WSJ Crossword August 2 2025 Answers (8/2/25)

Our WSJ Crossword August 2, 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 2, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 8/2/25, 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	Transition points
6A	Bowler material
10A	Wise guy
14A	One of 100 in Winnie-the-Pooh’s wood
18A	Kriegsmarine vessel
19A	Troy story
21A	Wheat pasta of Japanese cuisine
22A	Blow one’s own horn
23A	Smartly old-fashioned
24A	Right-hand page of a volume
25A	Koi container
26A	Heroic tale
27A	Babbling critic?
30A	Retire
32A	Some summer babies
33A	Beasts in the “Jurassic Park” films
35A	Really amazing
36A	Leather’s counterpart in a Stevie Nicks song
39A	Energy
41A	Yucky gunk
42A	“A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” painter
45A	Right-angled bend
46A	End for smack or switch
48A	Spill the beans
50A	“Goosebumps” writer
51A	Life coach on social media?
56A	Skyline obscurer
58A	Three-time MLB All-Star Longoria
59A	What you wish you could do to a disturbing sight
60A	Dorothy, to Em
61A	Fivers, informally
63A	Tel. no. add-on
64A	Holiday that begins with a Seder
66A	Flea market unit
68A	Brightest star in Scorpius
70A	Dishonest diner employee?
74A	Take in
77A	“Hanging Up” author Ephron
78A	Hostility
82A	What Cortés and Pizarro sought
83A	Wriggling swimmers
85A	South American savanna
87A	Clear of writing
88A	Turkish currency
90A	Gable or gambrel, e.g.
92A	Road builder?
94A	Florida’s “Horse Capital of the World”
96A	Popular apple variety
98A	Mambo legend Puente
99A	Move with effort
100A	Where to swig a sarsaparilla
102A	Freeway entrances
105A	Beast’s abode
106A	King prawn of the Muppets
107A	Bill of fare
108A	Attacks by force
110A	Limburger cheese feature
112A	Small cake servings
115A	Janitor?
120A	Needle source
121A	Crewmate of Chekov and Uhura
123A	Revealing shout
124A	Garden guardian
125A	Finished
126A	Important ages
127A	Two foursomes
128A	Didn’t sit by
129A	Banks on runways
130A	Rogen of “The Fabelmans”
131A	Jerry Adler’s role in “The Sopranos”
132A	Bright colors
1D	Restrain
2D	Lyft alternative
3D	Mets slugger Juan
4D	Con quest?
5D	Add fuel to
6D	Blaze indicator
7D	Mtn. statistic
8D	Permitted
9D	Home runs, in sports slang
10D	“You Can’t Hurry Love” singers, with “the”
11D	Commotion
12D	Dinner summoner
13D	Provides funding for
14D	Categorical
15D	Undersea herder?
16D	Word with road or roid
17D	“Yikes!”
20D	Wooden rod
28D	Unimaginative dog name
29D	Way out
31D	Players may break them
34D	Edmund Pettus Bridge setting
36D	Advantage
37D	Solo
38D	Taxonomic level below phylum
40D	Single-minded believer
43D	Have ___ to grind
44D	Nomadic quarters
47D	Beethoven’s “___ Joy”
49D	Pertaining to part of the lung
52D	Tenant’s text
53D	Geek
54D	Online greeting
55D	Writer Ruth with three Edgar Awards
57D	Salami source?
62D	High guy
65D	Move like a drone
67D	Street in mysteries
69D	Iconic anime set in Neo-Tokyo
71D	Make a second record of
72D	Mirthful
73D	Frank
74D	Chocolate-caramel candies from Hershey
75D	Drag racing pro Enders
76D	Marine prospector?
79D	Leaves for Canada?
80D	Deplete
81D	Twilled fabric
84D	Takes to the stratosphere
86D	Muscle manipulator
89D	Pain-relieving plant
91D	Neighborhood that was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers
93D	Publisher Nast
95D	Top-tier
97D	“The Lincoln Highway” author Towles
101D	Cares for
103D	Utah city named for a Canadian fur trader
104D	Canoodle
106D	Do some gamboling
109D	Strike à la Samson
111D	Heart, e.g.
112D	Unimaginative dog name
113D	Roman historian
114D	“Whatever you say”
116D	Cheers for el toro
117D	“Rosanna” band
118D	Sinister sign
119D	Cincinnati squad
122D	Muscle targeted on a rowing machine

The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.

The WSJ Crossword was first introduced in 2008, and has since become a popular source of entertainment and mental stimulation for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is created by a team of experienced crossword constructors, who are known for their creativity and skill in the field of crossword puzzles.

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