Wall Street Journal Crossword October 20 2026 Answers

1One of the components of Einstein’s equation4 5Hand makeup5 10Tears4 14Working hard4 15“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright5 16Creative flash4 17Passport info4 18Smelling salts?10 20Monotonous sound5 22“Yeah, that’s better”7 23Problems with young’uns?12 27Many a middle schooler7 28Press into service3 31Crowning point4 35Play adapted from the works of Capote3 36Official timekeeper of tennis’s U.S. Open5 38Irritation resulting from an insult?15 42Dance akin to the maxixe5 43Joke around3 44“Shoot!”4 45Make a choice3 46Jackson who sang at JFK’s inaugural ball7 50Under the couch cushions, maybe?12 55Shoulder adornment7 58Like doves and hawks5 59What got rocker Tom a record?10 63“Ars Amatoria” poet4 64Entertaining awards feat4 65Squalid dwelling5 66“Those ___ the days”4 67Catch sight of4 68Peaceful places5 69Zen garden stuff4

1Chocolate candy with a shell5 2Missile Command company5 3Who says?5 4Court recorder5 5High school eatery, informally3 6In the style of3 7Hitter’s stat3 8Stuart’s love on “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe”6 9Avoid a trial6 10Carnival attractions5 11Revered one4 12Crook, in cop show lingo4 13Lip4 19Literary master of irony6 21Triage sites3 24Sluglike race in the “Star Wars” galaxy4 25“___-Ca-Dabra” (1974 pop hit)4 26Had absolutely no talent for7 28Wrist-to-elbow bone4 29Breakaway group4 30Past dates?4 31Concerning4 32Thunder sound4 33Change source4 34Early bird holder3 37Sculling tool3 39Not much to look at6 40Khartoum’s river4 41Like “To a Skylark”4 47Don of “Trading Places”6 48Drag performer?6 49“That’s it!”3 50Like dirt roads, often5 51Maintains5 52Maker of Botanical Blossom body wash5 53Memorial mound of stones5 54Broke off5 55Saber’s kin4 56Cribbage pieces4 57On4 60“Now ___ seen everything!”3 61Chess pieces3 62Movers on high tracks3