Wall Street Journal Crossword June 2 2026 Answers

1“Picturing Will” writer Beattie3 4Bee bunch5 9Like champion racehorses4 13Regulus’s constellation3 14Tree with thorns6 15Mysterious quality4 16Middle of summer?3 17Began to reduce, as loads of work11 19Fliers frequently found in pastures8 21View from Port Sudan6 22Exemplary5 23Palette paints4 24You or me, presumably10 27Iowa State’s city4 31Michael J. Fox has won five5 32Narc’s org.3 33Worked on a loom4 34Reward for driving someone home: Abbr.3 35Hang loose5 37Neckline shape3 38Let off steam4 40Language of Vientiane3 41Hip, e.g.5 43Therefore4 44“That would be my guess”10 47Sounded the hour4 49October Revolution leader5 50Saint Francis’s home6 53Pick-your-own-hours work system8 56Regular romantic partner, and what’s represented by this puzzle’s circles11 58Opening3 59Deets4 60Grammar topics6 61Color3 62Goes below the horizon4 63Opposite of faster?5 64Reason for extra innings3

1Guinness of “The Bridge on the River Kwai”4 2Captain of the Nautilus4 3Lakeside sign10 4Egyptian amulet6 5Walk like a duck6 6Good hold ’em holding4 7Narrow inlet3 8Renaissance song8 9Machine shop tool7 10Tire tracks4 11County of northwest Pennsylvania4 12Comical Carvey4 14City about 70 miles north of Paris6 18Twisty fish3 20Yearly celebration, for short4 23Scott Turow book4 24Villechaize of “Fantasy Island”5 25Brownish color5 26“Cold feet” or “cold shoulder,” e.g.5 28Item on a family schedule, perhaps10 29Smooths out5 30Handle5 35Sister brand of Estée Lauder8 36“The Life Impossible” writer Matt4 39Bygone Ford muscle cars7 41Bringers of bad luck6 42Dealing with the problem4 45State without proof6 46Old fogy6 48Stupid jerk3 50“London Fields” writer Martin4 51All there, so to speak4 52Free of clumps, in a way4 53Skillful act4 54Kahului’s island4 55Tool for a duel4 57Mex. neighbor3