Wall Street Journal Crossword August 27 2026 Answers

1Long way to travel4 5Satyr’s celebration4 9Baseball card info5 14“Put ___ in it” (“Hold that thought”)4 15Medal recipient4 16Alter, as a skirt5 17Beverage brand begun in Toronto9 19Defense strategy5 20Person who goes over the line?6 21Found hilarious, perhaps8 23Flamenco cry3 24Virus-tracking org.3 25Simple seat5 28Facile3 30Where a sitcom airs4 34Business trip need, often6 36Commotion3 37Trifling4 38Tad’s dad3 39Prepares for wrestling practice, say7 42Sad state3 43Animal on the zodiaco español4 45Low USMC rank3 46Reduced to shreds6 48Caress in the shower4 49Simple Magic 8 Ball answer3 50Cures, in a way5 51Anvil site3 53Trident-shaped letter3 54Like Charlemagne8 59Postal scale units6 63Solitary sort5 64Creamy cheese9 66Beginner’s course5 67“Sorry to say...”4 68Dopey dog of the comics4 69Song of triumph5 70Vessel that’s oared4 71Have a bawl4

1Delicate trim4 2Apple Pencil target4 3Variety of 2-Down4 4Carousing7 5United hub5 6Roulette bet3 7“This is so frustrating!”4 8Fluctuate4 9Pottery piece5 10Verizon, e.g.7 11Ringed by4 12Brass family member4 13Roasting rod4 18Whipped cream helping6 22Behave badly6 25Boards under beds5 26Completely unacceptable5 27Domingo’s domain5 28Repair bill section5 29Paid spots3 31Banister post5 32River swimmer5 33Company higher-ups5 35Ancient documents6 40“___ been had!”3 41Pogo, e.g.6 44Post-1968, in the tennis world7 47Colorful arc7 52“Rubber Capital of the World”5 53Art of verse5 54Irreverently glib4 55Novelist Jaffe4 56Pay to play4 57Horse mackerel4 58Bright ring4 60Hand over4 61Lake south of Niagara Falls4 62Flight unit4 65Spoil3