Wall Street Journal Crossword July 5, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword July 5, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from July 5, 2025 contains 140 total clues—65 across and 75 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	Not quite never	ONCE
5A	Airport arrivals array	CABS
9A	Goes down	EBBS
13A	Grocery conveyance	CART
17A	Topics for a therapy session	FEARS
19A	Greek resort known as Kérkyra to natives	CORFU
20A	“Sorry to report...”	ALAS
21A	Field of endeavor	AREA
22A	The bust sculptor...	FORGEDAHEAD
24A	The church builder...	GOTACROSS
26A	Only state whose flag has different designs on front and back	OREGON
27A	Distribute	METE
29A	Let in	ADMIT
30A	Window units, briefly	ACS
33A	Suited to sentry duty	ALERT
34A	Spot with troughs	FEEDLOT
36A	No matter which	ANY
37A	The film editor...	CUTAPART
39A	Quoits target	PEG
40A	Engage in merriment	REVEL
42A	Victor’s memento	TROPHY
43A	The bar patron...	ORDEREDAROUND
48A	Buccaneers’ base, maybe	ISLE
49A	Dealt with	SAWTO
52A	Father of Rod and Todd Flanders	NED
53A	Olive or hazel, e.g.	TREE
54A	Food, shelter, etc.	NEEDS
56A	Versatile furniture	DAYBEDS
58A	Splinter group adherent	SECTARY
61A	Mdse.	GDS
62A	Thrive	PROSPER
64A	Small purchases	TOEHOLDS
65A	This puzzle’s constructor...	CLIPPEDARTICLES
68A	Draws	ATTRACTS
71A	Chilean ___ (marketing name for the Patagonian toothfish)	SEABASS
72A	Point cardinal opposé au nord	SUD
75A	Whips up	CREATES
76A	Prepare for public office	SWEARIN
78A	Blush cause	SHAME
80A	Grazing group	HERD
81A	“My word!”	HEAVENS
82A	Wood texture	GRAIN
84A	Singer Fitzgerald	ELLA
85A	The travel agent...	EXPLAINEDAWAY
90A	Clamor	NOISE
92A	Conclude with	ENDON
93A	ATM access requirement	PIN
94A	The fight promoter...	SETABOUT
96A	Not just cold	ICY
99A	Doomed	TOAST
101A	Track events	HEATS
102A	Speculative final item in a series	NTH
103A	Was designated, perhaps	DROVE
105A	Prime Air deliverer	DRONE
106A	Beginnings	ONSETS
108A	The dogcatcher...	LEDASTRAY
110A	The salad maker...	TOSSEDASIDE
115A	Pristine place	EDEN
116A	Wind-borne toy	KITE
117A	Started a hand	ANTED
118A	Contemptuous sort	SNOOT
119A	Distribute	METE
120A	“Die Zauberflöte,” zum Beispiel	OPER
121A	Stew spheres	PEAS
122A	Took to court	SUED

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Switch option	OFF
2D	Modern prefix	NEO
3D	Train component	CAR
4D	Therefore	ERGO
5D	Group	SORT
6D	Lack existence	ARENT
7D	Painter’s deg.	MFA
8D	Allegra-D competitor	SUDAFED
9D	Sharp-eyed flier	EAGLE
10D	Alarming hue	BLOODRED
11D	Fought	BATTLED
12D	Org. monitored by AARP	SSA
13D	Hand unit	CARD
14D	Patisserie come-on	AROMA
15D	Frankincense or myrrh	RESIN
16D	Palate-pleasing	TASTY
18D	Highest member of the angel hierarchy	SERAPH
19D	Baller	CAGER
23D	Makes later	DELAYS
25D	Work a gala	CATER
28D	Superstar	IDOL
30D	Provisional	ACTING
31D	Under malediction	CURSED
32D	Boa alternatives	STOLES
35D	Fertility clinic cells	OVA
38D	Made fun of	MOCKED
39D	Analyzed	PROBED
41D	Numbers games	LOTTOS
43D	Lacking antigens	OTYPE
44D	___ gestae (allowable evidence)	RES
45D	Eurasian river	URAL
46D	Techie sort	NERD
47D	Ottoman governors	DEYS
50D	Takes in permanently	ADOPTS
51D	Fig pollinators	WASPS
55D	Sound of wet impact	SPLAT
57D	Wipe out	ERASE
58D	“That’s within my power as well!”	SOCANI
59D	Slender fish	EELS
60D	Checking activity?	CHESS
63D	Sake source	RICE
64D	Big bone	TIBIA
65D	Lullaby site	CRADLE
66D	Subject of a Simi Valley library/museum	REAGAN
67D	Linger	TARRY
68D	Massage target	ACHE
69D	“Jurassic World” beast	TREX
70D	Maryland athlete, familiarly	TERP
72D	Site of some western brawls	SALOON
73D	Small feature of “Die Zauberflöte”	UMLAUT
74D	Relative lack	DEARTH
76D	Latin “but”	SED
77D	Component of a Clue accusation	WEAPON
79D	Seasoning source	HERB
81D	Give rise to	GENERATE
83D	Collected cashews, say	NUTTED
86D	Patagonian range	ANDES
87D	Altar vow	IDO
88D	Like some paints and nasal sprays	NONDRIP
89D	Bug’s relative	WIRETAP
91D	Angel-hair and elbows	PASTAS
94D	Picks up on	SENSES
95D	Made simpler	EASED
96D	Did nothing	DIDDLED
97D	Statement of faith	CREDO
98D	Vocal technique favored by cowboys and Tiroleans	YODEL
100D	Entrance hall	FOYER
101D	Shade-loving plant	HOSTA
104D	Wind shower	VANE
107D	IDs issued by 12-Down	SSNS
109D	Pugilist’s stat	TKO
111D	Early afternoon hour	ONE
112D	Letters from debtors	IOU
113D	Buck’s counterpart	DOE
114D	Airport guess, for short	ETD

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