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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 28 2026 Answers
21×21 Grid
138 Clues
Updated 12:01 AM ET
Across
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
Down
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