Wall Street Journal Crossword August 5 2026 Answers

1Maker of Primavera scooters5 6Book containing the Believers’ Prayer4 10“Honey, Honey” singers4 14Situation at the start of a regular-season extra inning5 15Left on a cruise?4 16Hit on the head4 17Proceed without effort5 18Sad4 19Make a touchdown4 2039-Across foes in the 1940s6 22Brunch order6 24Acid’s opposite4 25Prose descriptor6 27Thing to join for a spell3 30Wise guy5 32Lady of La Mancha6 34Femur-tibia connector, for short3 37Defeatist’s words5 3920-Across foes in the 1940s4 40What a true hero may be paid15 44Billy with a beard4 45Stood out favorably5 46Dorm VIPs3 47Flip6 50Pentathletes’ needs5 52Hurricane center3 53Cowardly6 55Proctor’s call4 59Opening on Broadway6 61Twain with a twang6 63Developer’s area4 65“Raise Your Glass” singer4 67Ready for the operation, maybe5 68It may be happy or be witching4 69Slurpee alternative4 70Immune system part5 71Like JFK or SFO4 72“The Martian” org.4 73Sides in a classic battle5

1SAT prep study5 2Sherlock’s sister in a series of Millie Bobby Brown movies5 3Elite fighting group5 4Pocketful in a nursery rhyme6 5Pay to play4 6BOLO kin3 7Suggestion to a crayon-wielding child, and a hint to four rows of this puzzle15 8Strong suit5 9Strengthens6 10Qualified for the job4 11Percussionist without an instrument9 12Outlaw3 13“Your point being?”3 21Character from a bar5 23Ang with Oscars3 26Sam the Minuteman’s sch.5 28Wheeler of the WNBA’s Sparks5 29Bridge positions5 31Comic quality3 33Rejuvenating break3 34Texas A&M athlete5 35Buddy5 36Excludes9 38Change: Prefix5 41Took in3 42Show covering Hollywood from 1991 to 20255 43Take in3 48Pocketful in a nursery rhyme3 49Bowling variety6 51Batter’s position6 54German camera maker5 56Dow, e.g.5 57German appliance maker5 58Viscounts’ superiors5 60Lower left PC key4 62Crude quarters4 6321st of 24 letters3 64Chaney of horror films3 66Mauna ___3