Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Latest Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers, Clues & Hints — October 22, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 22, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Hunky-dory3 letters4.Suffolk sound3 letters7.Model airplane material5 letters12.Field dressings?8 letters15.Wallops6 letters16.Cupful at Popeyes8 letters17.“Now I remember!”6 letters18.Fork-tailed flier4 letters19.Tampa neighbor, familiarly6 letters21.Tennis star Swiatek3 letters22.Clothes line?6 letters24.You can put drinks on them4 letters28.Generic6 letters30.Onetime JFK lander3 letters32.Hereford sound3 letters33.Rye buys6 letters36.Tip5 letters38.Means of advancement, and what can be found in each set of circles in this puzzle13 letters41.One of 32 in a Monopoly set5 letters42.Pub orders6 letters43.Prove oneself fallible3 letters44.Warriors shoot in it: Abbr.3 letters46.Snap alternative6 letters50.It’s brought to order4 letters52.Shocked6 letters55.Elvis’s longtime label3 letters56.Enjoys a favorite film6 letters58.Thin tubes on tables4 letters59.For some time6 letters62.Thumbs-up8 letters65.Greatly dismay6 letters66.It really sticks in your craw8 letters67.Malia Obama’s younger sister5 letters68.Smash into3 letters69.Lasso in England3 letters
Down
1.Home of the Longhorns6 letters2.“Let’s continue”6 letters3.Culkin of “A Real Pain”6 letters4.Web crawler3 letters5.Finesse3 letters6.Make ___ of (mishandle)5 letters7.Bangkok currency4 letters8.So far5 letters9.Smartphone standard before 5G3 letters10.Salt source3 letters11.Briquette remnant3 letters13.Quagmire3 letters14.Fill to the gills4 letters15.Works with meters and feet5 letters20.Round a corner, in Monopoly6 letters22.“Throw me the football!”6 letters23.Biweekly tide4 letters25.“You said it!”4 letters26.Hammer, for one4 letters27.Yard goods?3 letters29.Pub orders4 letters31.“Shame on you!”6 letters34.Appearance6 letters35.Fangorn Forest creature3 letters37.Fence feature4 letters38.Ticked off4 letters39.Come about4 letters40.Second-stringers4 letters41.Clothes line?3 letters45.Swiss city on the Rhine5 letters47.Stand on the table6 letters48.B to B, e.g.6 letters49.Performed perfectly6 letters51.Heep of literature5 letters53.Bucket of bolts4 letters54.Regarding5 letters57.Queen of scat singing, familiarly4 letters58.Saldaña of “Avatar”3 letters59.Smoke detector batteries, sometimes3 letters60.FDR’s job-creating program3 letters61.Some printers3 letters63.Sch. fundraiser, maybe3 letters64.LP speed3 letters
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