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Declines in quality WSJ Crossword Clue

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By Narcissa Kh /

Crossword Answer

1 ? D
2 ? R
3 ? O
4 ? P
5 ? O
6 ? F
7 ? F
8 ? S
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      Hint 1

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      Consider what happens when something gradually slides downhill in performance or condition.

      Hint 2

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      A dropoff is a noticeable decrease or reduction in level, quality, or quantity.

      Hint 3

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      The clue 'Declines in quality' suggests a decrease or reduction in standard or condition. '????????' can refer to a decrease or reduction in something, such as quality or performance.

      WSJ Crossword September 6 2025 Answers

      Across

      1A
      Drink with a straw Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer FLOAT
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      6A
      Some forensic evidence Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DNA
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      9A
      Core muscles Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ABS
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      12A
      Manhandles Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PAWSAT
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      18A
      Alternative to French, Italian or Russian Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RANCH
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      19A
      British rule in colonial India Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RAJ
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      21A
      Electrical accessory Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ADAPTOR
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      23A
      Hindenburg disaster cry, ending “Hey!” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OHTHEHUMANITY
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      26A
      Where one shouldn’t drive Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer HOVLANE
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      27A
      At capacity, briefly Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SRO
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      28A
      Crèche trio Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MAGI
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      29A
      Former owner of Capitol Records Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EMI
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      30A
      Look through a window from outdoors Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PEERIN
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      33A
      Starting a conversation, concluding “Gee!” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BREAKINGTHEICE
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      38A
      Orchestra group Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OBOISTS
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      41A
      Buffalo’s summer hrs. Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EDT
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      42A
      Celebrates, as the New Year Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SEESIN
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      43A
      Heavy reading? Completing all the words? “Eek!” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer COFFEETABLEBOOK
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      46A
      Absorbed, as a cost Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ATE
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      49A
      Has a go Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TRIES
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      50A
      Bygone biscuit brand Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer UNEEDA
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      51A
      Erich who wrote “Emil and the Detectives” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer KASTNER
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      55A
      Bit in a horse’s mouth Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OAT
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      57A
      “…away go troubles down the drain” advertiser Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ROTOROOTER
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      60A
      “Dream on!” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ASIF
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      63A
      Weimaraner warnings Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GRRS
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      64A
      “Time is money” and “Love is blind” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MAXIMS
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      65A
      Reagan era “voodoo” policy? Ultimately, “Yes!” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SUPPLYSIDEECONOMICS
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      71A
      Son of William the Conqueror Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer HENRYI
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      73A
      “Little Shop of Horrors” dentist Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ORIN
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      76A
      Calf-length skirt Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MIDI
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      79A
      Kissing on the street, briefly Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PDA
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      82A
      Exercise control Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PRESIDE
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      83A
      Key of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s String Quartet No. 2 Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AMINOR
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      85A
      It means “ocean” in Mongolian Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DALAI
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      87A
      Attention Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EAR
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      88A
      Finding after a long search, stopping with “God!” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RUNNINGTOGROUND
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      92A
      Yarn coils Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SKEINS
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      95A
      ___ Paulo Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SAO
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      96A
      It lights up Las Vegas Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NEONGAS
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      97A
      Colonial protest winds up: “Nay!” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BOSTONTEAPARTY
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      102A
      Big galoots Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer APES
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      103A
      Flips one’s lid? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer UNCAPS
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      104A
      Citrus drink suffix Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ADE
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      105A
      100-cent currency Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EURO
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      107A
      Platform for Siri Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer IOS
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      110A
      Arctic youngster Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SEALPUP
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      112A
      “End of discussion!” (or a description of this puzzle’s theme) Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ANDTHATSFINAL
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      115A
      Chatterboxes Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TALKERS
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      116A
      Tiny Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer WEE
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      117A
      Country with the most stars on its flag: Abbr. Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer USA
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      118A
      Nickname of jazz great Earl Hines Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer FATHA
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      119A
      “You Don’t Own Me” singer Gore Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LESLEY
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      121A
      Last of a long series Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NTH
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      122A
      Pig part Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SNOUT
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      Down

      2D
      Co-star of Bolger and Haley Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LAHR
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      4D
      Essen exclamation Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ACH
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      5D
      Daughters of Mnemosyne Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer THEMUSES
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      6D
      Prescription product Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DRUG
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      7D
      Coastal desert of Southern Africa Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NAMIB
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      8D
      1977 double-platinum Steely Dan album Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AJA
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      9D
      Bouncy Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ANIMATED
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      10D
      Dyeing art Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BATIK
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      11D
      Pig place Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STY
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      12D
      Cry of disbelief Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PAH
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      14D
      Greet with a gesture Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer WAVEHI
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      22D
      Surrealism’s Magritte Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RENE
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      25D
      Teasingly provoked Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NEEDLED
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      32D
      Long sentence Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LIFE
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      34D
      Eschew conformity Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer REBEL
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      35D
      Prefix akin to equi- Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ISO
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      37D
      Douglas’s “Wall Street” role Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GEKKO
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      38D
      Eight, to Augustus Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OCTO
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      39D
      Repeated, a Polynesian island Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BORA
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      40D
      Rigidly old-fashioned Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STUFFY
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      45D
      Rail in a studio Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BARRE
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      46D
      Bit of high jinks Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ANTIC
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      47D
      Abounds Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TEEMS
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      52D
      Mail, e.g. Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ARMOR
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      54D
      Deadly agent Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TOXIN
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      58D
      Servant of Sauron Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ORC
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      59D
      Chinese food general Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TSO
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      60D
      Following, in France Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer APRES
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      61D
      “Heidi” author Johanna Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SPYRI
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      62D
      Troy story Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ILIAD
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      63D
      Some appliances Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GES
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      65D
      California mission founder Junípero Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SERRA
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      68D
      Bitter brew Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer IPA
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      69D
      Literature Nobelist with 11 Grammys Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DYLAN
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      70D
      Wrinkle-resistant, as a shirt Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NOIRON
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      71D
      Defeatist’s lack Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer HOPE
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      75D
      Excellence Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MERIT
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      76D
      Muezzin’s place Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MINARET
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      77D
      Bullion unit Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer INGOT
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      79D
      Gets power from Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PLUGSINTO
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      80D
      Swimmer Vollmer with five Olympic gold medals Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DANA
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      81D
      Pitches in Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AIDS
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      84D
      Got a wrong number? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MISADDED
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      85D
      Declines in quality Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DROPOFFS
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      86D
      Bang-up Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AONE
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      90D
      Code-cracking org. Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NSA
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      91D
      Clockwork, mostly Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GEARS
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      92D
      Pursues Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STALKS
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      93D
      “Nightline” newsman Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer KOPPEL
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      94D
      Make certain Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ENSURE
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      97D
      Boom alternative Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BUST
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      98D
      First pick in the 1992 NBA draft Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ONEAL
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      99D
      Bathroom item Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SCALE
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      100D
      Glazier’s pieces Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PANES
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      101D
      Bakery staple Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer YEAST
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      106D
      Its motto is “Industry” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer UTAH
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      109D
      Thin board Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SLAT
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      112D
      Cobbler’s tool Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AWL
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      113D
      Warring nomad Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer HUN
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      114D
      McKellen of film Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer IAN
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      Clue Analysis

      The clue “Declines in quality” is a classic crossword staple, frequently appearing in puzzles like the WSJ crossword. For the puzzle dated September 6 2025, the definitive 8-letter answer is: DROPOFFS.

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