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Wall Street Journal Crossword October 21 2026 Answers
15×15 Grid
78 Clues
Updated 12:01 AM ET
Across
1Hunky-dory3
4Suffolk sound3
7Model airplane material5
12Field dressings?8
15Wallops6
16Cupful at Popeyes8
17“Now I remember!”6
18Fork-tailed flier4
19Tampa neighbor, familiarly6
21Tennis star Swiatek3
22Clothes line?6
24You can put drinks on them4
28Generic6
30Onetime JFK lander3
32Hereford sound3
33Rye buys6
36Tip5
38Means of advancement, and what can be found in each set of circles in this puzzle13
41One of 32 in a Monopoly set5
42Pub orders6
43Prove oneself fallible3
44Warriors shoot in it: Abbr.3
46Snap alternative6
50It’s brought to order4
52Shocked6
55Elvis’s longtime label3
56Enjoys a favorite film6
58Thin tubes on tables4
59For some time6
62Thumbs-up8
65Greatly dismay6
66It really sticks in your craw8
67Malia Obama’s younger sister5
68Smash into3
69Lasso in England3
Down
1Home of the Longhorns6
2“Let’s continue”6
3Culkin of “A Real Pain”6
4Web crawler3
5Finesse3
6Make ___ of (mishandle)5
7Bangkok currency4
8So far5
9Smartphone standard before 5G3
10Salt source3
11Briquette remnant3
13Quagmire3
14Fill to the gills4
15Works with meters and feet5
20Round a corner, in Monopoly6
22“Throw me the football!”6
23Biweekly tide4
25“You said it!”4
26Hammer, for one4
27Yard goods?3
29Pub orders4
31“Shame on you!”6
34Appearance6
35Fangorn Forest creature3
37Fence feature4
38Ticked off4
39Come about4
40Second-stringers4
41Clothes line?3
45Swiss city on the Rhine5
47Stand on the table6
48B to B, e.g.6
49Performed perfectly6
51Heep of literature5
53Bucket of bolts4
54Regarding5
57Queen of scat singing, familiarly4
58Saldaña of “Avatar”3
59Smoke detector batteries, sometimes3
60FDR’s job-creating program3
61Some printers3
63Sch. fundraiser, maybe3
64LP speed3