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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 27, 2025 Answers
This Wall Street Journal puzzle from August 27, 2025 contains 76 total clues—37 across and 39 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
Down Clues
| # |
Clue |
Answer |
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1D
|
Surprised sounds
|
OHS |
|
2D
|
Website reading for newbies
|
FAQS |
|
3D
|
Smoke pipe
|
FLUE |
|
4D
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Particular point of view
|
SLANT |
|
5D
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Biting, as a comment
|
ACERBIC |
|
6D
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Young fellow
|
LAD |
|
7D
|
Lock
|
TRESS |
|
8D
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Med. sch. class
|
ANAT |
|
9D
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Prepare for return shipping, say
|
RELABEL |
|
10D
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Bitter attacks
|
DIATRIBES |
|
11D
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Just for kicks
|
INFUN |
|
12D
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Long look
|
STARE |
|
13D
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Hard and rough, as skin
|
HORNY |
|
18D
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Crushing defeat
|
ROUT |
|
22D
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Noodle shop offering
|
RAMEN |
|
24D
|
Left
|
EXITED |
|
26D
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Tobacco wad
|
CHAW |
|
27D
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Containing bugs, maybe
|
BETA |
|
28D
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Pole, e.g.
|
SLAV |
|
30D
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Gorsuch’s predecessor
|
SCALIA |
|
32D
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On the dot
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PRECISELY |
|
34D
|
Cath. or Prot.
|
REL |
|
35D
|
Each
|
APOP |
|
36D
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Hunting wear
|
CAMO |
|
37D
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“Angelus Novus” artist
|
KLEE |
|
39D
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Archipelago units
|
ISLES |
|
43D
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Dividing line, of a sort
|
HORIZON |
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44D
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“Heads” side of a coin
|
OBVERSE |
|
48D
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Soldier of fortune, briefly
|
MERC |
|
50D
|
Rose garden pest
|
APHID |
|
51D
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Playground fixture
|
SLIDE |
|
52D
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Middle member of a geographic quintet
|
HURON |
|
53D
|
Made for corrections?
|
PENAL |
|
54D
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Fritos, Cheetos or Doritos, say
|
SNACK |
|
56D
|
Number line center
|
ZERO |
|
58D
|
Pakistan neighbor
|
IRAN |
|
59D
|
Advantage
|
EDGE |
|
62D
|
“Borderlands“ director Roth
|
ELI |
|
63D
|
Follow a pattern, maybe
|
SEW |
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