Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 6, 2026
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October 6, 2026
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Across
1.Hard to lift5 letters6.Folkie Joan4 letters10.Light fog4 letters14.Bellybutton fit for a body shot5 letters15.Bone from the elbow to the wrist4 letters16.“Ah, makes sense”4 letters17.Burlap bag in a fun race10 letters19.Tartan-wearing group4 letters20.Speed down a slope3 letters21.Soft-pop vocalist Vannelli4 letters22.“Give it ___!”5 letters23.Ladle with a lever13 letters27.Word before Fox or Rabbit in stories4 letters28.Sort3 letters29.Dandyish dude3 letters31.Davis of “Do the Right Thing”5 letters34.Twosome3 letters35.Luxe hotel chain4 letters36.The “Here’s to my sweet Satan” that listeners thought they heard in “Stairway to Heaven,” e.g.15 letters40.Jane of Gothic literature4 letters41.Take to court3 letters42.Fruit of the Loom rival5 letters43.“The Chi” network, for short3 letters44.Gender prefix3 letters45.Feeble, as an excuse4 letters47.Up-and-down passageway13 letters52.Rams defensive end Garrett5 letters53.Bristol bloke4 letters54.“So that’s it!”3 letters56.Comparable4 letters57.Genre for Robert Johnson and Charley Patton10 letters60.Anchovy holders4 letters61.Soothing succulent4 letters62.Contents of some cabinets5 letters63.Boldly innovative4 letters64.Sites of winding rds.4 letters65.“Understand?” (or what one can do with the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across)5 letters
Down
1.Squats strengthen them4 letters2.Slender-stemmed mushroom5 letters3.Bit of amusing behavior5 letters4.By way of3 letters5.Nonetheless3 letters6.More pressed for time6 letters7.Haim of “One Battle After Another”5 letters8.Speech of praise8 letters9.Nationals pitcher Kent3 letters10.Really small5 letters11.It’s between England and Ireland9 letters12.Animal of the phylum Porifera9 letters13.Campout structure4 letters18.Fiend in a fairy tale4 letters22.Cry of frustration3 letters24.Two-wheeler with a battery5 letters25.Behind-the-scenes staff4 letters26.Gin-flavoring fruit4 letters30.Bakery buys4 letters31.Honors conferred by King Charles, for short4 letters32.Willie Mays nickname9 letters33.Habit that’s all thumbs?9 letters34.Five-star gen. who became president3 letters35.Honshu city5 letters37.Honshu’s continent4 letters38.Area with many derelict factories8 letters39.Onetime ruler of Iran4 letters44.Walgreens rival3 letters45.Puts down on paper6 letters46.“___ bien!” (Spanish “All right!”)4 letters48.Minuscule5 letters49.Synthetic fiber5 letters50.Site of some seismic activity5 letters51.“Of ___ Sing” (children’s book by Barack Obama)5 letters52.Chess ender4 letters55.Helper: Abbr.4 letters57.Flow stopper3 letters58.2016 Spielberg movie, with “The”3 letters59.Untruth3 letters
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