WSJ Crossword October 27 2023 Answers

The complete list of answers to the WSJ Crossword published on October 27 2023.

78
Total Clues
39
Total Across
39
Total Down

Clues Across (39 total)

(1)
Having just encountered a ghost, say
(7)
Sarcophagus serpent
(10)
1971 horror film “The House ___ Dripped Blood”
(14)
With pretentions, say
(15)
Word before run or jump
(16)
Furious feeling
(17)
Party pooper
(19)
Verve
(20)
As above, in a footnote
(21)
Kind of pk.
(22)
Sub builders
(23)
Electronic sounds
(25)
Miserable in appearance
(27)
Gore and others
(29)
Thus far
(30)
Move with stealth
(33)
Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries”
(34)
Borrowing burden
(37)
Heart that beats a lot?
(38)
London suburb with a famous stadium
(41)
Protracted stretch
(42)
Signing needs
(44)
Demon in 2007’s “Trick ’r Treat”
(45)
Retort to “You’re a liar!”
(47)
Wreck completely
(49)
Many-armed body, for short
(50)
In sorry shape
(54)
Red costume for a trick-or-treater
(58)
Put together haphazardly
(59)
Acclaim
(61)
1986 hit for Starship
(62)
Costume
(63)
Seneca Crane’s portrayer in “The Hunger Games”
(65)
Pronounced
(66)
Witch costume part
(67)
Jarhead
(68)
Appoint
(69)
Flowery verse
(70)
Creature whose creation can mean death for those trapped in it

Clues Down (39 total)

(1)
“You ___ here first!”
(2)
Article of faith
(3)
When some news airs
(4)
Barbecue joint supply
(5)
Wing
(6)
Cannon of “Deathtrap”
(7)
Request one’s presence at
(8)
Emaciated
(9)
Pendulum’s fellow danger in a Poe tale
(10)
Kodama, in Japanese folklore
(11)
Fright night
(12)
“Dead ___” (1991 Emma Thompson film)
(13)
Nerve-wracking
(18)
Informal denial
(22)
Lair for a bear
(24)
School zone warning
(26)
How a porterhouse is served
(28)
Fluctuate
(30)
Brew source
(31)
Knock off, in mob lingo
(32)
Occult symbol
(33)
Watson creator
(35)
Haunted house holler
(36)
Booming stuff
(39)
Ford part, perhaps
(40)
Stick figure?
(43)
Like sugar in coffee
(46)
Some wand wielders
(48)
Outdo
(50)
It’s above krypton on the periodic table
(51)
Part of a princess costume
(52)
Thrash
(53)
Disdainful alternative to “sir”
(55)
Well founded
(56)
Adler in a Sherlock Holmes tale
(57)
Onion’s skin, e.g.
(60)
Many blue state voters, for short
(63)
Owl’s question
(64)
Recharging break

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