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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 28 2026 Answers

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1“Slaves of New York” author Janowitz4 5Agitated state4 9Iconic 1980s burger5 14Dramatic singer4 18Caravan stops5 19Burner setting4 20Loud, as a crowd5 21Big times4 22Fan club devoted to president George W.?10 24Fan club devoted to disco legend Donna?10 26Shapiro of NPR3 27Crocheter’s creation6 28Ooze4 29Some singers5 30Should really not6 32Hardy works6 34Jimmies5 35Italian wine region4 36Headley of “Coming to America”5 38Hammer part4 39String quartet instrument5 42Verizon acquisition of 20063 44Without wheels, in a way7 47Fan club devoted to “Succession” actor Jeremy?9 51“Works for me”7 53Brave opponent3 55Acapulco gold3 56Clothesline alternative5 57Met expectations?6 58Spot4 59Scottish misses7 61Gold mining troughs7 63Mediterranean island nation5 64You can RSVP to them by clicking6 65Loser to Fischer in 19727 66President before Jimmy6 67Ladies of Spain5 68Like faces on cold days, sometimes7 69New staffer7 70Trebek of “Jeopardy!”4 71Practice that strives to harmonize yin and yang6 72Pentathletes use them5 74Connections3 75Some NFL sackers3 76One in it for the long haul7 77Fan club devoted to romance writer Danielle?9 79On both banks of7 81Rank for PBS’s Morse or Tennison3 83Tennis’s Murray and Roddick5 84Goals4 85Fertile soil5 87Bakery stock4 91Convenience stores5 93Monopoly octet6 96Bunch of scoundrels6 98Swaggering, maybe5 99Libertine4 100Bakery buy6 103Driller’s org.3 104Fan club devoted to “Casino Royale” actress Eva?10 106Fan club devoted to “Only Murders in the Building” actor Martin?10 108Provoke4 109Blazing5 110Formally surrender4 111Buddies5 112Bull by the sea4 113Joined the 10K5 114Has a mortgage4 115Above4

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1Bull in the sky6 2Back up6 3Unimpressed response3 4Only character in all seven Narnia books5 5Catch, as flies4 6Approaching4 7Crested lizard6 8Accepted standard7 9Tricky billiards shot5 10Barbaric5 11Some stadium features5 12Bed table item4 13Amount past due3 14Taper off7 15About to explode5 16“Come on!” in La Paz5 17Death on the Nile causes, perhaps4 18President born on an island5 23Small salamander3 25Once in a blue moon6 31Pioneering DVR4 33Fan club devoted to Sex Pistols bassist Sid?13 34They may be collared5 36Kills, as a dragon5 37Fabled also-ran4 38John and Denny, in a 1960s rock foursome5 40Nonstudio films6 41Shrek and Fiona, e.g.5 43Mischievous6 44Singer Mariah5 45“Teardrop of India”8 46Make oneself at home8 47City in California’s Monterey County7 48John of “Face/Off”8 49Flush8 50“Live long and prosper” speaker7 52Eager agreement7 54Maze stopper7 58Bollywood garment4 60Label for Booker T. & the M.G.’s and the Staple Singers4 62Shaped in a shop, in a way6 63Far from sufficient6 65It’s a piece of cake5 66Avarice5 68Modem measures5 69Some first-time voters5 71Cuts back5 73Sch. support groups4 76Neptune’s largest moon6 78Teacher’s deg.4 80Chapel Hill athlete7 82“The Bald Soprano” playwright7 86Forswear6 88“My pleasure”6 89Hail Mary instruction6 90Milky Way ingredients5 91Organizing expert Kondo5 92Express through eight states5 93Bagel-shaped5 94Startlingly odd5 95Excited, with “up”5 96Fragment3 97Bakery enticement5 98MLB team VIPs4 99Tennis’s Nadal, familiarly4 101Ore source4 102“Iliad” warrior4 105Round number, of a sort3 107Traitorous singer3
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