Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 27, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 27, 2026
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Across
1.Critical comment3 letters4.Casual farewell4 letters8.Passing notes?5 letters13.Noted etiquette expert9 letters16.Ham’s device5 letters17.*Business owners with no partners15 letters19.Ridiculous5 letters20.Give in to gravity3 letters21.Queen of the Nile, familiarly4 letters22.Lawn mower brand4 letters25.Challenge for movers4 letters27.Guitarist’s clamp4 letters30.*Yankees and Red Sox, e.g.10 letters35.Pub potables4 letters36.Astronaut Jemison3 letters37.Escort from the door5 letters38.Joined the marathon3 letters39.*Colorful play area7 letters42.Participate in a biathlon3 letters43.Prenatal test, for short5 letters45.“Tubular!,” more recently3 letters46.Not single-sex4 letters47.*Comply10 letters50.Cathedral recess4 letters51.Skywalker’s friend4 letters52.Abu Dhabi dignitary4 letters54.Returned call?4 letters57.Answer to the Sphinx’s riddle3 letters59.Pub projectiles5 letters63.React quickly, and advice for answering the starred clues15 letters67.Pink drink, informally5 letters68.Ability to perceive things9 letters69.Firetruck connectors5 letters70.Tight ends?4 letters71.Bit of resistance3 letters
Down
1.Lucy’s 1950s co-star4 letters2.“That was my cue!”4 letters3.Tributary of the Colorado River4 letters4.Universal donor’s designation5 letters5.Mar. follower3 letters6.Overly3 letters7.Egyptian vipers4 letters8.Mined-over matter3 letters9.Lair under Wayne Manor7 letters10.Object of adoration4 letters11.Makeshift swing4 letters12.Unremarkable4 letters14.Slow passages6 letters15.Severely criticize5 letters18.Lab assistant of film4 letters23.Hindu hero4 letters24.By mouth4 letters26.Word before bump or pump4 letters27.Gemologist’s measure5 letters28.San Antonio landmark5 letters29.Tubular pasta5 letters31.Relatives of violas5 letters32.“The Fox and the Grapes” writer5 letters33.Metric on social media5 letters34.Rudely sarcastic5 letters39.___-chic (style of the mid-2000s)4 letters40.Freshener scent4 letters41.Object4 letters44.“My treat”7 letters46.Wine container6 letters48.Orange-nosed Muppet4 letters49.Bank offerings5 letters53.Elba of “The Wire”5 letters54.Scratch the surface?4 letters55.Shoe designer Jimmy4 letters56.Sound from an angry cat4 letters58.Russian refusal4 letters60.Gambling spot near Lake Tahoe4 letters61.Apple’s industry4 letters62.Pipe part4 letters64.37 of Ali’s 56 wins, for short3 letters65.Early afternoon hour3 letters66.Salt Lake City athlete3 letters
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