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Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers Aug 23 2025 were just published. The solution for Saturday, 23 August 2025 Puzzle is here for you, if you need help.
The Puzzle Grid for Today is 21 boxes wide and 21 boxes tall. It’s name is Fit for the Job. The todays puzzle is classified as an American type of puzzle and was created by Alexander Liebeskind & Edited by Mike Shenk. It has a total of 63 Horizontal Clues and 77 Vertical clues, which need to be solved to completely solve the puzzle.
WSJ Printable Version PDf is HERE.
WSJ ACROSS
- 1. Lucy’s partnerDESI
- 5. “Skip me”IPASS
- 11. RagamuffinWAIF
- 16. Hurdles for future attys.LSATS
- 22. “That’s my cue!”IMON
- 23. Butcher block materialMAPLE
- 24. Greeting in GranadaHOLA
- 25. Supplier to lots of cannersALCOA
- 26. Step 1: Put in the work to improvePULLUPYOURSOCKS
- 29. Skewered meat dishSATAY
- 30. “Sorry Not Sorry” singer LovatoDEMI
- 31. Colonial news sourceCRIER
- 32. Cares for calicos, e.g.CATSITS
- 34. Friend of Seinfeld, Benes and KramerCOSTANZA
- 38. Step 2: Take on responsibility on the jobFILLBIGSHOES
- 41. News agcy. since 1958UPI
- 42. Neuter, as a stallionGELD
- 44. ComfortEASE
- 45. Movie character who chooses the red pillNEO
- 46. Step 3: Budget conscientiouslyTIGHTENYOURBELT
- 52. “I’m not impressed”MEH
- 55. Address with a tildeSENOR
- 56. School day divisionsPERIODS
- 57. ColorsTONES
- 60. Play the sirenTEMPT
- 63. Sgt., e.g.NCO
- 64. Experience begun by dropping somethingACIDTRIP
- 67. Dernier ___ (latest fashion)CRI
- 71. Lena of “The Reader”OLIN
- 73. H look-alikeETA
- 75. Really cookingONAROLL
- 76. Step 4: Know a few tricks of the tradeHAVEANACEUPYOURSLEEVE
- 81. Hairy Halloween rentalAPESUIT
- 82. Crime lab materialDNA
- 83. Patch place, sometimesKNEE
- 84. BlueSAD
- 85. Finds inner strengthDIGSDEEP
- 87. Summer hrs. in ChicagoCDT
- 89. Fashion designer PerryELLIS
- 92. Enterprising groupDOERS
- 93. Dancer DuncanISADORA
- 96. Major name in networking gearCISCO
- 100. Mao ___-TungTSE
- 101. Step 5: Stay calm under pressureKEEPYOURSHIRTON
- 105. Prop for Wile E. CoyoteTNT
- 108. Brad of “F1”PITT
- 110. ___ mitzvah (Jewish ceremony for multiple people)BNAI
- 111. Blvd. kinAVE
- 112. Step 6: Make sure you’re a versatile team playerWEARMANYHATS
- 118. Highs and lowsEXTREMES
- 121. SaturatingIMBUING
- 122. Govt.-issued securityTBOND
- 124. Short-term workerTEMP
- 125. Calls forNEEDS
- 126. Look the part, as in the answers to the “Step” clues, both literally and figurativelyDRESSFORSUCCESS
- 132. Visited the roulette tableGAMED
- 133. One of the windsOBOE
- 134. Take ___ for the worseATURN
- 135. Correct some grammar, e.g.EDIT
- 136. When Día de los Reyes Magos occursENERO
- 137. Jonathan’s bride in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”MINA
- 138. DetectSENSE
- 139. Itty-bitty, informallyEENY
WSJ DOWN
- 1. Party stapleDIP
- 2. Outback creatureEMU
- 3. Lawn item placed by a happy brokerSOLDSIGN
- 4. Sound, e.g.INLET
- 6. Encroach (on)IMPINGE
- 7. Working capital?PAY
- 8. Like some sci-fi filmsAPOCALYPTIC
- 9. Offensive line?SLUR
- 10. Helvetica’s lackSERIF
- 12. Fingerprint featureWHORL
- 13. Rep. from NYCAOC
- 14. KindILK
- 15. Authoritarian typeFASCIST
- 17. Doesn’t go badLASTS
- 18. “Or” indicatorSLASH
- 19. Indiana Jones and Ellen Ripley, for twoACTIONHEROES
- 20. PreciselyTOATEE
- 21. InsistsSAYSSO
- 27. Name on “Kill Bill” postersUMA
- 28. Twice 44-DownSEI
- 33. Mellow, maybeAGE
- 35. Drops from the rosterCUTS
- 36. Mayberry boyOPIE
- 37. Enlightened stateZEN
- 39. Green building certification programLEED
- 40. Crafting woodBALSA
- 43. Buck’s mateDOE
- 47. All the rageHOT
- 48. Due followerTRE
- 49. Catering vesselURN
- 50. Flooded fieldRICEPADDY
- 51. Pirate plunderBOOTY
- 53. Most frequent, statisticallyMODAL
- 54. ___ nousENTRE
- 58. Strands at Christmas?TINSEL
- 59. Rafael L. ___, of “9-1-1: Lone Star”SILVA
- 61. Pesos and poundsMONIES
- 62. Service piecePLATE
- 65. Longtime name in graphics appsCOREL
- 66. Made a casePLED
- 68. Africa’s largest landlocked nationCHAD
- 69. SwiftRAPID
- 70. 1969 Top 40 song for Sammy Davis Jr.IVEGOTTABEME
- 72. “When You Wish Upon a Star” lyricist WashingtonNED
- 74. FineAOK
- 77. Curvy charactersESSES
- 78. “Sister Outsider” author LordeAUDRE
- 79. Prepare to pour from, maybeUNCAP
- 80. Score resulting from an errorUNEARNEDRUN
- 86. DevoutnessPIETY
- 88. As wellTOO
- 90. Here, in Le HavreICI
- 91. Polite addressSIR
- 94. Rogen of “Neighbors”SETH
- 95. Barbecue supplyRUB
- 97. Stock panicSTAMPEDE
- 98. Small bayCOVE
- 99. Addition columnONES
- 102. Category above phylum in taxonomic classificationKINGDOM
- 103. Charlie Parker’s instrumentSAX
- 104. Chart topperHITTUNE
- 106. Sharp painTWINGE
- 107. Like the lion slain by HerculesNEMEAN
- 109. Hurtful reviewPAN
- 113. Less diplomaticRUDER
- 114. BotchMISDO
- 115. ConfusedATSEA
- 116. “The Joe Schmo Show” airerTBS
- 117. Remote locations?SOFAS
- 119. Letter of support, for shortREC
- 120. Lead the showEMCEE
- 123. Staff markingNOTE
- 127. Slugging statRBI
- 128. Interminable waitEON
- 129. Fourth-yr. studentsSRS
- 130. Sloth, e.g.SIN
- 131. Pig placeSTY