Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 18, 2026
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August 18, 2026
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Across
1.SAT prep study5 letters6.Blue-green hue4 letters10.Use your incisors4 letters14.Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela5 letters15.Catch some waves4 letters16.Anise-flavored Greek liqueur4 letters17.Jennifer with multiple platinum albums5 letters18.Birthplace of Fibonacci and Galileo4 letters19.Voice above a tenor4 letters20.Having two flat surfaces always equidistant, as a sheet of glass13 letters23.“New Rules” singer ___ Lipa3 letters25.Gothic novelist Radcliffe3 letters26.Catchall category: Abbr.4 letters27.Like some loans12 letters32.Incite4 letters33.Ballgame delayer4 letters34.Refrain from a night of heavy drinking?13 letters41.“Keep quiet” contracts, for short4 letters42.Nickel back word4 letters44.Suit stand, by another name12 letters48.Org. regulating the Pac-12 and Big Ten4 letters50.Feel remorse for3 letters51.Cal. spans3 letters52.Common storefront sign, and a hint to 20-, 27-, 34- and 44-Across13 letters57.“Now it’s clear”4 letters58.Arrived4 letters59.Spacious5 letters62.32-nation grp.4 letters63.Bitter brews, briefly4 letters64.Follow5 letters65.Narrow valley4 letters66.Send salacious selfies, say4 letters67.Title pages?5 letters
Down
1.Kilmer of “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”3 letters2.Gold, in Granada3 letters3.Spot for a Brit, casually8 letters4.Explorer Tasman4 letters5.Exotic market6 letters6.Quakers of Colorado?6 letters7.Witty comment4 letters8.Bear in the night sky4 letters9.At a distance4 letters10.Shark in front of a net, say6 letters11.Dummy letters in cryptography5 letters12.Ancient Mexican5 letters13.Fleece stuff4 letters21.Opposite of SSW3 letters22.“I don’t need ___” (restaurant regular’s comment)5 letters23.“What’s the ___?” (“Who cares?”)3 letters24.Nickel back word4 letters28.Antlered animal3 letters29.Criticize savagely5 letters30.Temporary trend3 letters31.Copacabana Beach setting3 letters35.China’s Zhou ___5 letters36.Words at a wedding3 letters37.Skin pic3 letters38.Designer’s deg.3 letters39.Depp of “Nosferatu”8 letters40.At any point4 letters43.Martians, e.g.: Abbr.3 letters44.Encrust, like 60-Down might6 letters45.Physicist Rutherford6 letters46.Big ___, California3 letters47.Turned sharply6 letters48.Twangy5 letters49.Largest of the Greek islands5 letters52.Send an online reminder to4 letters53.CBS franchise4 letters54.Stare in awe4 letters55.“The Odyssey” film format4 letters56.Top-notch4 letters60.See 44-Down3 letters61.Agreeable answer3 letters
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