Wall Street Journal Crossword August 12 2026 Answers

1Calculating3 4They’re hit with a crunch3 7Unhelpful response to “You’re muted”3 10Where racers retire?3 13Princess’s irritant, in a tale3 14Like Steven Wright’s comedy7 16Men’s body spray brand3 17“How frustrating!”3 18Joke toy of 19757 19TV home of the “Five-Timers Club”3 20The White Stripes and the Black Keys, e.g.4 22Antelope with lyre-shaped horns5 23Bibliography abbr.4 24Whence colonists came13 27Jacob gave him bread and pottage4 28Cheerful cries4 29Noted feature of Frank Sinatra9 35X, sometimes3 38Affaire de coeur5 39Craft brew initials3 42Santa, in Salisbury15 47Trash can resident of TV5 48Animal carrier of note3 49Cricket sound5 50“Prove it!”6 52“Defense! Defense!” and others6 53The Jackson 5, e.g., and a hint to 18-, 24-, 29- and 42-Across13 57Word with bottle, baseball and blasting3 58Thumbs-down review, informally7 59German physicist Georg3 61Link letters3 62Winner of a race7 63Dyson product, for short3 64Scrape (by)3 65Fail to play3 66Blockhead3 67UFO crew3

1Tater4 213-Across, e.g.6 3Brutes in “Gulliver’s Travels”6 4Payroll-processing co.3 5Namesake of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s lifetime achievement award5 6Follower of Dionysus5 7Speed skater Ohno5 8Asian gambling mecca5 9Cuttlefish defense3 10Beaver tail, e.g.6 11Rejects, informally6 12Giveaway4 15“Hotel Transylvania” nickname4 21Attempt4 23Uber alerts, for short4 25Legendary warrior ___ Mulan3 26“Science Guy” Bill3 30Milky Way, e.g.3 311978 song with a recognizable dance4 32Danish physicist Niels4 33Hide in the shadows4 34One of Switzerland’s Forest Cantons3 35Company money mgrs.4 36Yardage line8 37Zendaya and Tom Holland, e.g.8 39Romantic confession8 40Festive cone8 41Serpents on sarcophagi4 43Hems and ___4 44Otters’ kin7 45Ordinary fellows7 46Cuisine featuring lemongrass4 51Reason for some food recalls5 52Support staffs?5 54Help feloniously4 55Book after Matthieu and Marc3 56Spanakopita cheese4 57Stick that breaks?3 60Hip-hop vocalists3