Wall Street Journal Crossword July 31 2026 Answers

1Hacker’s goal6 7“1,000 songs in your pocket” advertiser4 11Hurried flight3 14Coal stratum4 18“Roamin’ in the ___” (1912 Harry Lauder song)7 19Longest river entirely within Switzerland4 20Bonobo, e.g.3 215 for B or 6 for C, e.g.4 22Home of Velázquez’s “Las Meninas”7 23Grumpy or Happy on wash day, maybe?13 26Away from home5 27Hero helped by the divine monkey Hanuman4 29Road trip stops9 30GI thumbing a ride from Fort Bragg to Fort Benning?14 34Capital on the Missouri River6 35The Chariot or the Tower, e.g.5 362013 Joaquin Phoenix movie about an AI crush3 37Take a load off3 38Olympic paddler8 42Inexperienced educator?12 48From the start4 49“___ would like to play” (2006 ad slogan)3 50Frozen Wasser3 51Cheeky, say4 52Boccie-loving Doberman?15 59“Girl, Interrupted” Oscar winner5 60Bygone jet3 61Colleague of Cleese and Idle5 62Tailless amphibian4 63Stared stupidly6 64Musket attachment7 66Chicago’s largest newspaper7 68Impressively tough6 71Part of QED4 73Harden (to)5 74Business with sweaters3 77Wrong5 78“I’ll take whatever beef or pork is available, thanks”?15 81Shankar with a sitar4 82Closely monitored hosp. section3 83Fraction of a joule3 84Kate, to Archie and Lilibet4 85Roy Campanella or Charles Johnson, e.g.?12 89Unspecified8 93___ Lingus3 94Paris accord?3 95Valentine’s gift5 96Evaluate6 100Praise for a former British prime minister?14 106Mobile home?9 108“Very funny!”4 109Still in the game5 110Central American plotting a coup?13 113Took a road trip7 115___ II (Gillette brand)4 116Word after bachelor or mouse3 117Salt or smoke, say4 118Gridiron squads7 119Spanish painter with murals in 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s lobby4 120“___ Beso” (Paul Anka song)3 121“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” singer seen as the last part of this puzzle’s theme answers4 122Parched place6

1Permit5 2Acknowledge5 3Indigenous West Indian people5 4Flow forth7 5Caesar of comedy3 6Bothersome bunkmates7 7Confession starter6 8Play with, kitten-style5 9Singer Rita3 10German article3 11Focused beam5 12Bldg. divisions4 13Mrs. Lovett’s wares, in “Sweeney Todd”8 14Paris’s ___-Coeur5 15Anesthetic of the past5 16Lend ___ (listen)5 17Code creator5 18Polite fellow4 24Brest brother5 25Indian yogurt-and-cucumber dip5 28Cuts like ___ knife through butter4 31Three-prong Japanese weapon3 32Resurrection figure6 33Tee follower3 37Commotion4 38Line at LaGuardia4 39Yucatán years4 40Semiaquatic salamander4 41Athena’s symbol3 42Bar supply3 43Calling for7 44“Jerry Maguire” director Cameron5 45Skeletal ship4 46Falco of “The Sopranos”4 47Sax piece4 49Aging facility6 53“Count me out”5 54Opposition answers4 55Day-___ paint3 56Pesto bit7 57Bed in a barracks3 58Painter/AIDS activist Keith6 59Singer Jackson5 63Spiritual guide4 64No-frills5 65Pic on a pec3 67Condescending address for a man3 68Fishhook feature4 69Human rights activist Clooney4 70Met headliner4 72“The heavens speed ___ thine enterprise!”: Portia6 74Elisabeth of “Leaving Las Vegas”4 75Slammers4 76Critic’s concern4 78Rent-___4 79Clearance tag abbr.3 80Hall of Famer Ripken3 82Antarctic expanse8 86Casey with a countdown5 87Sky streaker5 88Shade3 89Chris of “Law & Order”4 90Hanging one’s head7 91___ culpa3 92Mount Vernon and Monticello, e.g.7 95Lion, at times6 96Dr. visits5 97Market unit5 98Sub system5 99Put into practice5 100South American barbecue5 101Pointer’s word5 102Garlic unit5 103Personnel head, at times5 104Happening5 105Cincinnati team4 107Cries of insight4 111Roman 3003 112Bewildered response3 114Bullring cry3