Wall Street Journal Crossword August 21, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 21, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from August 21, 2025 contains 76 total clues—34 across and 42 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	Sudden jets	SPURTS
7A	Lumber source	LOG
10A	Costly beef	KOBE
14A	Usually dry creek	ARROYO
15A	Provost’s address ender	EDU
16A	Banded agate	ONYX
17A	Player’s wooden beater	XYLOPHONEMALLET
20A	Sweetums	TOOTS
21A	Senate tally	NAYS
22A	Get an ___ effort	EFOR
25A	Warren Buffett, e.g.	OMAHAN
28A	Attack brutally	GOFORTHEJUGULAR
34A	“The Flounder” author Grass	GUNTER
35A	Slap the cuffs on	NAB
36A	Drum brand from Japan	TAMA
37A	Sellout letters	SRO
38A	Japanese masked drama	NOH
40A	Players who get handoffs from 59-Down	RBS
42A	Hold up	PROP
43A	Start for boy	ATTA
45A	Bust	DUD
47A	Take out of the box, as store stock	UNCASE
49A	SUV from GM	CHEVROLETBLAZER
52A	Harem guard of old	EUNUCH
53A	Johnny Bench’s team	REDS
54A	Some 35mm cameras	SLRS
56A	Sees to adulthood	REARS
59A	Most laptops have them	QWERTYKEYBOARDS
65A	Commanded, long ago	BADE
66A	Copy	APE
67A	Queen of mystery	ELLERY
68A	Put the pedal to the metal	SPED
69A	Degree of success?	PHD
70A	Spectacle, or (as a homophone) what you can’t call today’s puzzle	EYEFUL

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Combo member, maybe	SAX
2D	Poke around	SNOOP
3D	Bookmarked address	URL
4D	Plant malady that results from too much water	ROOTROT
5D	Proof goof	TYPO
6D	Manhattan area	SOHO
7D	Photogs	LENSMEN
8D	Many a Keats poem	ODE
9D	Extra, e.g.	GUM
10D	Source for buzzy beverages	KOLANUT
11D	Just	MERE
12D	Open passes	BYES
13D	Bus. card no.	EXT
18D	Texter’s “however...”	OTOH
19D	Hasten for Athens: Abbr.	ANAG
22D	Cocoon of sorts	EGGSAC
23D	Quarter	FOURTH
24D	Famous	NOTABLE
26D	Not fully shut	AJAR
27D	Confused sound	HUBBUB
29D	Kylo ___ (“Star Wars” character)	REN
30D	Walked over	TROD
31D	Labor class?	LAMAZE
32D	Got a chuckle out of	AMUSED
33D	Raucous bashes	RAGERS
39D	Home of “Shogun” and “The Bear”	HULU
41D	NBC sketch show	SNL
44D	Stated	SAID
46D	Ruled, as a judge	DECREED
48D	Lot deal	CARSALE
50D	Autumnal color	RUST
51D	Pronoun for some	THEY
54D	Exchange	SWAP
55D	News story starter	LEDE
57D	Busy as ___	ABEE
58D	Poly preceder	ROLY
59D	See 40-Across	QBS
60D	Pound sound	ARF
61D	European road rate abbr.	KPH
62D	Game caller	REF
63D	Joanne of “Thunder Bay”	DRU
64D	Wd. part	SYL

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