Wall Street Journal Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

1Spoil the appearance of3 4Tot’s “choo-choo”5 9Pride initials4 13Miners mine it3 14___-Saxon5 15Vowel set5 17Minor criticism3 18Demand a seat up front11 20Korea’s continent4 22New York theater awards5 23Richie’s dad, to the Fonz3 24Phones ping off of them10 27Slinky’s shape4 28Feature of a Vegas “bandit”6 29Pickling liquid5 30Film festival film, often5 34Strokes on the green5 35Star of “Oppenheimer”13 39Pose for a photographer5 40Playfully impertinent5 41Openly asserts5 42High-protein legume6 47Rip apart4 48Clavicle, more familiarly10 52Paintings and sculptures3 53Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny”5 54Spot for a spelunker4 55Character shouted to with a “Hey!” in water treatment ads11 59Make a hem3 60Bee-related5 61Sister’s daughter5 62Org. with wands and scanners3 63Send a racy phone message to4 64Close-up on a map5 65Hog’s hangout3

1Monte Carlo’s setting6 2Out of bed6 3Fix, as a bathroom floor6 4Tic-___-toe3 5Gene messenger3 6Radiant5 7“Would you look at that!”5 8Soldier’s denial5 9Vientiane’s setting4 10Obtain3 11Sort who can’t keep a secret8 12Like Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco8 16Mother’s brothers6 19“___ a real nowhere man...”3 21In the style of3 25Sings like a bird6 26Upscale hotel chain4 27Government overthrow4 29More agile6 31Govt. prosecutors3 32“Not ___ million years!”3 33Bird on Australian coins3 35Scandal-avoiding ploys8 36“That’s the truth”8 37Bawdy4 38Bruins’ sch.4 39Salsa music shaker6 43“SNL” airer3 44Glass-raising tributes6 45Play the market6 46Wiggle room6 48Machinery part3 49Muscat resident5 50His tomb is in Red Square5 51Bartender’s wedges5 53Salon coloring4 56Lenient3 57Good card in blackjack3 58Pickleball court divider3