Wall Street Journal Crossword August 25 2026 Answers

1Friday’s lead-in?3 4Word after black, covert or photo3 7Intimidating words6 13Hawaiian pizza topping3 14Seltos seller3 15Significant capital6 16Gracefully stylish7 18A bit more than 2,000 yards7 19Three-time Emmy Awards host with four Emmys11 21Thing that a soda can, a web browser or a bar patron has3 22Inventor Howe5 23Blitzen strap4 24Chalice contents4 25Camper shelter4 26Subscription level4 27Butterflies in the kitchen, e.g.5 28Match at the poker table3 29Tony Randall’s “The Odd Couple” co-star11 31Soul jazz pianist/singer McCann3 32Burning feeling3 33“Rhoda” co-star who voices Marge Simpson11 39CD-___3 42It’s not a good look5 43Where Homer downs Duffs4 44Hand, on a hacienda4 45Ballerina’s garb4 461 on the Mohs scale4 47Off the plate, perhaps5 48Blog feed letters3 49“Psych!” (or what the initials of three funny people in this puzzle mean, fittingly)11 51They’re well-grounded (one hopes!)7 53What an unwelcome guest might be shown7 54Dojo doings6 55Charged particle3 56Busy season on la Côte d’Azur3 57Paris’s ___ Palace6 58They spin longer than singles3 59Costa ___ Sol3

1Bennie’s backup singers, in an Elton John song7 2Biblical land west of the River Jordan7 3Self-ish George Harrison song7 4Approves5 5Pepto-Bismol hue4 6Like the Onion’s journalism7 7Sixth-grader, typically5 8Recuperate4 9Zodiac animal3 10Snobby attitude7 11Hawks’ home7 12Chicago’s “Cloud Gate” sculpture, familiarly7 17Hurdle for a would-be M.B.A.4 18Condescending look5 20Mousy4 24Hourly rate4 26Job to do4 27Contented rumble4 29Heckle4 30Many campaign promises4 31Stead4 33Basic canoeing technique7 34Odd7 35“Why don’t we give it a shot?”7 36Gather5 37Charger unit4 38Suit supplement7 39Like a post with vastly more critical comments than likes or shares7 40Lacking in variety7 41Kennel club reject7 44Org. that makes PSAs for safe rides home4 46Student in a class of her own?5 47Utopian settings5 49Juilliard jump4 50Seller of Cinn-A-Stack pancakes4 52___ Vegas3