Wall Street Journal Crossword October 23 2026 Answers

1Daze6 7Far from gregarious5 12Iga who’s won the U.S. Open, French Open and Wimbledon7 19Hook’s field6 20Stripe-shirted character found in kids’ books5 21Graceful entry into the pool8 22Fall beverage only available to those in the know?12 24Rides with toes off the board8 25Play around, so to speak4 26Mobile CPR pro3 27Out of the ordinary7 29Body art, informally3 30Link letters3 31Pewter, e.g.5 33Biscotti flavoring5 34Blade for an Olympian4 35Dolt8 37Chance for the comic’s apprentice to perform?10 40Writers Beattie and Patchett4 41Legal drama fig.6 44One may be bonded3 45Oracle’s temple?11 48Canaries, for example7 52Tickle5 53Physician Virginia, for whom a newborn test is named5 54Half of Popeye’s adopted baby’s name4 55Braz. neighbor3 56Plant with starchy corms4 57Like the start of knighthood6 59Phone screen array5 60Inner ear, of a sort3 61Have a mortgage, say3 62Things smelled in some churches?13 64High return3 65Dissenting vote3 66Düsseldorf dissents5 67Simple shack6 68Relinquish4 69Before, in ballades3 70Casino table covering4 71Guy who cooks5 72Pediatric patient5 73Carousal7 75Come back from a 30-40 score in tennis?11 78Word on a bill3 79Italicize, e.g.6 81Charger unit4 82Make a list of all of the cards in packs of tarot?10 86Stop fretting8 90Day divider4 91Harness races5 93Frees of skin5 94Name after Sallie, Fannie or Ginnie3 95Home base?3 96Twitter/X alternative with a butterfly logo7 98Early hrs.3 99Another name for broad bean4 100Capital of South Australia8 102A dentist’s Boley gauge, e.g.?12 106Inconvenient, in a way8 107Tea treat5 108Officially prohibit6 109Takes out7 110Round at the bar, perhaps5 111Loyalty program accrual6

1Prove the practicality of a bib6 2Cassiterite, notably6 3“The Little Mermaid” villainess6 4Birkenstock buy4 5Cause of some tics, in brief3 6Reuben base3 7“You’ve gotta be kidding!”6 8Pew group5 9Creaky, maybe3 10Ukraine’s main port5 11Internet gamer who may spend V-Bucks9 121919 George Gershwin composition6 13Designer Vera4 14“The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” playwright4 15Billboard displays3 16“The Mikado” town6 17Leveling tool6 18Math logic puzzle invented by Tetsuya Miyamoto6 21Second-highest mount in the Cascade Range6 23Dog topper6 28Orange coat4 31Nickname for the Governator5 32“Metropolis” director Fritz4 34Europe’s highest volcano4 36The title role in Verdi’s “Attila,” e.g.5 38Met, as a challenge7 39Phrase tacked on for emphasis6 41Trembly trees6 422002 M. Night Shyamalan film5 43Escapee’s destination, maybe9 45“You don’t need to remind me”7 46Noted defector of 19617 47Scout’s discovery6 48“You can’t make me!”5 49One of the letters of DNA stands for it7 50“What is it?” drawing created by Roger Price7 51Filled in6 52Penitent person6 54Overlook description6 57Displayed derision7 58How an unwelcome guest may be received5 59Fallen flier6 62Surge of new arrivals6 63Buy from Burpee5 68Spot for garbage or laundry, in some buildings5 71Romantic milestone9 72Samhain celebrators5 74Unspoiled spot4 76Extremely6 77Two tablets, perhaps4 79Bitter rant6 80Ring decisions4 82Like marquetry6 83Melon or bean6 84“Spill!”6 85Piano pieces6 86Subject of Abu Simbel statues6 87Manaus’s river6 88“I don’t want to hear your excuses!”6 89Pines6 92Coordinate5 93Coat on a bench, say5 96Torment with nasty remarks4 97Green shade4 99Evian alternative4 101Pre-5G mobile tech letters3 103Rooftop sound3 104Call center worker, for short3 105Start for Cat or Caps3