WSJ Crossword April 12 2025 Answers (4/12/25)

Our WSJ Crossword April 12, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.

WSJ Crossword April 12, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 4/12/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Potpourri piece
6A	Bit of personal info, slangily
10A	Tale
14A	Reggae forerunner
17A	Wipe away
18A	Handbag seller since 1941
19A	Unit charges
21A	Retort to a doubter of one’s ability
22A	Body mass with a name meaning “little bunch of grapes”
23A	Purple-topped vegetables
24A	Scottish city that probably doesn’t have any crocodiles
26A	Befuddled
28A	Shindig
29A	Get a closer look, in a way
31A	Really mispronounce, say
33A	Growth site
34A	Yours, in Tours
35A	“Gosh darn!”
37A	Bozos, in Canadian slang
39A	Cases for podiatrists
41A	Cry from a Verona balcony
43A	Some soccer shots
49A	Song sung by Disney’s Dwarfs
51A	Drink slowly
53A	Encouraged
54A	Small village
56A	Company added to the Dow in 1979 after dropping out four decades earlier
58A	Justice Samuel
59A	Ballpark figure?
63A	Org. that aids startups
64A	Fight site
67A	Give a post more comments than likes, in internet slang
68A	Craig’s predecessor as morning TV anchor
69A	Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle’s answers, in a way
73A	“Over there,” to Shakespeare
74A	Break out in ___ sweat
76A	“Past Lives” star Lee
77A	Yellowfin, at the sushi restaurant
78A	Hindu honorifics
79A	Solitary sort
80A	Luau loop
81A	Like a super’s keys
84A	“Wow! My mind is blown!”
86A	Light on the range
89A	Barely manages
94A	Nuclear treaty provision
95A	Sentence shortener, of a sort
97A	Jazz legend with an Egypt-inspired name
98A	Sonata sections
101A	Take it easy
103A	Grating sound
104A	“Give it a rest!”
109A	Neat and tidy
111A	Angle symbols, in trig
113A	Completely opposite
114A	Iraq’s chief port
115A	Line in a book?
117A	Where do you get off?
120A	“1, 2 Step” singer
122A	Person who puts up with you
125A	Fishy deli choice
126A	“Confessions” singer
127A	Samurai wear
128A	CIA predecessor
129A	Lower digits
130A	Care for
131A	Tall and thin
1D	Delt neighbor
2D	Historic stretch
3D	Kind of chicken that might be served with a yogurt marinade
4D	Presumptuous
5D	Téa of “Madam Secretary”
6D	Something you might find in your freezer or your shower
7D	Seine contents
8D	Panache
9D	“The Iron Lady” subject
10D	“Don’t deny it!”
11D	Hill colonist
12D	FDA suggestion
13D	What “check” might mean
14D	“Night Moves” singer Bob
15D	“Sad ___” (2010 meme of an actor on a bench eating a sandwich)
16D	Short staff?
18D	Pool poker
19D	Grand Council of the ___ (Quebec political group)
20D	Top pick, informally
25D	Org. once led by Tim Kaine
27D	Waves away
29D	Galifianakis of “The Hangover”
30D	Great Plains tribe
32D	Barely leading
33D	Software licensee
36D	Home device that doubles as a vehicle for cats
38D	Baba au ___ (spongy cake)
40D	“Too loud!”
42D	Make a significant change
44D	Petri dish substrate
45D	Airport woes
46D	Sentence shortener, of a sort
47D	Helical pasta
48D	Ornamental hairnets
50D	Padlock’s place
52D	“___ Kleine Nachtmusik”
55D	Tee choice
57D	Native of the Caribbean’s Bridgetown, e.g.
59D	Former NBC film critic Gene
60D	In the future
61D	Beautiful youth of Greek myth
62D	On-air performers, in showbiz lingo
65D	Popular fabric dye brand
66D	Key of Dvoák’s “Serenade for Strings”
70D	Klutzy move
71D	“Deary me!”
72D	Swindle
75D	Washed out
80D	Joking Jay
82D	Bikini you could swim around but not in
83D	“Certainly!”
85D	Alert
87D	Bygone music players
88D	Like a wooden jigsaw puzzle
90D	“Whatever you say”
91D	Words in the title of a composer’s homage
92D	Bear in the sky
93D	Pub fixtures
96D	Like a complex performance
99D	Sign on a girls’ pillow fort
100D	Hang
102D	LGA approximation
104D	Decide you will
105D	Son of Osiris
106D	Extended families
107D	Mother of Hermes
108D	“Welp, guess you hate that idea”
110D	Salary booster
112D	“Horrible” Viking of the comics
116D	Blemish
118D	___ Balls (Hostess snack)
119D	Square root of nove
121D	Philip of TV’s “Kung Fu”
123D	Lawn material
124D	Make an attempt

The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.

The WSJ Crossword was first introduced in 2008, and has since become a popular source of entertainment and mental stimulation for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is created by a team of experienced crossword constructors, who are known for their creativity and skill in the field of crossword puzzles.

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