Wall Street Journal Crossword July 19 2026 Answers

1Enjoy a hot soak5 6Playful puppy’s bite3 9Decorative pillowcase4 13Secret identity5 14“Lust for Life” singer Del Rey4 15Bar mitzvah dance4 16Luke Skywalker’s X-wing, for one15 19Declare confidently4 20“Play another song!”6 21Hit the buffet3 22Sprawling property6 24Lowest soccer score3 26Fridge feature handy for parties12 32Ready for a nap, maybe5 35Mai ___ (tiki bar drink)3 36Store event4 37By way of3 38Produced from scratch7 42Passing craze3 43Lot measure4 45Georgia airport code3 46Unsettling signs5 48“Haven’t you heard enough already?”12 52Summer mo.3 53Fleet of warships6 56Extra NBA periods: Abbr.3 58Tea with dim sum6 62Worried sound4 64Settings for shipwreck stories15 67Sketched4 68Pegs on a course4 69Trees with cones5 70Flip ___ (record’s back)—and what’s flipped in 16-, 26-, 48- and 64-Across4 71Gives the go-ahead to3 72Dismissive sound5

1Cabo location4 2Painkiller brand5 3They rise and fall at the beach5 4Ponytail holder7 5Twisty road curve3 6DEA operative4 7The deets4 8Shoes purchase4 9“Quiet, please!”3 10Spot for a traveler’s valuables9 11Lot measure4 12Convenience store4 14Like highways and Olympic pools5 17Head, in Haiti4 18Chromosome part4 23“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” band4 25Connections3 272026 Winter Games host nation5 28Plopped down3 29Kind of crust or chart3 30Enthusiastic spirit4 31Merlot and Malbec4 32“Terrible” czar4 33Pleasant4 34Completely unclothed9 3941-Down figures, for short3 40Greek letter that looks like an H3 41Frosh housing4 44Frosh address ender3 47“Guess who’s back!”7 49Composer Stravinsky4 50Filing jobs, for short5 51CIA and FBI, for two4 54“No idea”5 55Tree in the birch family5 56Casino calculation4 57Garr of “Tootsie”4 59Prussia’s ___ von Bismarck4 60Vichyssoise veggie4 61Celebratory poems4 63“Hey, you there!”4 65She sheep3 66DJ’s platters3