Wall Street Journal Crossword August 4, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 4, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from August 4, 2025 contains 78 total clues—37 across and 41 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	Greek, Cobb or chef’s, e.g.	SALAD
6A	Old airline with a globe logo	PANAM
11A	___/her	SHE
14A	Follow the outline of	TRACE
15A	Prolonged pain	AGONY
16A	Thompson of “Back to the Future”	LEA
17A	Make up for injustice	RIGHTAWRONG
19A	Be mistaken	ERR
20A	“Ah, got it!”	ISEE
21A	Stratford-___-Avon	UPON
22A	Website for film buffs	IMDB
24A	Apiece	PER
25A	“Give ___ go”	ITA
26A	Mark down, say	RETAG
28A	Understand completely	KNOWFULLWELL
32A	Tartan wearer, perhaps	SCOT
34A	Celebrity chef Garten	INA
35A	From ___ Z	ATO
36A	Nostalgic place to visit	CHILDHOODHOME
41A	Sushi topper	ROE
42A	Charged particle	ION
43A	Travel document	VISA
44A	Make dinner, say	PREPAREAMEAL
49A	Sights of the Southwest	MESAS
50A	Theater chain initials	AMC
51A	Bit of ointment	DAB
54A	Disney collectibles	CELS
55A	Answerer of some phone questions	SIRI
57A	Stallion, to a foal	SIRE
58A	Earning a one-star rating, perhaps	BAD
59A	1990 sci-fi film set on Mars	TOTALRECALL
62A	NPR host Shapiro	ARI
63A	Gregg Allman’s bandmate brother	DUANE
64A	Group of jurors	PANEL
65A	Econ. indicator	GDP
66A	Showily pretentious	ARTSY
67A	Gather together	AMASS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Get naked	STRIP
2D	Greet the day	RISE
3D	Draft choice	LAGER
4D	Massage target	ACHE
5D	Tigers, on sports tickers	DET
6D	Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit	PAWPAW
7D	Farming: Prefix	AGRO
8D	Day divider	NOON
9D	“Tom Lake” novelist Patchett	ANN
10D	The Temptations’ first #1 hit	MYGIRL
11D	Needs for mushers	SLEDTEAMS
12D	Nighttime brew, perhaps	HERBALTEA
13D	Place for a stud or a bud	EAR
18D	Start for correct or pilot	AUTO
23D	Kitten’s cry	MEW
25D	Part of IHOP	INTL
27D	Mop & ___ (floor cleaner)	GLO
28D	Ornamental fish	KOI
29D	Grammy-winning Apple	FIONA
30D	Colorful cousin of crazy eights	UNO
31D	Young bloke	LAD
32D	Record of birdies and bogeys	SCORECARD
33D	Nachos accompanier	CHEESEDIP
37D	SSE or NNW, e.g.	DIR
38D	Garden tool	HOE
39D	Climate control syst.	HVAC
40D	Crude stuff	OIL
41D	Turntable or tachometer abbr.	RPM
45D	Buddy	MAC
46D	Legal drama fig.	ASSTDA
47D	Reggae legend Bob	MARLEY
48D	Mideast leader	EMIR
51D	Ross of the Supremes	DIANA
52D	Van Gogh painted there	ARLES
53D	Items responsible for this puzzle’s surrounding sounds	BELLS
55D	Pronto, in the operating room	STAT
56D	McShane and McKellen, for two	IANS
57D	Racket	DIN
58D	Carry-on item	BAG
60D	Belonging to you and me	OUR
61D	Pollution-monitoring org.	EPA

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