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Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 20, 2026

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October 20, 2026

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Across

1.Post-larva state4 letters 5.Bold bet at the poker table5 letters 10.“The Substance” star Moore4 letters 14.Perched on4 letters 15.Dip for tortilla chips5 letters 16.Biz bigwig4 letters 17.It may be broken after the election15 letters 20.Volume setting?5 letters 21.Pen on a pig farm3 letters 22.Tiny bits5 letters 23.Org. for motorists3 letters 25.Journalist Curry3 letters 26.One might contain a flashlight and protein bars11 letters 31.Birds of a feather that don’t fly together4 letters 33.Endowment5 letters 34.Sharp changes of direction4 letters 37.Dork’s kin5 letters 39.Out of date3 letters 40.Bit of potpourri5 letters 41.Furious3 letters 42.Plot device in “Memento”7 letters 45.Indefinite amount3 letters 46.Like a thrill ride13 letters 49.Garment under a blouse3 letters 50.Remote batteries, perhaps3 letters 51.Brown marten5 letters 54.Karaoke bar figures3 letters 57.“Egad!”5 letters 61.Marital split, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters15 letters 64.Complete range4 letters 65.Sports spot5 letters 66.Upscale hotel chain4 letters 67.“The Big Board,” for short4 letters 68.Carried on, as a war5 letters 69.Political cartoonist Thomas4 letters

Down

1.Busy orgs. in election years4 letters 2.Zion National Park setting4 letters 3.Apple or pear4 letters 4.Performer’s reward8 letters 5.Pollution stat3 letters 6.Galoots4 letters 7.Easter lead-up4 letters 8.Car trip game of observation4 letters 9.Neither follower3 letters 10.Make look bad8 letters 11.Highway ramp4 letters 12.Monument Valley sight4 letters 13.Cools down4 letters 18.Many miles away4 letters 19.Noise from a pig farm4 letters 24.Math mean: Abbr.3 letters 25.PC key3 letters 26.Material for some blue shoes of song5 letters 27.Jeremy with an Oscar5 letters 28.Parking assistant5 letters 29.“Thus...”5 letters 30.Moon of Saturn5 letters 31.Techno genre initialism3 letters 32.Sound of a kiss4 letters 35.The Sharks or the Jets, e.g.4 letters 36.Cunning3 letters 38.Winery container6 letters 40.Smoothie fruit6 letters 43.Letters on NYC subway cars3 letters 44.Sierra Nevada offering3 letters 47.Burning brightly6 letters 48.Mic check question6 letters 51.Baseball’s Musial4 letters 52.Creatively pretentious4 letters 53.Life stories4 letters 54.Farmiga of “The Conjuring”4 letters 55.Common image format4 letters 56.Reasonable4 letters 58.Strong cotton variety4 letters 59.Many, many years4 letters 60.Fit of pique4 letters 62.Tool with teeth3 letters 63.“Awesome!”3 letters

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