Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 19, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 19, 2026
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Across
1.Ancient French people conquered by Julius Caesar5 letters6.Strongly bitter5 letters11.“The butler ___ it”3 letters14.Nixon’s first vice president5 letters15.Selected5 letters16.Ambient music’s Brian3 letters17.Basil-based sauce5 letters18.Geyser’s kin9 letters20.Holier-than-___4 letters22.Old eatery with food behind windows7 letters23.Stingy sort10 letters27.Mr. ___ (secret agent in 1930s movies)4 letters28.Get better4 letters29.Spice in pumpkin pie4 letters30.Batter in a classic poem5 letters31.Help3 letters32.Shaker stuff4 letters33.Camel color3 letters34.Use a crowbar3 letters35.Clasp for a cravat7 letters37.Gift-wrapping adornment3 letters40.Baseball’s Ripken3 letters41.A double play results in two4 letters42.Gorilla, for example3 letters43.Eye-popping images5 letters46.___ sci (government study)4 letters47.Spoken4 letters48.Smell sensor4 letters49.Buck10 letters51.Essentially7 letters53.Pecans and pistachios4 letters54.Basketball hoop holder, and a feature of 18-, 23-, 35- and 49-Across9 letters57.Silences with the remote5 letters60.Greek’s H3 letters61.Fury5 letters62.Japanese port5 letters63.Cargo unit3 letters64.Robustly muscular5 letters65.Stopwatch button5 letters
Down
1.Opening3 letters2.Get older3 letters3.Wobbling8 letters4.Deadly6 letters5.Eagle’s attack move5 letters6.German exclamation3 letters7.John of “Star Trek Beyond”3 letters8.Turn6 letters9.Debate topic5 letters10.Corp. division4 letters11.Smaller of the two moons of Mars6 letters12.Unlearned6 letters13.Old tennis ball, maybe6 letters19.Kind of bath or numeral5 letters21.Label on a street-side box6 letters23.British fellow4 letters24.Recipient of the family fortune4 letters25.Vitamin-rich salad green4 letters26.“Tamp down your enthusiasm”7 letters30.Ballpark souvenirs4 letters32.ERA or RBI, e.g.4 letters33.16th-century Venetian painter6 letters36.Temporary pause4 letters37.Macchiato makers8 letters38.Shimmery gemstone4 letters39.Water source4 letters40.Small stream5 letters43.How money might be lost6 letters44.Chips source6 letters45.Depth charge, in military slang6 letters46.Thick soup6 letters47.Dull-witted6 letters49.Aerial coverage provider5 letters50.Bit of gossip5 letters52.Rhyme scheme of “Purple Cow”4 letters55.Gridiron official, for short3 letters56.Like the Dust Bowl3 letters58.Scratch (out)3 letters59.Plopped down3 letters
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