Wall Street Journal Crossword June 27 2026 Answers

1Things we complain about6 7It’s about 2,000 miles east of LAX3 10Firm figures, for short5 15Embargo3 18Cry for help6 19Third-rate4 21Broadcast in installments9 23Canio, in “Pagliacci,” e.g.11 25Camus novel9 26Prize whose first winner was “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in 198718 28Legend of music4 31Bring to bear3 32Victorian, e.g.3 33Unguarded on the court4 34Diva, stereotypically6 37Jessica of “Sin City”4 40“Jeopardy!” reunion, to some uninvited, say8 44Constitution statement granting Congress the power to pass “necessary and proper” bills13 48Romania’s currency3 49Made arrangements, in a way8 50Site of many sweaters12 56Medea, to Circe5 58Where the action is9 59“Halt, salt!”5 63Show stopper4 67Grande, familiarly3 68Tex. neighbor4 69“Goldberg Variations” composer4 70Grammy winner for “Tears in Heaven”11 74Düsseldorf denial4 75Comics canine4 76Back muscle, briefly3 77First name in country music4 78Natural inclinations5 79Put down again9 82Heart of Paris5 86Times of London puzzle solvers figure them out12 90Flinched8 95Simile center3 96It’s characterized by long, cold winters13 98Aggressive pitch8 103Pigeonhole4 104Like northern Italy6 105Moisturizer brand4 106Hockey’s Tikkanen3 108Torque symbol3 111JFK guesses4 112Benchmark U.S. birthday celebrated in eight of this puzzle’s Across answers18 120Clear9 121Laundry annoyance11 125Welcoming, as a new year9 126Dot-___ (web businesses)4 127Romanian composer George6 128FICA funds it3 129La Sicilia e la Sardegna5 130“Gangnam Style” rapper3 131Frank6

1SFO setting3 2Canal site3 3Green of “Casino Royale”3 4Al Gore and Cory Booker practice it8 5Dubai dignitary4 6Breakaway group4 7Perfect mark5 8Honest to a fault7 9A standard musical reference point is two octaves above it4 10“___ Is Born”5 11Capital south of the Caspian Sea6 12Long haul4 13“Holy moly!”4 14Hacienda room4 15Galoot6 16Blue shades6 17Has no requirement to6 20GOP fundraiser3 22Words before averages or the jungle5 24“Wicked” director Jon3 27Lab connection5 28Gladiator maker4 29Lecher’s look4 30Cold coating4 35Double duty?5 36South American monkey4 38Angels, on scoreboards3 39Nonetheless3 41Sign for one born on Cinco de Mayo6 42Get under control6 43Water carrier4 45Bee follower3 46Agcy. monitoring outbreaks3 47Grimm character3 51Part of Q.E.D.4 52Exact copy5 53Compare5 54Dark5 55Campfire chow5 57Catchall abbr.3 59Multiple choices5 60Dark Lord of the Sith5 61Tough on the stomach5 62Blind followers5 64Old show shifter3 65Bass, e.g.3 66Apply gently3 70Kay Thompson character6 71Mischievous one6 72Suffix for meteor or magnet4 73Fundraiser for pols3 78Swelter5 80H.S. supporters4 81OMG or LOL, e.g.3 83Hobbit’s foe3 84Common Market inits.3 85The Bruins’ sch.4 87Bruins, to Brutus5 88Green3 89Cellos and violas, in mus.3 91Drove ahead8 92Café additive4 93Sicilian erupter4 94Civil rights activist Morris4 97Tech squads7 98Bozos, in Canadian slang6 99Lafrenière of the New York Rangers6 100Beverly Cleary character6 101Conking out5 102Protein-rich legume6 107Public argument5 109Impatient5 110School in the U.K.3 113Cruise ship retired and converted into a floating UAE hotel4 114Coffee dispensers4 115“Othello” fellow4 116White House advisory grp.3 117Sporty car roof4 118Cake shop worker4 119Retinoid target4 122“Kinda”3 123Sgt., e.g.3 124Crunch target3