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Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 26, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 26, 2026
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Across
1.Friday’s lead-in?3 letters4.Word after black, covert or photo3 letters7.Intimidating words6 letters13.Hawaiian pizza topping3 letters14.Seltos seller3 letters15.Significant capital6 letters16.Gracefully stylish7 letters18.A bit more than 2,000 yards7 letters19.Three-time Emmy Awards host with four Emmys11 letters21.Thing that a soda can, a web browser or a bar patron has3 letters22.Inventor Howe5 letters23.Blitzen strap4 letters24.Chalice contents4 letters25.Camper shelter4 letters26.Subscription level4 letters27.Butterflies in the kitchen, e.g.5 letters28.Match at the poker table3 letters29.Tony Randall’s “The Odd Couple” co-star11 letters31.Soul jazz pianist/singer McCann3 letters32.Burning feeling3 letters33.“Rhoda” co-star who voices Marge Simpson11 letters39.CD-___3 letters42.It’s not a good look5 letters43.Where Homer downs Duffs4 letters44.Hand, on a hacienda4 letters45.Ballerina’s garb4 letters46.1 on the Mohs scale4 letters47.Off the plate, perhaps5 letters48.Blog feed letters3 letters49.“Psych!” (or what the initials of three funny people in this puzzle mean, fittingly)11 letters51.They’re well-grounded (one hopes!)7 letters53.What an unwelcome guest might be shown7 letters54.Dojo doings6 letters55.Charged particle3 letters56.Busy season on la Côte d’Azur3 letters57.Paris’s ___ Palace6 letters58.They spin longer than singles3 letters59.Costa ___ Sol3 letters
Down
1.Bennie’s backup singers, in an Elton John song7 letters2.Biblical land west of the River Jordan7 letters3.Self-ish George Harrison song7 letters4.Approves5 letters5.Pepto-Bismol hue4 letters6.Like the Onion’s journalism7 letters7.Sixth-grader, typically5 letters8.Recuperate4 letters9.Zodiac animal3 letters10.Snobby attitude7 letters11.Hawks’ home7 letters12.Chicago’s “Cloud Gate” sculpture, familiarly7 letters17.Hurdle for a would-be M.B.A.4 letters18.Condescending look5 letters20.Mousy4 letters24.Hourly rate4 letters26.Job to do4 letters27.Contented rumble4 letters29.Heckle4 letters30.Many campaign promises4 letters31.Stead4 letters33.Basic canoeing technique7 letters34.Odd7 letters35.“Why don’t we give it a shot?”7 letters36.Gather5 letters37.Charger unit4 letters38.Suit supplement7 letters39.Like a post with vastly more critical comments than likes or shares7 letters40.Lacking in variety7 letters41.Kennel club reject7 letters44.Org. that makes PSAs for safe rides home4 letters46.Student in a class of her own?5 letters47.Utopian settings5 letters49.Juilliard jump4 letters50.Seller of Cinn-A-Stack pancakes4 letters52.___ Vegas3 letters
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