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Top-tier WSJ Crossword Clue

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4 ? E
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      WSJ Crossword August 2 2025 Answers

      Across

      1A
      Transition points Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer CUSPS
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      6A
      Bowler material Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer FELT
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      14A
      One of 100 in Winnie-the-Pooh’s wood Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ACRE
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      18A
      Kriegsmarine vessel Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer UBOAT
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      21A
      Wheat pasta of Japanese cuisine Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer UDON
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      22A
      Blow one’s own horn Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BRAG
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      23A
      Smartly old-fashioned Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RETRO
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      24A
      Right-hand page of a volume Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RECTO
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      25A
      Koi container Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer POND
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      27A
      Babbling critic? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BROOKREVIEWER
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      30A
      Retire Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GOTOBED
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      33A
      Beasts in the “Jurassic Park” films Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TREXES
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      35A
      Really amazing Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer WILD
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      36A
      Leather’s counterpart in a Stevie Nicks song Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LACE
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      39A
      Energy Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer VIM
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      41A
      Yucky gunk Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SLIME
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      42A
      “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” painter Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SEURAT
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      45A
      Right-angled bend Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ELL
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      46A
      End for smack or switch Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EROO
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      50A
      “Goosebumps” writer Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STINE
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      51A
      Life coach on social media? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GOALTRENDER
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      56A
      Skyline obscurer Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SMOG
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      58A
      Three-time MLB All-Star Longoria Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EVAN
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      59A
      What you wish you could do to a disturbing sight Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer UNSEE
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      60A
      Dorothy, to Em Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NIECE
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      61A
      Fivers, informally Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ABES
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      63A
      Tel. no. add-on Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EXT
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      64A
      Holiday that begins with a Seder Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PESACH
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      66A
      Flea market unit Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STAND
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      68A
      Brightest star in Scorpius Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ANTARES
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      70A
      Dishonest diner employee? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SHORTORDERCROOK
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      77A
      “Hanging Up” author Ephron Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DELIA
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      78A
      Hostility Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ANIMUS
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      82A
      What Cortés and Pizarro sought Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ORO
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      83A
      Wriggling swimmers Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer EELS
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      85A
      South American savanna Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LLANO
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      87A
      Clear of writing Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ERASE
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      88A
      Turkish currency Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LIRA
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      90A
      Gable or gambrel, e.g. Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ROOF
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      92A
      Road builder? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LANDSCRAPER
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      94A
      Florida’s “Horse Capital of the World” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OCALA
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      96A
      Popular apple variety Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GALA
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      98A
      Mambo legend Puente Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TITO
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      99A
      Move with effort Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LUG
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      100A
      Where to swig a sarsaparilla Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SALOON
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      102A
      Freeway entrances Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RAMPS
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      105A
      Beast’s abode Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DEN
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      106A
      King prawn of the Muppets Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PEPE
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      107A
      Bill of fare Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MENU
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      108A
      Attacks by force Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STORMS
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      110A
      Limburger cheese feature Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ODOR
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      112A
      Small cake servings Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SLIVERS
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      115A
      Janitor? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer BROOMOPERATOR
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      120A
      Needle source Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PINE
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      121A
      Crewmate of Chekov and Uhura Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SULU
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      123A
      Revealing shout Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer VOILA
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      126A
      Important ages Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ERAS
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      127A
      Two foursomes Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OCTET
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      128A
      Didn’t sit by Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ACTED
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      129A
      Banks on runways Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TYRA
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      130A
      Rogen of “The Fabelmans” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SETH
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      131A
      Jerry Adler’s role in “The Sopranos” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer HESH
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      132A
      Bright colors Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NEONS
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      Down

      1D
      Restrain Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer CURB
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      2D
      Lyft alternative Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer UBER
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      3D
      Mets slugger Juan Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SOTO
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      4D
      Con quest? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PAROLE
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      5D
      Add fuel to Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STOKE
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      6D
      Blaze indicator Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer FIRESIREN
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      7D
      Mtn. statistic Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ELEV
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      8D
      Permitted Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LICIT
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      9D
      Home runs, in sports slang Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TATERS
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      10D
      “You Can’t Hurry Love” singers, with “the” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SUPREMES
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      12D
      Dinner summoner Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GONG
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      13D
      Provides funding for Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ENDOWS
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      14D
      Categorical Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ABSOLUTE
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      15D
      Undersea herder? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer CRABDRIVER
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      16D
      Word with road or roid Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RAGE
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      31D
      Players may break them Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TIES
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      34D
      Edmund Pettus Bridge setting Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SELMA
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      37D
      Solo Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ALONE
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      38D
      Taxonomic level below phylum Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer CLASS
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      40D
      Single-minded believer Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MONIST
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      44D
      Nomadic quarters Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TENTS
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      47D
      Beethoven’s “___ Joy” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ODETO
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      49D
      Pertaining to part of the lung Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LOBAR
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      52D
      Tenant’s text Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LEASE
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      53D
      Geek Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TECHIE
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      55D
      Writer Ruth with three Edgar Awards Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RENDELL
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      57D
      Salami source? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer GENOA
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      62D
      High guy Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer STONER
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      65D
      Move like a drone Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer HOVER
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      67D
      Street in mysteries Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer DELLA
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      69D
      Iconic anime set in Neo-Tokyo Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AKIRA
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      71D
      Make a second record of Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RELOG
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      72D
      Mirthful Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer RIANT
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      74D
      Chocolate-caramel candies from Hershey Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ROLOS
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      75D
      Drag racing pro Enders Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ERICA
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      76D
      Marine prospector? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer CORALMINER
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      79D
      Leaves for Canada? Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer MAPLE
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      81D
      Twilled fabric Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SERGE
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      84D
      Takes to the stratosphere Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SOARS
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      86D
      Muscle manipulator Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OSTEOPATH
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      89D
      Pain-relieving plant Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer ALOEVERA
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      91D
      Neighborhood that was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer FLATBUSH
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      93D
      Publisher Nast Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer CONDE
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      95D
      Top-tier Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AONE
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      97D
      “The Lincoln Highway” author Towles Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer AMOR
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      101D
      Cares for Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer NURSES
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      103D
      Utah city named for a Canadian fur trader Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PROVO
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      104D
      Canoodle Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SMOOCH
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      106D
      Do some gamboling Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer PRANCE
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      109D
      Strike à la Samson Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SMITE
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      112D
      Unimaginative dog name Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SPOT
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      113D
      Roman historian Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer LIVY
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      114D
      “Whatever you say” Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer SURE
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      116D
      Cheers for el toro Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer OLES
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      117D
      “Rosanna” band Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer TOTO
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      119D
      Cincinnati squad Crossword Clue
      eye icon Answer REDS
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      Clue Analysis

      The clue “Top-tier” is a classic crossword staple, frequently appearing in puzzles like the WSJ crossword. For the puzzle dated August 2 2025, the definitive 4-letter answer is: AONE.

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