poundDODECAGON
- 92. Source of some tech answersHELPLINE
- 94. Corp. lettersINC
- 95. Disco guy on “The Simpsons”STU
- 97. Pork pie producersHATTERS
- 99. “Okay, I’m game!”SURELETS
- 100. LiberatesSETSFREE
- 101. Sample for an arson investigationASH
- 104. Italian sparkling wineASTI
- 105. WeepSOB
- 106. 1964 Beatles songIFIFELL
- 108. Kings’ org.NBA
- 110. Some NASA workersROBOTS
- 112. Letters on some towelsHERS
- 114. Base in which 64 is 100OCTAL
- 115. ExtinguishDOUSE
- 116. “Fear of Flying” author JongERICA
- 118. Physicist MachERNST
- 122. Egyptian sun discATEN
- 123. DeclineEBB
- 124. Strong criticismFLAK
- 125. Leaves for stuffingSAGE
- 127. Worn-down pencilsNUBS
- 129. Supporters’ answersAYES
- 132. Last letterZEE
- 133. Ikura, on a sushi menuROE