Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 15, 2026
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October 15, 2026
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Across
1.Barbecue seasoning3 letters4.Conjures up6 letters10.“Thus credulous fools are caught” speaker4 letters14.Simian sidekick in Disney’s “Aladdin”3 letters15.2006 Best Actress winner6 letters16.Lost traction4 letters17.Dish in Parmesan sauce, named for a Roman restaurateur15 letters20.It may have a lot of drawers8 letters21.They sometimes bounce6 letters22.Steelers general manager Khan4 letters23.Paperless periodicals6 letters24.Getaway destination3 letters26.Q neighbor3 letters28.Tear4 letters29.Resistance fighter’s alias9 letters32.Cookie entrepreneur Fields5 letters36.Half a Basque game4 letters37.Hall of Fame quarterback John5 letters39.Bundle of sheets4 letters40.Mama and papa’s mamas5 letters42.Tube in a deli9 letters44.Model-making need4 letters46.Provide with English dialogue, say3 letters47.“Toy Story” dinosaur3 letters48.Houses of lords6 letters50.Zip4 letters52.California county with many wineries6 letters53.Clutter-clearing events8 letters57.Finishes enjoyably, and what 17-, 29- or 42-Across does15 letters59.“Sommersby” star4 letters60.Italian count start6 letters61.Dominican address3 letters62.Passing comments?4 letters63.Maroon6 letters64.Card above a king, in pinochle3 letters
Down
1.Tennis’s “King of Clay,” familiarly4 letters2.Its app has a “Plan your next trip” section4 letters3.Underworld flunky9 letters4.Follow in the footsteps of7 letters5.Murder site in a 1930 Miss Marple mystery8 letters6.Servants of Sauron4 letters7.Dunn of the Clippers4 letters8.Sonneteer’s sundown3 letters9.Blessed event?6 letters10.Last NHL team to win the Stanley Cup for four consecutive seasons9 letters11.Title Cockney chauffeur in a 1966 film5 letters12.Some deliveries5 letters13.Gray works4 letters18.Channel with a weekly Noir Alley airing3 letters19.“Legend of ___” (1968 Moody Blues song)5 letters23.Intern’s assignment6 letters24.Start for instant or uproar4 letters25.Mardi Gras city, familiarly4 letters27.Swells6 letters30.Exam results, at times9 letters31.Lamb tender3 letters33.Carry, as a sedan chair9 letters34.Hoedown seat4 letters35.Big picture brand4 letters38.Rising star8 letters41.Play reviewer’s aid5 letters43.Sheepish7 letters45.Titania and Oberon circle it6 letters48.It’s taken into account5 letters49.Atlanta mayor Dickens5 letters51.Degree in a dojo3 letters52.Sonic producer4 letters53.God with a goat-driven chariot4 letters54.Amneris’s rival in opera4 letters55.Being, to Bizet4 letters56.Penn with three Oscars4 letters58.Formic acid producer3 letters
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