Wall Street Journal Crossword

November 1, 2025

Randolph Ross 

 

The same change can be made to each of the words below to get new words. 

 

FAIR

TIRE

TACK 

CORD 

RIVAL 

DRESS

RANGE

 

HINT:

The change involves two letters. 

 

Answer:

 

Doubling the first letter of each word and preceding it with an A will give a new word:

AFFAIR

ATTIRE

ATTACK

ACCORD

ARRIVAL

ADDRESS

ARRANGE