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Wall Street Journal Crossword June 22 2026 Answers
15×15 Grid
78 Clues
Updated 12:01 AM ET
Across
1Humiliating failure6
7___ out a living3
10Improvised jazz style4
14Muscular Japanese dogs6
15Red or White MLB team3
16“___ la Douce” (1963 Shirley MacLaine movie)4
17Shows getting second showings6
18*Lipton product8
20Thread holder5
22Gift tag preposition3
23Flamenco cry3
24Sean of “The Lord of the Rings”5
26“Now I understand!”3
28Ed of TV’s “Lou Grant”5
30Frequent flier?4
31Pinnacle4
32Shows signs of neglect5
33Story with a grand scale4
34Word after beach or ski3
35Gullible person3
36*Assortment offering at a Chinese restaurant11
40Ryan’s predecessor on “Wheel of Fortune”3
41Rink surface3
42Behind4
45Foundation5
48Barbershop sound4
49Canary container4
50British university city5
51Was ahead3
52Maker of Oyster watches5
53Projectile path3
54Holiday preceder3
56Teapot part5
58Share a room meant for one, and a hint to what you can find in each starred answer8
61Ball caller6
64River of Spain4
65Cockpit guess, for short3
66Golf’s Arnold6
67Canary snack4
68Bashful3
69Sound from a hay fever sufferer6
Down
1Remote3
21950s presidential nickname3
3Site for a touchdown8
4*1958 hit for Connie Francis11
5Big name in cameras and printers5
6___ buco (veal dish)4
7PC corner key3
8Pitcher Sandy in the Baseball Hall of Fame6
9Trade show4
10Bro’s twin, perhaps3
11Sings like Bing6
12Charm6
13Narrows toward one end6
19Mount in Genesis6
21Accept eagerly5
241860s presidential nickname3
25Dainty drink3
27It rises and falls with the fashion7
29*Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, e.g.11
31Border on4
35Dance unit4
37Large number, informally6
38Corrosive liquids5
39What live broadcasts are in8
43Source of wisdom, some say3
44Mystery writer Stout3
45Gillette wares6
46Oxygen-reliant organism6
47Locked down6
48Follower of clues6
52Eternal City resident5
55Flying formations for geese4
57Beagle babies4
59Physique, in slang3
60Fork over3
62Tribal tract, for short3
63“Able was I ___ I saw Elba”3