Wall Street Journal Crossword August 16 2026 Answers

1“Matilda” writer Roald4 5Stitched up4 9Henry VIII and Elizabeth I’s royal house5 14Largest continent4 15Trilevel cookie4 162024 film that won the Best Picture Oscar5 17Puts on a blacklist4 18Marine mammal’s tooth that might be a meter long10 20Thrown in5 22ID first issued in 19363 23High wind in a pit4 24Spring zodiac sign13 28Fruit that’s sometimes poached4 29Like chinchillas and alpacas6 32Tippy-top4 35“Please stay!”6 38Savings for sr. yrs.3 39Shell, Prell or Dell, e.g.5 41Greta of “The Morning Show”3 42Absorb thoroughly5 44Playfully shy3 45Ferry destination6 48New England football team, informally4 49Water source6 51Hefty book4 53Persian ruler who conquered Babylonia13 59Done laps in a pool4 61Gamer’s cube3 62Hayek of “Frida”5 63Source of oranges or lemons10 67Stadium seating section4 68Assumed name5 69Muffin material4 70“This is bad!”4 71Japanese box lunch5 72Croquet game setting4 73Corrosion found in the four longest Across answers4

1Sponge gently5 2Carne ___ (grilled Mexican dish)5 3Like many Diwali celebrants5 4High-tech pointer8 5Female hog3 6Distinct stretch of time3 7Like Cardiff natives5 8Like Thor and Odin5 9Prof’s helpers, for short3 10Innumerable6 11Extra-hoppy brew9 12“Thereabouts”4 13Leaf-gathering tool4 19What you do to groceries when you get home5 21Expected in3 25Gloomy3 26Online troublemaker5 27Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarly4 30In ___ (stagnated)4 31Brief snoozes4 32Elementary school basics4 33Corn or cotton4 34Question on the dance floor9 36Org. for profs3 37First extra inning5 40Christian of fashion4 43Old switchboard pro8 46Posts inside walls5 47Female deer3 50One doing a lot of heavy lifting?6 52Sports cars from Britain3 54Refuse to get involved5 55___ incognita5 56College benefactor Yale5 57Replies from the congregation5 58Divining deck5 59Wound covering4 60Cunning trick4 64Troop-entertaining grp.3 65Spot for an AirPod3 66Finish3