Wall Street Journal Crossword August 14, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 14, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from August 14, 2025 contains 72 total clues—36 across and 36 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Wall Street Journal crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Dodgers pitcher Casparius	BEN
4A	Journalist’s contact	SOURCE
10A	Put up for sale	LIST
14A	“Yo te ___”	AMO
15A	Challenge	TAKEON
16A	It forms part of Germany’s eastern border	ODER
17A	*Ordered from Peru	RANLIKEMAD
19A	It may make a bed	RICE
20A	Jeweler’s tools	SIZERS
21A	Gives assistance to	SUCCORS
23A	Boxers Grigoryev and Saitov	OLEGS
24A	*British museum in France	PATRIATES
26A	Bubbly Nestlé chocolate brand	AERO
27A	Prepare	GETSET
28A	Mineral suffix	ITE
29A	*Cookware from Italy	PROMOTES
31A	Heats, e.g.	RACES
33A	Shortly, quaintly	ANON
34A	Chiefs coach Andy with three Super Bowl wins	REID
36A	“I hope I ___ grow any more”: Alice	SHANT
39A	*Club from Ghana	BACCARAT
43A	Scholarship, e.g.	AID
44A	“Hard pass”	NAH
47A	Large piloted robot, in sci-fi	MECH
48A	*Sample from Morocco	DREAMBOAT
50A	Malia’s sister	SASHA
51A	Dojo masters	SENSEIS
52A	Naturally bright	SUNLIT
53A	Possible score after deuce	ADIN
54A	Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues	LOSTCITIES
57A	Cup alternative	CONE
58A	Meme making fun of “hoomums,” perhaps	LOLCAT
59A	Deg. for chicken tenders	DVM
60A	Was versed in	KNEW
61A	Truffle detectors	SNOUTS
62A	Wide shoe marking	EEE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Hotel amenity	BARSOAP
2D	Keyboard correspondent	EMAILER
3D	Positive, if even slight, as a chance	NONZERO
4D	Provokes	STIRS
5D	Symbols of strength	OAKS
6D	Provider of luau tunes	UKE
7D	Sleep cycle letters	REM
8D	Does the minimum on the job	COASTS
9D	Last	ENDURE
10D	Spanish writer Federico García ___	LORCA
11D	Really bad, as an idea	IDIOTIC
12D	Hide	PELT
13D	Bun ingredients?	TRESSES
18D	Small figure with a blocky build	LEGOMAN
22D	Lemon’s acid	CITRIC
24D	Hammer end	PEEN
25D	Mentions on social media	ATS
27D	Classic Pontiac muscle car	GTO
30D	Punctual	ONTIME
32D	Refusing to change one’s mind	ADAMANT
34D	Tirade	RANT
35D	Green start	ECO
36D	Hopelessly inept sort	SADSACK
37D	Joined the team	HIREDON
38D	One of the four DNA building blocks	ADENINE
39D	Farm sound	BAA
40D	Decline again	RESLIDE
41D	Realize	ACHIEVE
42D	Possible remark when browsing old photos	THATSME
45D	Low-risk investments	BLUECHIPS
46D	“Leaving already?”	SOSOON
49D	Fully repaired	ASNEW
50D	Deck divisions	SUITS
52D	“Beat it!”	SCRAM
55D	___-pitch	SLO
56D	The Horned Frogs’ sch.	TCU

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