Wall Street Journal Crossword July 1, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword July 1, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from July 1, 2025 contains 76 total clues—35 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	Pen brand since 1950	BIC
4A	Stunning serves	ACES
8A	Galaxy Tab rivals	IPADS
13A	___ mater	ALMA
14A	Huff and puff	VAPE
15A	Tripled trio	NONET
16A	Oscar-winning composer Zimmer	HANS
17A	Kenan Thompson on “America’s Got Talent,” for example?	TRIALJUDGE
19A	Spicy marinade	ADOBO
21A	Island in an Alaskan chain	ALEUTIAN
22A	Junior varsity football player?	BETABLOCKER
25A	Clock setting in NYC	EST
26A	Farmer’s flock	SHEEP
27A	Bias	SKEW
29A	Australian bird	EMU
31A	Designer Saint Laurent	YVES
33A	Dismounted, as from a thoroughbred	ALIT
37A	Unfinished projects, like 17-, 22-, 54- and 61-Across, maybe	WORKSINPROGRESS
42A	Alternative to a saber or foil	EPEE
43A	Alum datum	YEAR
44A	“So there you are!”	AHA
45A	Equipment	KIT
49A	Got to one’s feet	STOODUP
51A	Greek’s X	CHI
54A	Eohippuses?	DRAFTHORSES
58A	Chile’s capital	SANTIAGO
60A	San ___ (Bay Area city)	MATEO
61A	Edison’s first bulb?	PILOTLIGHT
64A	Writer/director Ephron	NORA
65A	Texas landmark	ALAMO
66A	Really bright	NEON
67A	Hold tightly	GRASP
68A	Like sequels and prequels, vis-à-vis the original	NEWER
69A	“Peer ___”	GYNT
70A	Needle feature	EYE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Cutting edge	HITECH
2D	“Beats me”	IDUNNO
3D	Citadel of a North African city	CASBAH
4D	Fitting	APT
5D	Forte or Sonata	CAR
6D	Pioneering 1940s computer	ENIAC
7D	Celery units	STALKS
8D	Harm	MAR
9D	Petulant expression	POUT
10D	MacDowell of “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”	ANDIE
11D	“The Dance Class” painter	DEGAS
12D	Arterial insert	STENT
13D	Melville’s obsessed captain	AHAB
18D	Onion’s kin	LEEK
20D	Follows orders	OBEYS
23D	Strauss of denim fame	LEVI
24D	Tournament type	OPEN
28D	Domain of Mars	WAR
29D	One of the 26-Across	EWE
30D	Swabbing tool	MOP
32D	Cloak-and-dagger sort	SPY
34D	Newscast starter	LEADSTORY
35D	“Kinda”	ABIT
36D	Org. that has you down pat?	TSA
38D	Beer barrel	KEG
39D	Remainder	RESIDUE
40D	Solemn promise	OATH
41D	Man with a best man	GROOM
46D	Post position?	EDITOR
47D	Dwindling sea of Asia	ARAL
48D	Furious	IRATE
50D	Carrot color	ORANGE
51D	Channel that began in 1979 by showing a speech by Al Gore	CSPAN
52D	Ethiopia’s Selassie	HAILE
53D	Acquired relative	INLAW
55D	Codger	FOGEY
56D	Spooky	EERIE
57D	Ivory or Coast	SOAP
59D	Many a reference book	TOME
62D	Sweetheart	BAE
63D	Explosive initials	TNT

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