WSJ Crossword October 21 2023 Answers
The complete list of answers to the WSJ Crossword published on October 21 2023.
- 140
- Total Clues
- 68
- Total Across
- 72
- Total Down
Clues Across (68 total)
(1)
Naval post?
(5)
Central idea
(10)
One in a box of 12
(15)
Anything but that?
(19)
Shave gel additive
(20)
Swaying dances
(21)
Top-notch performance
(22)
Leaf blower alternative
(23)
Telemarketer’s job complaint?
(26)
Field of expertise
(27)
Common duck
(28)
Ballroom that Langston Hughes said was “the Heartbeat of Harlem”
(29)
Stark alter ego
(31)
“Someone Like You” singer
(33)
Cheerleader forte
(34)
Truckers with handles
(35)
Mmes. in Madrid
(38)
Have a feeling
(40)
Taxi driver’s job complaint?
(45)
___ Aviv
(46)
MacDowell of “Groundhog Day”
(47)
Lowly workers
(48)
Tennis star Osaka
(49)
World Heritage Site org.
(51)
Spreadsheet content
(53)
Walk unsteadily
(54)
Prince George, to Harry
(55)
Ride relentlessly
(56)
John who hosts radio’s “Intelligence for Your Life”
(58)
Function named from the Latin for “curve”
(59)
Tennis pro’s job complaint?
(63)
Tavern frequented by Carl, Lenny and Homer
(65)
QB goals
(66)
“Show me, please”
(67)
Microwaves?
(70)
Cleopatra biter
(73)
Unable to understand
(74)
Computer geek’s job complaint?
(78)
Hurt badly
(80)
Accompaniers of 20-Across
(82)
Start for Kim, Durk, Baby or Nas X
(83)
First planet discovered through a telescope
(85)
Finally
(87)
Channel changers
(90)
Manages
(91)
What kitsch lacks
(92)
Incursion
(93)
Like Swiss bank security
(95)
Card with the most pips
(96)
Plastic surgeon’s job complaint?
(98)
“Me too!”
(99)
“Smooth Operator” singer
(100)
Was worthy of
(101)
Powerful crowd
(103)
Maker of EcoTank printers
(105)
Summer ender
(108)
Ouzo flavoring
(110)
Sky line?
(114)
Diamond scores
(115)
Radio personality’s job complaint?
(118)
Concert take
(119)
Small dog kennel
(120)
Ingratiating behavior
(121)
Lobster part
(122)
Bloodhound trail
(123)
Will of “Blue Bloods”
(124)
Present, e.g.
(125)
Stag
Clues Down (72 total)
(1)
Hurt badly
(2)
___ mater
(3)
Makeup of some beds
(4)
Quiet cars
(5)
Doorman’s job complaint?
(6)
Planned a play, perhaps
(7)
Common street name
(8)
Willie in the Baseball Hall of Fame
(9)
Houdini act
(10)
Rust buckets
(11)
Far from fetching
(12)
Bollywood star Aishwarya
(13)
Kind of congressional bill
(14)
Be sorry for
(15)
Dietary dangers
(16)
Damage
(17)
Furniture giant
(18)
Rams coach McVay
(24)
Down in the dumps
(25)
Madison in NYC, e.g.
(30)
University of Maine town
(32)
City about 70 miles north of Oklahoma City
(34)
Courtroom no-no
(35)
Leave speechless
(36)
Extend, as a subscription
(37)
First Hebrew letter
(39)
Meeting with a medium
(41)
Champagne brand
(42)
“Understood”
(43)
Add a rider to, say
(44)
Farm fathers
(46)
Paint solvent
(47)
Website unit
(50)
Fraud
(52)
Co-star of Nimoy and Nichols
(53)
Comic’s job complaint?
(57)
Former frosh
(60)
India and Brazil are on its board
(61)
Ceres or Vesta, e.g.
(62)
Characteristic
(64)
Stamp on a dossier
(68)
Bays
(69)
Cousin of pinochle
(70)
Stradivari’s teacher
(71)
Underworld boss?
(72)
Beat
(75)
Be overly sweet
(76)
Photo-sharing app, informally
(77)
Went downriver, perhaps
(79)
Slugabed
(81)
Vassal
(84)
“Auld Lang ___”
(86)
Compact upgrade
(88)
Early shows
(89)
Faction
(92)
Sartorius and biceps, e.g.
(94)
Burrowing rodents
(97)
Immediately
(98)
Pitch in
(99)
Quidditch quarry sought by the Seeker
(102)
Zero
(104)
Surgery ctrs.
(105)
Therefore
(106)
Campus section
(107)
Dated preposition
(108)
Player’s payment
(109)
Salinger heroine
(111)
“J’Accuse...!” writer
(112)
R&B singer Apollo
(113)
Slender amphibian
(116)
Muesli morsel
(117)
Soak up sun
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