Wall Street Journal Crossword October 18 2026 Answers

1Ancient French people conquered by Julius Caesar5 6Strongly bitter5 11“The butler ___ it”3 14Nixon’s first vice president5 15Selected5 16Ambient music’s Brian3 17Basil-based sauce5 18Geyser’s kin9 20Holier-than-___4 22Old eatery with food behind windows7 23Stingy sort10 27Mr. ___ (secret agent in 1930s movies)4 28Get better4 29Spice in pumpkin pie4 30Batter in a classic poem5 31Help3 32Shaker stuff4 33Camel color3 34Use a crowbar3 35Clasp for a cravat7 37Gift-wrapping adornment3 40Baseball’s Ripken3 41A double play results in two4 42Gorilla, for example3 43Eye-popping images5 46___ sci (government study)4 47Spoken4 48Smell sensor4 49Buck10 51Essentially7 53Pecans and pistachios4 54Basketball hoop holder, and a feature of 18-, 23-, 35- and 49-Across9 57Silences with the remote5 60Greek’s H3 61Fury5 62Japanese port5 63Cargo unit3 64Robustly muscular5 65Stopwatch button5

1Opening3 2Get older3 3Wobbling8 4Deadly6 5Eagle’s attack move5 6German exclamation3 7John of “Star Trek Beyond”3 8Turn6 9Debate topic5 10Corp. division4 11Smaller of the two moons of Mars6 12Unlearned6 13Old tennis ball, maybe6 19Kind of bath or numeral5 21Label on a street-side box6 23British fellow4 24Recipient of the family fortune4 25Vitamin-rich salad green4 26“Tamp down your enthusiasm”7 30Ballpark souvenirs4 32ERA or RBI, e.g.4 3316th-century Venetian painter6 36Temporary pause4 37Macchiato makers8 38Shimmery gemstone4 39Water source4 40Small stream5 43How money might be lost6 44Chips source6 45Depth charge, in military slang6 46Thick soup6 47Dull-witted6 49Aerial coverage provider5 50Bit of gossip5 52Rhyme scheme of “Purple Cow”4 55Gridiron official, for short3 56Like the Dust Bowl3 58Scratch (out)3 59Plopped down3