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Wall Street Journal Crossword July 11, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword July 11, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from July 11, 2025 contains 78 total clues—39 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

# Clue Answer
1A Tally of parts COUNT
6A Polite address SIR
10A “Shoot!” DARN
14A Media megastar OPRAH
15A ___ facto IPSO
16A Missouri River native OTOE
17A Grazing spot RANGE
18A Barbecue treats SPARERIBS
20A Chicago movers ELS
21A Splinter group SECT
23A 2, 3, 5, 7, etc. PRIMES
24A Bridges in Hollywood BEAU
25A Go after HUNT
26A Hammer and Spade, for two PRIVATEEYES
30A Shih Tzu, e.g. TOY
33A Cape Town coin RAND
34A Gift from parents NAME
35A Be in arrears OWE
36A Answers after two rings? IDOS
37A Embarrassing outburst SCENE
39A Mystery writer Buchanan EDNA
40A Polite address SIR
41A Ceiling supporter BEAM
42A Losing scheme DIET
43A Like Carnaby Street fashions MOD
44A Small sponge cakes LADYFINGERS
48A Articles ITEMS
50A “By George” ISAY
51A Many a garden flower ANNUAL
53A Problems for collaborators EGOS
54A Washing instructions site TAG
57A Clockwork components GEARTEETH
59A Tahrir Square setting CAIRO
61A “___ perpetua” (Idaho motto) ESTO
62A Wooden strip SLAT
63A Bitter-smelling ACRID
64A Hearty bowlful STEW
65A Goes unused SITS
66A Some orchestra members REEDS

Down Clues

# Clue Answer
1D It’s beneath the mantle CORE
2D Fall birthstone OPAL
3D Columbarium array URNS
4D Old bay, e.g. NAG
5D John Banville novel that won the Booker Prize THESEA
6D Blunder GAFFE
7D Cal. entry APPT
8D Simile center ASA
9D Basic unit of a language MORPHEME
10D Day in the movies DORIS
11D 1989 Wilbur Smith novel ATIMETODIE
12D Spa cover ROBE
13D Noted loch NESS
19D Render blank ERASE
22D Have something EAT
24D Some briefs, briefly BVDS
25D Printing color CYAN
26D Rainbow producer PRISM
27D Marconi’s invention RADIO
28D Excessive UNDUE
29D The other side ENEMY
31D Person with a title OWNER
32D “Sailing to Byzantium” poet YEATS
37D Without interruption ONEND
38D Bounders CADS
39D Nervous EDGY
41D Lament from a lamb BLEAT
45D Some Vegas events FIGHTS
46D Prefix akin to equi- ISO
47D Org. with a Charlotte hall of fame NASCAR
49D “Presumed Innocent” author TUROW
51D Years and years AGES
52D High home NEST
53D Coup target ETAT
54D One of a car quartet TIRE
55D Dry ARID
56D Olympic group GODS
58D Football’s Manning ELI
60D Court feat ACE

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