Wall Street Journal Crossword June 17, 2025 Answers

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Wall Street Journal Crossword June 17, 2025 Answers

This Wall Street Journal puzzle from June 17, 2025 contains 78 total clues—41 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	It’s got you covered	GARB
5A	“Spirited Away” genre	ANIME
10A	“Yay, team!”	RAH
13A	At any time	EVER
14A	Old Testament book named for a woman	ESTHER
15A	Words often followed by a kiss	IDO
16A	___ Emu (insurance ad mascot)	LIMU
17A	Greek goddess of wisdom	ATHENA
18A	Chiding sound	TUT
19A	Sharp-witted	SHREWD
21A	Battery partner	ASSAULT
23A	“Blues in the Night” composer	ARLEN
24A	___ avis	RARA
26A	Borrowing figure	RATE
27A	Trivial Pursuit piece	DIE
28A	Pediatric patient	CHILD
30A	Huevos rancheros topping	SALSA
31A	Like the Marianas Trench	DEEP
33A	Season opener?	PRE
34A	Many an online meme	GIF
35A	Attraction at a Disney park, and what you need to do to fill each set of circles	SPACEMOUNTAIN
40A	Tiny amount	IOTA
41A	Genetic messenger	RNA
42A	1982 Jeff Bridges sci-fi film	TRON
44A	Yearn for	ACHE
47A	Deliberately taunts	BAITS
49A	Vowel’s value, in Scrabble	ONE
50A	D-dog link	ASIN
51A	“If it ___ broke...”	AINT
52A	Schoolyard comeback	CANSO
54A	Chrysler Building’s area	MIDTOWN
56A	Archery range sight	TARGET
58A	Before, before	ERE
59A	Prejudices	BIASES
61A	Kerfuffles	TODOS
63A	Kia subcompact	RIO
64A	Black Friday customers at opening time, e.g.	INRUSH
65A	Greedy request	MORE
66A	Braying quadruped	ASS
67A	Nile Delta site	EGYPT
68A	Grammy-winning Irish singer	ENYA

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Solidify	GEL
2D	Some zoo enclosures	AVIARIES
3D	Dreamy state	REMSLEEP
4D	Cruel sort	SADIST
5D	The Big Dipper, e.g.	ASTERISM
6D	Indefinite degree	NTH
7D	“Rumor has it...”	SOIHEAR
8D	High-IQ society	MENSA
9D	Taylor Swift’s ___ Tour	ERAS
10D	Ceremonial practice	RITUAL
11D	Full price payers, usually	ADULTS
12D	Pour from a pot	HOTTEA
14D	“Dig in!”	EAT
20D	Chapel Hill sch.	UNC
22D	2000 Camp David guest	ARAFAT
23D	Do some basic math	ADD
25D	Person who might ask for a recount	ALSORAN
29D	Take notice of	HEED
30D	Canine command	COMESICEM
32D	Inventor’s acquisition	PATENT
34D	Flying pest	GNAT
36D	Purr producer	CAT
37D	Coder’s evaluation of an individual module	UNITTEST
38D	Like some patches	IRONEDON
39D	“Nothing to see here” occasion	NONSTORY
43D	Fresh start?	RESET
44D	Mathew Brady apparatus	CAMERA
45D	God of 67-Across	OSIRIS
46D	YouTube postings	VIDEOS
47D	Twofold	DUAL
48D	Television part: Abbr.	SCR
51D	Impressing immensely	AWING
53D	Best effort	AGAME
55D	Tony’s kin	OBIE
57D	Fire remnant	ASH
60D	“What’s happ’nin’?”	SUP
62D	Halibut’s home	SEA

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