Wall Street Journal Crossword August 8, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 8, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from August 8, 2025 contains 74 total clues—37 across and 37 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	Show signs of life	STIR
5A	Term paper abbr.	OPCIT
10A	Dalton study	ATOM
14A	E or G, e.g.	NOTE
15A	Nation midway between Hawaii and New Zealand	SAMOA
16A	Conservative columnist Charen	MONA
17A	Bear above your head	URSA
18A	Seized	SNATCHEDUP
20A	Maine college whose players are the Polar Bears	BOWDOIN
22A	Puzzled	ATSEA
23A	Shop alternative	HOMEEC
25A	“Just a heads-up...,” briefly	FYI
26A	Tequila source	AGAVE
28A	Unpaid promo in the paper	HOUSEAD
32A	Grow toward midnight	LATEN
33A	Do some bridge work	DEAL
34A	Energy booster, perhaps	NAP
36A	Dubai VIPs	EMIRS
37A	Glossy black stone	JET
38A	Player in the Lone Star Series	ASTRO
40A	Toward l’Antarctique	SUD
41A	Hardens	SETS
42A	Toss ___ (decide randomly)	ACOIN
43A	Taqueria order	TOSTADA
46A	They may be girded	LOINS
47A	Ferocious Looney Tunes character, familiarly	TAZ
48A	Patricia of “Everybody Loves Raymond”	HEATON
51A	Brightest star in Scorpius	ANTARES
55A	Become harder for bikers, in a way	SLOPEUP
58A	16th-century Ottoman pirate	BARBAROSSA
60A	Bus driver on “The Simpsons”	OTTO
61A	Fiendish	EVIL
62A	TV network, e.g.	AIRER
63A	The Miners of the NCAA	UTEP
64A	Blood donor card listing	TYPE
65A	Sound of touching glasses in a toast (and a hint to finding the contest answer)	CLINK
66A	Hardy title character	TESS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Rebuff	SPURN
2D	Creature in el zodiaco	TORO
3D	“How are you so good at this?” reply	ITSWHATIDO
4D	Peruse	READOVER
5D	“Escape to Freedom” writer Davis	OSSIE
6D	Lustrous fabric	SILK
7D	Org. with an award won by Brooks & Dunn 19 times	CMA
8D	Smidgen	IOTA
9D	Discreet	TACTFUL
10D	2001 Audrey Tautou film	AMELIE
11D	Brouhaha	BIGSCENE
12D	Obligation	ONUS
13D	Helps for hikers	MAPS
19D	Reds outfielder Austin	HAYS
21D	Hints of things to come	OMENS
24D	Serengeti sprinter	CHEETAH
26D	Pub pints	ALES
27D	Complete range	GAMUT
29D	Mare meal	OATS
30D	Perry for whom an award is named	ANTOINETTE
31D	“Splish Splash” singer Bobby	DARIN
33D	Worked the wedding reception	DJED
35D	Lily of opera	PONS
38D	Finnish architect Alvar	AALTO
39D	Free of seeds, as a pumpkin	SCOOPOUT
41D	Official cocktail of New Orleans	SAZERAC
44D	Well anchored	STABLE
45D	Scarlett’s estate	TARA
49D	City northeast of Düsseldorf	ESSEN
50D	On ___ (just for fun)	ALARK
51D	Help with a heist	ABET
52D	Cobalt kin	NAVY
53D	Fall lead-in?	TRIP
54D	Bed material	SOIL
56D	Great Basin tribe	UTES
57D	The old man, familiarly	POPS
59D	Hindi honorific	SRI

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