Wall Street Journal Crossword October 19 2026 Answers

1Post-larva state4 5Bold bet at the poker table5 10“The Substance” star Moore4 14Perched on4 15Dip for tortilla chips5 16Biz bigwig4 17It may be broken after the election15 20Volume setting?5 21Pen on a pig farm3 22Tiny bits5 23Org. for motorists3 25Journalist Curry3 26One might contain a flashlight and protein bars11 31Birds of a feather that don’t fly together4 33Endowment5 34Sharp changes of direction4 37Dork’s kin5 39Out of date3 40Bit of potpourri5 41Furious3 42Plot device in “Memento”7 45Indefinite amount3 46Like a thrill ride13 49Garment under a blouse3 50Remote batteries, perhaps3 51Brown marten5 54Karaoke bar figures3 57“Egad!”5 61Marital split, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters15 64Complete range4 65Sports spot5 66Upscale hotel chain4 67“The Big Board,” for short4 68Carried on, as a war5 69Political cartoonist Thomas4

1Busy orgs. in election years4 2Zion National Park setting4 3Apple or pear4 4Performer’s reward8 5Pollution stat3 6Galoots4 7Easter lead-up4 8Car trip game of observation4 9Neither follower3 10Make look bad8 11Highway ramp4 12Monument Valley sight4 13Cools down4 18Many miles away4 19Noise from a pig farm4 24Math mean: Abbr.3 25PC key3 26Material for some blue shoes of song5 27Jeremy with an Oscar5 28Parking assistant5 29“Thus...”5 30Moon of Saturn5 31Techno genre initialism3 32Sound of a kiss4 35The Sharks or the Jets, e.g.4 36Cunning3 38Winery container6 40Smoothie fruit6 43Letters on NYC subway cars3 44Sierra Nevada offering3 47Burning brightly6 48Mic check question6 51Baseball’s Musial4 52Creatively pretentious4 53Life stories4 54Farmiga of “The Conjuring”4 55Common image format4 56Reasonable4 58Strong cotton variety4 59Many, many years4 60Fit of pique4 62Tool with teeth3 63“Awesome!”3