Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026
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Across
1.Basketball tries5 letters6.Criminal, in cop slang4 letters10.Nada3 letters13.Saw the sights6 letters15.Shallowest Great Lake4 letters16.Letters at the end of a college email address3 letters17.Punctual6 letters18.Pretend to know important people8 letters20.Bride’s promise3 letters21.Come up with a scheme4 letters23.Cello’s cousin5 letters24.Like some colas12 letters28.___ Major (constellation)4 letters29.Pot topper3 letters30.Used to be3 letters33.Winter neck warmer5 letters36.Joke around3 letters37.Dollar division4 letters38.Tax inequity for joint filers15 letters42.Love-a-thon4 letters43.Install, as carpeting3 letters44.Pointing finger5 letters45.Earth: Prefix3 letters46.Daughter’s brother3 letters47.It may be stored in bits and bytes4 letters49.Ted Danson sitcom about the afterlife12 letters54.“March King” John Philip ___5 letters57.Healthy smoothie ingredient4 letters58.“Weekend Update” co-anchor Michael3 letters59.Chill out, or a hint to the ends of 18-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across8 letters62.Michael of “Better Call Saul”6 letters64.In need of medication3 letters65.Azure or indigo4 letters66.Résumé listing6 letters67.Airport screening org.3 letters68.Knitter’s need4 letters69.Winding, as a road5 letters
Down
1.Restrained in response to distress5 letters2.Maker of Civics and Accords5 letters3.No longer stocking5 letters4.Pod or angle starter3 letters5.Marine motto8 letters6.Pasta served “alla vodka”5 letters7.Significant period3 letters8.Basketball net holder3 letters9.Irritated6 letters10.Nada4 letters11.Fan club focus4 letters12.Cocoon’s contents4 letters14.Sandwich sellers5 letters19.Monopoly cube3 letters22.Oscar nominee de Armas3 letters25.Like many house pets5 letters26.Fix up and resell quickly4 letters27.Roller coaster or carousel4 letters30.Fuse together4 letters31.Payment by a poker player4 letters32.“Come Sail Away” band4 letters33.Some urban pollution4 letters34.Be concerned4 letters35.Jason’s ship4 letters36.Shift or tab, say3 letters37.Site with locks5 letters39.Lotion additive4 letters40.Work crew4 letters41.Critiques pettily8 letters46.In disrepair6 letters47.One of Sneezy’s pals3 letters48.Second or sixth U.S. president5 letters49.Tongue-clicking sound3 letters50.Like an old bucket in a poem5 letters51.Fast train between Washington and Boston5 letters52.Hopscotch need5 letters53.Itty-bitty5 letters54.Comedy sketch4 letters55.Paints for Picasso4 letters56.The Bruins’ sch.4 letters60.Chicken-king connection3 letters61.Nasty pooch3 letters63.Relatives3 letters
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