Wall Street Journal Crossword July 17 2026 Answers

1Newman and Oldman, e.g.6 7Dries out, say6 13Request with clasped hands6 19“So true!”6 20Separate the grain from the chaff6 21Request with a proffered fist7 22Motile cell6 23“No Woman, No Cry” genre6 24Pros pretending to be amateurs, e.g.7 25*“Why so quiet?”19 28Letter after Delta4 29Gem from Down Under4 30Muted hue6 31Hand on a hacienda?4 34*Belabor a settled subject13 40Hung in folds6 42Abuela’s abode4 43Sport with training stables called “heya”4 44*Person of interest?7 45Brother in Genesis4 47AOL chats3 50Meditative practice3 51Kimono tie3 52Roman roadway6 54*Farewell tour10 58Lo-cal4 60Major Wall St. index4 62Disney boss until 20056 63“Real mature, guys, real mature!”...and advice for making the starred answers make sense21 71Large-scale ousters6 72Conjugation target4 73First-rate4 74*Tribunals that are complete shams10 78French region bordering Germany and Switzerland6 82Traders’ place3 83Sounds of hesitancy3 84Org. that issues nine-digit IDs3 85“That’s a bummer”4 87*Warm embraces7 89Guac and queso4 91Not rot4 93Person giving ick vibes6 94*“Chillax, dude!”13 100Sicilian postcard subject4 101Depends6 102Monet medium4 104Morse sounds4 108*Inhibition to talking19 113Casey at the bat, in the 1922 World Series7 115Tires out completely6 116Run into the ground6 117Snappy remarks7 118Still in the drafts folder6 119Villain in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”6 120Certify6 121Collect salary, in Monopoly6 122Pump figure6

1Up, in a way5 2Strip for laughs5 3Loyalty that’s pledged, quaintly5 4Choral verse from Sophocles’ “Antigone”8 5Yokel4 6Reach across4 7Barbershop tool5 8What a generous diner might pick up6 9Diamond pattern6 10Toy brand with theme parks4 11Brother in Genesis4 12Climbing guides7 13Journey’s beginning6 14Sprang forward6 15Swallows7 16“Zip-___-Doo-Dah”4 17P.G. Wodehouse title3 18Crop circle makers, supposedly3 21Writing that isn’t well versed?5 26Complimentary coverage, briefly6 27“There it is!”4 32Coding creations4 33Neither masc. nor fem.4 35Outstanding service3 36Flaky mineral4 37Athens aperitif4 38“So true!”4 39Marked with a macron, say4 40“The Many Loves of ___ Gillis” (classic sitcom)5 41Bonnie with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award5 44Sprawl4 45Tweak, say6 46Can opener?4 47“You are ___ much trouble!”4 48Course listing4 49Editor’s notation4 53Venomous snake5 55Checkup frequency, perhaps6 56Nascar driver Ty5 57Mlle, in Madrid4 59Spot4 61Off-road ride, for short3 64Tampa Bay gridders4 65Amorous archer4 66Water, to Juan4 67Passenger’s assignment4 68Excite5 69Mandy’s role in “The Princess Bride”5 70Becomes firm4 74Ashley of the “Divergent” movies4 75Only state that doesn’t share any letters with “mackerel”4 76“The Pat McAfee Show” carrier4 77Contractor’s detail4 79What keycards provide6 80Snappy4 81“Desire Under the Elms” protagonist4 86Many a microbrew3 88Whiplash protection8 90“That’s funny...”7 91Boat backbone4 92Became less intense7 95Yard lines?6 96“A Taste of Honey” trumpeter6 97Bowed Baroque instruments5 98Unfetters6 99Alternative to jailing6 103Played slowly5 105It comes from the heart5 106Wore5 107Michelangelo medium5 108Outdoor wedding rental4 109The Gaels of the NCAA4 110Capone nemesis4 111Nation between Benin and Ghana4 112Climate control acronym4 113“I Hate U” R&B artist3 114Tufted bird3