Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword

Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 3, 2026

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October 3, 2026

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Across

1.Sandwich fill for Paddington Bear9 letters10.Kitchen invader3 letters13.French article3 letters16.Character in Progressive ads3 letters19.Proactiv rival9 letters20.Stephen of “The Crying Game”3 letters21.More impatiently eager7 letters23.Oscar winner for 1963’s “Lilies of the Field”13 letters25.Big name in frozen cheesecakes7 letters26.Spanish shaker contents3 letters27.Piece that may be attacked by la dame or le cavalier3 letters28.Citrusy sugar-free brand10 letters30.The Yamaha Banshee 350, e.g.3 letters33.Yogi’s need3 letters35.Gander’s mate5 letters37.Fresh from the showers3 letters38.Capital at 12,000 feet5 letters40.Toward the rudder6 letters43.Field in which you might study Klein bottles and Möbius strips8 letters48.Award for “Spotlight” or “Moonlight”11 letters50.Arrested5 letters51.Adversary3 letters52.“Let It Go” singer4 letters53.Cherry discards5 letters54.PetSmart purchases5 letters55.Hollow bread4 letters56.Noncommittal answer4 letters57.Painter Mondrian4 letters58.Meat’s marbling3 letters59.Formally certifies7 letters61.Raconteur’s recitals5 letters63.“Password” players, at times6 letters65.Fly ball also called a “duck snort”8 letters66.Bit of balm3 letters68.Lack of reverence7 letters70.Spanish article3 letters71.Where some pitching takes place8 letters75.Bully’s comeback6 letters77.Scrabble rack septet5 letters81.Kindles7 letters82.Neither partner3 letters83.Fling4 letters85.Play group4 letters86.Ben & Jerry’s purchase4 letters87.Silk substitute5 letters89.Tool for a gem appraiser5 letters90.Marlins infielder Lopez4 letters91.Id ___3 letters92.Boston seafood specialty5 letters93.Avoided profanity11 letters95.On edge8 letters97.Shelley’s middle name6 letters98.Expedition5 letters99.Historian’s concern3 letters100.Height boosters5 letters102.Successor of HST3 letters104.Danson of “The Good Place”3 letters105.Movers of dinghies10 letters109.Builder’s extension3 letters112.CPR expert3 letters114.Home wrecker, of a sort7 letters115.Italian entree prepared by heating meat between two dishes over a boiling pot13 letters121.Emmy winner who served as Screen Actors Guild president in the 1980s7 letters122.“Don’t mind ___ do”3 letters123.Response to a cruel comment9 letters124.Verbal agility3 letters125.Pioneering muscle car3 letters126.Rep.’s opponent3 letters127.Group in the pit (and in this puzzle’s PITs)9 letters

Down

1.Dance club VIPs3 letters2.2001 Will Smith film3 letters3.Spectrum end3 letters4.Occupies, as a battle station4 letters5.Handout from a concierge7 letters6.Eric Clapton song5 letters7.Symbol of power in ancient Egypt3 letters8.Christian from Normandy4 letters9.2025 Pixar film4 letters10.D-backs, on scoreboards3 letters11.Schindler’s portrayer6 letters12.Diamond covers5 letters13.Virna of “Casanova 70”4 letters14.Coup target4 letters15.Like some bottle caps7 letters16.McDonald’s item since the 1960s10 letters17.Skeevy look4 letters18.Treat with a trademarked design4 letters22.Eye color of about 5% of people5 letters24.Comerica Park team6 letters29.Put a new price on, maybe5 letters30.However6 letters31.Louise’s pal6 letters32.Subordinate sort6 letters34.Ploy6 letters36.Vein makeup3 letters39.Didn’t leave9 letters41.Metal marble7 letters42.Belly, informally6 letters44.Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille5 letters45.“Hamilton” prop6 letters46.“The Teflon Don”5 letters47.Brewery supply5 letters49.WWW-access offerer3 letters50.Snitch3 letters54.“Sturdy batsman” of verse5 letters55.Beverage named for its supposed digestive benefits9 letters58.Tuck, e.g.5 letters60.Highway warning4 letters62.Lip4 letters64.Seller of EcoTank printers5 letters65.Orally7 letters67.“The Devil’s Dictionary” author6 letters69.Harvard Avenue and Fenway on the Green Line, e.g.6 letters71.Criminal outing5 letters72.Happen5 letters73.Caribbean island whose capital is a ghost town due to volcanic eruptions10 letters74.Bygone autocrats5 letters76.Caught sight of6 letters78.Up-to-the-minute news6 letters79.Monticello, e.g.6 letters80.High6 letters82.Discreet bid3 letters84.Collector’s goal3 letters88.Dinosaur of Mario games5 letters89.Dwindle6 letters92.Some roof work7 letters93.Jon who returned to the Senate to fill John McCain’s seat3 letters94.Loose-fitting nightgown7 letters96.Clips5 letters97.Farewell from a worrier6 letters101.Hero soldier of Spain5 letters103.Pool marking5 letters105.Hearty supper4 letters106.Mani counterpart4 letters107.Dele override4 letters108.Dynamic start?4 letters110.Paul Atreides’s father, in “Dune”4 letters111.1939 co-star of Bolger and Haley4 letters113.Scots’ caps4 letters116.Canyon feature3 letters117.Champlain, to Champlain3 letters118.Hanoi holiday3 letters119.Ship sealer3 letters120.Words before tear or dare3 letters

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