Wall Street Journal Crossword August 23, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 23, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from August 23, 2025 contains 140 total clues—63 across and 77 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	Lucy’s partner	DESI
5A	“Skip me”	IPASS
10A	Ragamuffin	WAIF
14A	Hurdles for future attys.	LSATS
19A	“That’s my cue!”	IMON
20A	Butcher block material	MAPLE
21A	Greeting in Granada	HOLA
22A	Supplier to lots of canners	ALCOA
23A	Step 1: Put in the work to improve	PULLUPYOURSOCKS
26A	Skewered meat dish	SATAY
27A	“Sorry Not Sorry” singer Lovato	DEMI
28A	Colonial news source	CRIER
29A	Cares for calicos, e.g.	CATSITS
31A	Friend of Seinfeld, Benes and Kramer	COSTANZA
34A	Step 2: Take on responsibility on the job	FILLBIGSHOES
37A	News agcy. since 1958	UPI
38A	Neuter, as a stallion	GELD
40A	Comfort	SOLACE
41A	Movie character who chooses the red pill	NEO
42A	Step 3: Budget conscientiously	TIGHTENYOURBELT
48A	“I’m not impressed”	SOWHAT
50A	Address with a tilde	SENOR
51A	School day divisions	PERIODS
52A	Colors	TONES
54A	Play the siren	TEMPT
57A	Sgt., e.g.	NCO
58A	Experience begun by dropping something	ACIDTRIP
61A	Dernier ___ (latest fashion)	CRI
64A	Lena of “The Reader”	OLIN
66A	H look-alike	ETA
68A	Really cooking	ONAROLL
69A	Step 4: Know a few tricks of the trade	HAVEANACEUPYOURSLEEVE
74A	Hairy Halloween rental	APESUIT
75A	Crime lab material	DNA
76A	Patch place, sometimes	KNEE
77A	Blue	SAD
78A	Finds inner strength	DIGSDEEP
80A	Summer hrs. in Chicago	CDT
82A	Fashion designer Perry	ELLIS
85A	Enterprising group	DOERS
86A	Dancer Duncan	ISADORA
89A	Major name in networking gear	CISCO
93A	Mao ___-Tung	TSE
94A	Step 5: Stay calm under pressure	KEEPYOURSHIRTON
97A	Prop for Wile E. Coyote	TNT
99A	Brad of “F1”	PITT
100A	___ mitzvah (Jewish ceremony for multiple people)	BNAI
101A	Blvd. kin	AVE
102A	Step 6: Make sure you’re a versatile team player	WEARMANYHATS
108A	Highs and lows	EXTREMES
111A	Saturating	IMBUING
112A	Govt.-issued security	TBOND
114A	Short-term worker	TEMP
115A	Calls for	NEEDS
116A	Look the part, as in the answers to the “Step” clues, both literally and figuratively	DRESSFORSUCCESS
122A	Visited the roulette table	GAMED
123A	One of the winds	OBOE
124A	Take ___ for the worse	ATURN
125A	Correct some grammar, e.g.	EDIT
126A	When Día de los Reyes Magos occurs	ENERO
127A	Jonathan’s bride in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”	MINA
128A	Detect	SENSE
129A	Itty-bitty, informally	EENY

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Party staple	DIP
2D	Outback creature	EMU
3D	Lawn item placed by a happy broker	SOLDSIGN
4D	Sound, e.g.	INLET
5D	Encroach (on)	IMPINGE
6D	Working capital?	PAY
7D	Like some sci-fi films	APOCALYPTIC
8D	Offensive line?	SLUR
9D	Helvetica’s lack	SERIF
10D	Fingerprint feature	WHORL
11D	Rep. from NYC	AOC
12D	Kind	TYPE
13D	Authoritarian type	FASCIST
14D	Doesn’t go bad	LASTS
15D	“Or” indicator	SLASH
16D	Indiana Jones and Ellen Ripley, for two	ACTIONHEROES
17D	Precisely	PLUMB
18D	Insists	SAYSSO
24D	Name on “Kill Bill” posters	UMA
25D	Twice 44-Down	SEI
30D	Mellow, maybe	AGE
31D	Drops from the roster	CUTS
32D	Mayberry boy	OPIE
33D	Enlightened state	ZEN
35D	Green building certification program	LEED
36D	Crafting wood	BALSA
39D	Buck’s mate	DOE
43D	All the rage	HOT
44D	Due follower	TRE
45D	Catering vessel	URN
46D	Flooded field	RICEPADDY
47D	Pirate plunder	BOOTY
48D	Most frequent, statistically	MODAL
49D	___ nous	ENTRE
52D	Strands at Christmas?	TINSEL
53D	Rafael L. ___, of “9-1-1: Lone Star”	SILVA
55D	Pesos and pounds	MONIES
56D	Service piece	PLATE
59D	Longtime name in graphics apps	COREL
60D	Made a case	PLED
61D	Africa’s largest landlocked nation	CHAD
62D	Swift	FAST
63D	1969 Top 40 song for Sammy Davis Jr.	IVEGOTTABEME
65D	“When You Wish Upon a Star” lyricist Washington	NED
67D	Fine	AOKAY
70D	Curvy characters	ESSES
71D	“Sister Outsider” author Lorde	AUDRE
72D	Prepare to pour from, maybe	UNCAP
73D	Score resulting from an error	UNEARNEDRUN
79D	Devoutness	PIETY
81D	As well	ALSO
83D	Here, in Le Havre	ICI
84D	Polite address	SIR
87D	Rogen of “Neighbors”	SETH
88D	Barbecue supply	RUB
90D	Stock panic	STAMPEDE
91D	Small bay	COVE
92D	Addition column	ONES
94D	Category above phylum in taxonomic classification	KINGDOM
95D	Charlie Parker’s instrument	ALTOSAX
96D	Chart topper	HITTUNE
97D	Sharp pain	TWINGE
98D	Like the lion slain by Hercules	NEMEAN
99D	Hurtful review	PAN
103D	Less diplomatic	RUDER
104D	Botch	FLUB
105D	Confused	INAHAZE
106D	“The Joe Schmo Show” airer	TBS
107D	Remote locations?	SOFAS
109D	Letter of support, for short	REC
110D	Lead the show	EMCEE
113D	Staff marking	NOTE
117D	Slugging stat	RBI
118D	Interminable wait	EON
119D	Fourth-yr. students	SRS
120D	Sloth, e.g.	SIN
121D	Pig place	STY

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