Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 27, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 27, 2026
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Across
1.Fires (up)6 letters7.Leaves aside?4 letters11.Hack3 letters14.Open on Christmas, say6 letters15.Speckled steed4 letters16.Sumac from Peru3 letters17.Went helter-skelter11 letters19.Central3 letters20.Old-timey oath4 letters21.Last Hebrew letter3 letters22.They’re larger than life6 letters24.Young hares8 letters26.Name in strings5 letters30.Music producer Gotti3 letters31.Police jacket letters4 letters35.Island of Malaysia6 letters37.Curvy doorway topper8 letters40.“What a day!”7 letters42.Prepare for a comeback tour, perhaps7 letters43.Mars, Jupiter or Neptune8 letters45.Amused sound6 letters46.Old imperial title4 letters47.Negroni spirit3 letters49.You might get down from them5 letters50.Historical play by Christopher Marlowe8 letters54.“The quality of mercy is not strained” speaker6 letters57.Stirrup site3 letters58.Sort4 letters62.Academic domain3 letters63.“I hope so,” and an alternative title for this puzzle11 letters66.Waits on stage3 letters67.Ready for publication4 letters68.Not optional6 letters69.“Torso Fruit” sculptor3 letters70.“Do the Right Thing” pizzeria4 letters71.Erotic6 letters
Down
1.Free of additives4 letters2.Planning problem4 letters3.Org. with a “Week Without Violence” program4 letters4.Street rep4 letters5.Owned3 letters6.Sudden outpouring5 letters7.Words of wisdom7 letters8.Note from a short person?3 letters9.Oscar winner for “Tootsie” and “Blue Sky”5 letters10.Break up5 letters11.Music for the masses?4 letters12.Give off4 letters13.Bundles of bills4 letters18.Sitar master Shankar4 letters23.Armand of “American Gangster”7 letters24.Irish export5 letters25.Airstream owner4 letters26.Distant5 letters27.Staff notes5 letters28.Inner self, to a Jungian5 letters29.Upholstery fabric7 letters32.Form letters?5 letters33.Divisions d’un opéra5 letters34.“Done!”5 letters36.Funny bit3 letters38.Court call3 letters39.Mario’s brother5 letters41.Cato’s costume4 letters44.Calls the shots7 letters48.Sask. neighbor4 letters51.Sea stoppers5 letters52.Film fish5 letters53.Clubs at clubs5 letters54.Fur-fighting org.4 letters55.Gas leak evidence4 letters56.Behind4 letters58.Affectedly precious4 letters59.“Impossible to see, the future is” speaker4 letters60.Stressful work?4 letters61.Whirling water4 letters64.It can be refined3 letters65.Bottom line3 letters
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