WSJ Crossword August 23 2025 Answers (8/23/25)

Our WSJ Crossword August 23, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.

WSJ Crossword August 23, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 8/23/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Lucy’s partner
5A	“Skip me”
10A	Ragamuffin
14A	Hurdles for future attys.
19A	“That’s my cue!”
20A	Butcher block material
21A	Greeting in Granada
22A	Supplier to lots of canners
23A	Step 1: Put in the work to improve
26A	Skewered meat dish
27A	“Sorry Not Sorry” singer Lovato
28A	Colonial news source
29A	Cares for calicos, e.g.
31A	Friend of Seinfeld, Benes and Kramer
34A	Step 2: Take on responsibility on the job
37A	News agcy. since 1958
38A	Neuter, as a stallion
40A	Comfort
41A	Movie character who chooses the red pill
42A	Step 3: Budget conscientiously
48A	“I’m not impressed”
50A	Address with a tilde
51A	School day divisions
52A	Colors
54A	Play the siren
57A	Sgt., e.g.
58A	Experience begun by dropping something
61A	Dernier ___ (latest fashion)
64A	Lena of “The Reader”
66A	H look-alike
68A	Really cooking
69A	Step 4: Know a few tricks of the trade
74A	Hairy Halloween rental
75A	Crime lab material
76A	Patch place, sometimes
77A	Blue
78A	Finds inner strength
80A	Summer hrs. in Chicago
82A	Fashion designer Perry
85A	Enterprising group
86A	Dancer Duncan
89A	Major name in networking gear
93A	Mao ___-Tung
94A	Step 5: Stay calm under pressure
97A	Prop for Wile E. Coyote
99A	Brad of “F1”
100A	___ mitzvah (Jewish ceremony for multiple people)
101A	Blvd. kin
102A	Step 6: Make sure you’re a versatile team player
108A	Highs and lows
111A	Saturating
112A	Govt.-issued security
114A	Short-term worker
115A	Calls for
116A	Look the part, as in the answers to the “Step” clues, both literally and figuratively
122A	Visited the roulette table
123A	One of the winds
124A	Take ___ for the worse
125A	Correct some grammar, e.g.
126A	When Día de los Reyes Magos occurs
127A	Jonathan’s bride in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”
128A	Detect
129A	Itty-bitty, informally
1D	Party staple
2D	Outback creature
3D	Lawn item placed by a happy broker
4D	Sound, e.g.
5D	Encroach (on)
6D	Working capital?
7D	Like some sci-fi films
8D	Offensive line?
9D	Helvetica’s lack
10D	Fingerprint feature
11D	Rep. from NYC
12D	Kind
13D	Authoritarian type
14D	Doesn’t go bad
15D	“Or” indicator
16D	Indiana Jones and Ellen Ripley, for two
17D	Precisely
18D	Insists
24D	Name on “Kill Bill” posters
25D	Twice 44-Down
30D	Mellow, maybe
31D	Drops from the roster
32D	Mayberry boy
33D	Enlightened state
35D	Green building certification program
36D	Crafting wood
39D	Buck’s mate
43D	All the rage
44D	Due follower
45D	Catering vessel
46D	Flooded field
47D	Pirate plunder
48D	Most frequent, statistically
49D	___ nous
52D	Strands at Christmas?
53D	Rafael L. ___, of “9-1-1: Lone Star”
55D	Pesos and pounds
56D	Service piece
59D	Longtime name in graphics apps
60D	Made a case
61D	Africa’s largest landlocked nation
62D	Swift
63D	1969 Top 40 song for Sammy Davis Jr.
65D	“When You Wish Upon a Star” lyricist Washington
67D	Fine
70D	Curvy characters
71D	“Sister Outsider” author Lorde
72D	Prepare to pour from, maybe
73D	Score resulting from an error
79D	Devoutness
81D	As well
83D	Here, in Le Havre
84D	Polite address
87D	Rogen of “Neighbors”
88D	Barbecue supply
90D	Stock panic
91D	Small bay
92D	Addition column
94D	Category above phylum in taxonomic classification
95D	Charlie Parker’s instrument
96D	Chart topper
97D	Sharp pain
98D	Like the lion slain by Hercules
99D	Hurtful review
103D	Less diplomatic
104D	Botch
105D	Confused
106D	“The Joe Schmo Show” airer
107D	Remote locations?
109D	Letter of support, for short
110D	Lead the show
113D	Staff marking
117D	Slugging stat
118D	Interminable wait
119D	Fourth-yr. students
120D	Sloth, e.g.
121D	Pig place

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