WSJ Crossword October 12 2024 Answers (10/12/24)

Our WSJ Crossword October 12, 2024 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 October 12, 2024 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 10/12/24, 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	For-profit company?
7A	Ginormous
15A	“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” director
20A	Sulking
21A	Half of a Beats set
22A	Squad starters
23A	Lemon Pipers song (as heard in Libreville)
25A	“Gracious!”
26A	Broncos coach Payton
27A	Altar site
28A	Longtime resident of the Dakota
29A	Mahershala of “Moonlight”
30A	Hockey Hall of Famer Gordie
32A	Bruce Springsteen song (as heard in New Delhi)
38A	Mills Brothers song (as heard in Stockholm)
43A	Scratches (out)
44A	Owned by us
45A	Paris’s Grand ___ des Champs-Élysées
46A	Allow access to each other, as two accounts
47A	Make a muffler, say
48A	Pitifully small
49A	Boldly states
50A	Animal abodes
51A	Most resentful
53A	Small denomination
54A	Jeans strengthener
55A	President Barbie’s portrayer in “Barbie”
56A	Hrs. for the Sundance Film Festival
57A	Icicle holder
58A	Holds up
60A	Rugged rock face
63A	Arthur C. Clarke title
64A	Big Bopper song (as heard in Santiago)
69A	Surf shop purchase
71A	Salt, in chemistry class
73A	Fencer’s weapon
74A	“So sorry to tell you...”
75A	Long Key State Pk. location
76A	Credit card penalty
80A	Simone Biles’s eponymous Biles II, e.g.
82A	Bankrupt
83A	Types of faces?
85A	Drops the ball
86A	Shout-out word
87A	Huff
88A	Deserving of an R, maybe
89A	Currently available
90A	Called, quaintly
91A	Basis of many a riddle answer
92A	Mardi Gras follower
93A	Bing Crosby song (as heard in Rome)
95A	Fred Astaire song (as heard in Paris)
98A	“I smell ___!”
99A	Achieve
100A	Close
101A	“Loser” singer
103A	Move swiftly
107A	Liftoff-canceling command
109A	Harry Styles song (as heard in Nuku‘alofa)
113A	Conduct painstaking research
114A	Tonsils’ neighbors
115A	Confine, in a way
116A	Put off
117A	Precedent setter
118A	Stein’s life partner
1D	Jobs
2D	About
3D	Mother of the Titans
4D	Type of surgery
5D	Spy novelist Deighton
6D	First Nations people for whom a city is named
7D	Crown sparklers
8D	“Hurlyburly” playwright David
9D	Suffix for ranch or pistol
10D	Hindu character on “The Simpsons”
11D	Sovereign seat
12D	Cartoon sound of one object bouncing off another
13D	Guileless ones
14D	“Heavens!”
15D	City on one side of the Chunnel
16D	Ring-shaped isle
17D	Fraught with danger
18D	Excellent, in dated slang
19D	Jimmy and Rosalynn’s daughter
24D	Copied
31D	Maker of SkyBuild construction elevators
32D	Yankees sport them
33D	Tattoos, informally
34D	Pomeranian’s kin
35D	Put off
36D	Volunteer sitter, sometimes
37D	Call out
38D	Muscular jerks
39D	Urges to score, as a runner on third
40D	Daughter of Agamemnon
41D	Gridiron group
42D	Gridiron grouping
47D	Sickeningly affectionate
48D	Member of the nobility
50D	Demanding star
51D	“Jesus wept,” e.g.
52D	Some have four legs
54D	Call from the bleachers
57D	Showy style
59D	Call from the bleachers
61D	Quite
62D	Pendulum studier
65D	Minute
66D	Aromatic shrub
67D	Tell-___ (juicy autobiographies)
68D	Persian, e.g.
70D	Estate in “Citizen Kane”
72D	Artery blocker
77D	Hobbes, for one
78D	Budget-friendly company prefix
79D	Site of the National Security Agency’s headquarters
81D	Vicinity
82D	It may be served à l’orange
83D	Sufficient, informally
84D	Course with obstacles
86D	Casual greeting
87D	Upscale hotel feature
89D	Antitrust org.
90D	Hackers’ hangout
92D	Password component
93D	Tab product
94D	Home of Baylor University
96D	Brazenness
97D	Pays to play
101D	Hospital units
102D	Different
104D	“I’ve got ___ in Kalamazoo”
105D	Bit of sitar music
106D	Uno más dos
107D	Go on to say
108D	Fuzzy buzzer
109D	Cambodia’s Angkor ___
110D	Mythical flier
111D	Wasikowska of “Alice Through the Looking Glass”
112D	___-Caps (nonpareil brand)

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