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Wall Street Journal Crossword July 19, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword July 19, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from July 19, 2025 contains 140 total clues—67 across and 73 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 “Before me there were no created things but those that last forever—___”: Dante ASDOI
6A Dear, in Dijon CHERI
11A Cry of discovery EUREKA
14A Gets into the pool BETS
18A Jordan of the NHL’s Kings SPENCE
20A City whose police cars bear witch silhouettes SALEM
21A Business partner, sometimes SON
22A Friend, to Françoise AMIE
23A Merchant SELLER
24A Work parties CREWS
25A Chiding sound TUT
26A Not many FEW
27A Carnival attraction RIDE
28A Four Seasons Hotels founder Sharp ISADORE
30A Musical drama filmed in 1937, 1954, 1976 and 2018 ARISBORN
32A 93-million-mile measures ONOMICALUNITS
35A Long-jawed fish GAR
36A Mom’s mom NANA
37A Stopping point DEPOT
38A Both her first and last performances at the Met were “Madama Butterfly” RENATASCO
44A “Puppy Love” singer ANKA
46A Make over REDO
48A Art of body? TAT
49A Far from friendly COLD
51A Bitter aperitif CAMPARI
55A Ali, self-referentially GREATEST
58A “Yes,” in Yokohama HAI
59A Part of QED ERAT
60A Lose MISPLACE
62A Body of art TORSO
63A Kawasaki offerings ATVS
65A Use a beach blanket, perhaps SUNBATHE
68A To partner FRO
69A Film for which Maggie Smith won her first Oscar THEPRIMEOFMISSJEANBRO
76A Even so YET
77A Bygone Rome-based airline ALITALIA
78A Royal house of Riyadh SAUD
79A Prop for Gandalf STAFF
82A ___ noche (tonight, in Toledo) ESTA
84A Charged particles IONS
85A Stat for Staub RBI
86A Defense fence PALISADE
88A Prop for Aquaman TRIDENT
91A Big name in chips WISE
92A “Yes,” in Nantes OUI
93A Ratings pioneer Arthur NIELSEN
95A Kristoff’s reindeer, in “Frozen” SVEN
97A African carnivore with a distinctive howl TTEDHYENA
100A Think highly of VALUE
104A “Young Frankenstein” role INGA
106A Fresh start? RESET
107A Royal court attendants DIESINWAITING
111A Proceeding with much vigor GOINGTWN
116A Tiny amounts BITS
117A See 19-Down UTNE
118A Very MIGHTY
119A Be behind TAIL
120A List of candidates SLATE
121A Doubled over, maybe INPAIN
123A Skater Katarina WITT
124A Acapulco aunt TIA
125A Choir component ALTOS
126A Churchill preceded and succeeded him ATTLEE
127A Bridge site NOSE
128A Dipstick coating OIL
129A Low temps TEENS
130A “The Planets” composer HOLST

Down Clues

# Clue Answer
1D Fictional dog ASTROASTAOTTOODIESPOTLADTOTO
2D Water source WELL
3D Words on Old West posters DEADORALIVE
4D How some movies are delivered ONDEMAND
5D Medium for an ephemeral sculpture ICE
6D Beginner’s piano exercise CSCALE
7D Desperate HARDUP
8D Early tragedienne Duse ELEONORA
9D Script doctor REWRITER
10D “No more for me, thanks” IMFULL
11D Fictional dog ASTROASTAOTTOODIESPOTLADTOTO
12D Cuckoo’s announcement HOUR
13D Against ANTI
14D Sheepish remark BAABAA
15D “Howards End” novelist EMFORSTER
16D Bleachers feature TIER
17D In stitches SEWN
19D With 117-Across, founder of a famous “Reader” ERIC
29D Blue SAD
31D Pepper, for one SGT
33D Squid’s squirt INK
34D Breaking capacity, briefly SRO
39D Border STRIP
40D Uncool sort NERD
41D Tavern supply ALE
42D Elliot of the Mamas & the Papas CASS
43D Fictional dog ASTROASTAOTTOODIESPOTLADTOTO
45D Crushes the test ACESIT
47D Like a ball in the rough MISHIT
49D Casual talk CHAT
50D Solemn pledge OATH
52D Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. ARUM
53D Locks in a barn? MANE
54D 109, famously PTBOAT
56D Blade brand of 1977 ATRA
57D Daffy and Bugs, e.g. TOONS
61D Half of a gendered dispute HESAID
64D James Bond genre SPYFI
66D Keys near G’s AFLATS
67D Texter’s “Eww, stop talking!” TMI
68D Major meals FEASTS
70D Some whistle blowers REFS
71D Gin flavor SLOE
72D Arabian spirit JINN
73D Leaving nothing to the imagination BARINGITALL
74D Barbecue seasonings RUBS
75D Fictional dog ASTROASTAOTTOODIESPOTLADTOTO
79D Fictional dog ASTROASTAOTTOODIESPOTLADTOTO
80D Quite suspenseful TAUT
81D Early psychiatrists ALIENISTS
82D Falco of “The Sopranos” EDIE
83D Glimpsed SEEN
87D “Take your pick” EITHER
89D Wake-up signal REVEILLE
90D Agitated HETUP
91D Approached WENTUPTO
94D Fictional dog ASTROASTAOTTOODIESPOTLADTOTO
96D Number of hills of ancient Rome VII
98D Indicate DENOTE
99D Monopolize HOG
101D Onetime Maytag subsidiary LITTON
102D Conditional word UNLESS
103D Farm female EWE
105D Organic food brand ANNIES
108D “Where ___” (Dustin Lynch song) ITSAT
109D Big atlas section ASIA
110D “The Maids” playwright GENET
111D Graduation garb GOWN
112D Columbus’s home OHIO
113D Fictional dog ASTROASTAOTTOODIESPOTLADTOTO
114D It ended with V-J Day WWII
115D “Snow Crash” author Stephenson NEAL
122D Advanced degree? PHD

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