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Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 17, 2026

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October 17, 2026

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Across

1.Seacrest succeeded him5 letters6.Univ., e.g.3 letters9.Wire nail4 letters13.Idiomatic sticking points5 letters18.Degrade5 letters19.Overly3 letters20.Quebec neighbor5 letters21.Anne of “Donnie Brasco”5 letters22.Awkward party song to play for Rumpelstiltskin? (Destiny’s Child)9 letters24.Unaided5 letters25.Bury5 letters26.Member of a destructive colony7 letters27.Awkward party song to play for Jack and Jill? (Culture Club)12 letters29.Like many hard cheeses4 letters30.Neckline choice3 letters31.High habitat5 letters32.Awkward party song to play for the Big Bad Wolf? (The Commodores)10 letters37.Swinton of “Doctor Strange”5 letters39.To’s partner3 letters42.Iconic riveter of WWII5 letters43.Oft-hidden cost3 letters44.Flier from Savasleyka air base3 letters45.The Pequod, e.g.6 letters48.Where preteens can’t sit7 letters50.Awkward party song to play for Captain Hook? (Elton John)13 letters54.100,000th of a newton4 letters55.Dental hygienist’s target6 letters57.Bill in a till3 letters58.Object of Versailles cheers5 letters59.“Carnival of Harlequin” painter4 letters60.Pick up6 letters62.Pick up5 letters63.Market indicators?5 letters66.Awkward party song to play for Pinocchio? (Selena Gomez)7 letters68.Tripping5 letters69.Sister of une mère or eine Mutter5 letters70.Sister of Moses6 letters71.Zaragoza’s river4 letters73.Filer’s worry5 letters74.“Blonde” star de Armas3 letters75.Longtime Red Sox anthem6 letters77.Sponge feature4 letters81.Awkward party song to play for Sleeping Beauty? (Blood, Sweat & Tears)13 letters84.It may take a few minutes7 letters86.Washington hub6 letters87.___ Lingus3 letters88.Comfy boots brand3 letters90.Lift with much effort5 letters91.Direction suffix3 letters92.Eleniak of “Under Siege”5 letters95.Awkward party song to play for Humpty Dumpty? (Tom Petty)10 letters97.Catcher’s posture5 letters99.Dr. of hip-hop3 letters101.Ninny4 letters102.Awkward party song to play for Dracula? (Sheryl Crow)12 letters106.Footstool7 letters110.Weary feeling5 letters111.Concert venues5 letters112.Awkward party song to play for Frosty the Snowman? (Buster Poindexter)9 letters114.Boxer’s dream5 letters115.Razzle-dazzle5 letters116.Co. with a Stubs rewards program3 letters117.Clog-clearing brand5 letters118.Long-billed wading bird5 letters119.Hoarse voice4 letters120.Ho-hum3 letters121.Steer clear of5 letters

Down

1.Sweden-based carrier3 letters2.Blind as ___4 letters3.Davidson of “The Crying Game”4 letters4.Tingling sensation sometimes called a “brain massage”4 letters5.Access-providing character in the “Matrix” movies8 letters6.Open fighting10 letters7.Need to be paid7 letters8.Garden shed tool3 letters9.Graceful8 letters10.Barrel of laughs4 letters11.Like birthdays but not weddings6 letters12.Considered6 letters13.Cause for alarm at a diner?5 letters14.“Hamilton” Tony winner ___ Elise Goldsberry5 letters15.When Juliet drinks the potion4 letters16.Ricotta source4 letters17.Blood fluids4 letters20.Like bucks, bulls and billies4 letters23.Fast approaching4 letters27.“Now ___ heard everything!”3 letters28.Dust-up5 letters32.Like champion racehorses4 letters33.___ Music (group whose members included Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno)4 letters34.“The ball ___ your court”4 letters35.Refer to4 letters36.Splinter group4 letters38.“You have to let me!”6 letters39.Plant groups6 letters40.Groovy music source6 letters41.Pest control brand5 letters44.“To be continued...”9 letters46.“Over my dead body!”6 letters47.Staggering5 letters49.“Safety hoist” inventor4 letters51.CNN journalist Kaye5 letters52.Some tractors6 letters53.Rustic retreat3 letters56.Pregraduation activity6 letters59.Highest active volcano in Eur.6 letters61.Garcia of “Lucifer”5 letters63.“She Bop” singer Cyndi6 letters64.Madagascar’s ocean6 letters65.Bit of work5 letters67.Guiana people6 letters68.Hydrox imitator4 letters69.Cup, in Calais5 letters70.“Yowza!”3 letters72.What marathon spectators do?10 letters76.Betray intoxication, perhaps4 letters77.Skin4 letters78.Shimmery stone4 letters79.Sitarist Shankar4 letters80.Pristine place4 letters82.Freeze over5 letters83.“I’m such an idiot!” indicator8 letters85.“Curious...”8 letters89.Pull into the driveway, say7 letters93.Moderately6 letters94.Cornell site6 letters95.Marshy spot3 letters96.Bass, e.g.4 letters97.Jolly Roger feature5 letters98.Librarian’s demand5 letters100.Red-brown shade4 letters102.Hardens4 letters103.“I got this, Boss!”4 letters104.Opposed4 letters105.Building wings4 letters107.Other, in Acapulco4 letters108.Nation south of Libya4 letters109.Follower of King or Donkey4 letters112.Croque-monsieur ingredient3 letters113.Foot division3 letters

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