Wall Street Journal Crossword July 8 2026 Answers

1Playfully pokes on the nose5 6Young blokes4 10Upper limit3 13Western sight6 14Moral fiber4 15One might take a shot3 16Soft, salty snack11 18Ball-bearing item3 19Qatari leader4 20Beer container3 21Component of a kid’s “telephone,” once6 23Degree of excellence7 25Israelite who was “in the belly of the fish three days and three nights”5 26Treat like a baby6 28Cut the cord?5 31Music genre akin to house and trance6 34“Hi!” from a hound3 36River past Memphis4 37Prominent stretch3 38Rocker’s traps7 412016 vice presidential candidate Kaine3 42Orange throwaway4 44Clean water org.3 45Fun house features6 47Word with social or mass5 49Crater Lake location6 51Airport with the code BOS5 53They suck up spills7 57Glass works6 59Neither here ___ there3 60Chain unit4 61Bud3 62Persevere, and a description of the theme answers, based on their first words11 65Ring legend3 66Alexa’s counterpart4 67Spot sellers6 68Nullified service3 69Tattoo parlor supply4 70Hired muscle5

1Myanmar, before5 2Buck who was MLB’s first Black coach5 3Source of a three-pound egg7 4Brand named as a shortening of “Pfefferminz”3 5Dockworker9 6Letters on a rainbow flag4 7Singer Grande, to fans3 8“Same here”5 9Beer containers6 10Have an intellectual battle (with)9 11Polygon figure4 12Group based at the Xavier Institute4 13Blueprint detail4 17Ingredient in flaky pie crusts4 22Bread paired with korma4 24Portfolio component4 25Jamaican barbecue style4 27Kendrick with 27 Grammys5 29Writer Wiesel4 30Many blue state governors, for short4 31Expression4 32Lake bordering four states4 33Like a romantic dinner9 35“Naughty, naughty” gesture9 39Atop4 40Tugboat sound4 43Christian from Normandy4 46Fertilization type7 48Four-time Australian Open champ6 50Native of Endor4 52Sean who played Samwise5 54White with fear5 55Cuts short5 56Gym units4 57Milky stone4 58White with fear4 59CBS series with multiple spinoffs4 63Gall3 64Promise in front of a priest3