Wall Street Journal Crossword October 26 2026 Answers

1Critical comment3 4Casual farewell4 8Passing notes?5 13Noted etiquette expert9 16Ham’s device5 17*Business owners with no partners15 19Ridiculous5 20Give in to gravity3 21Queen of the Nile, familiarly4 22Lawn mower brand4 25Challenge for movers4 27Guitarist’s clamp4 30*Yankees and Red Sox, e.g.10 35Pub potables4 36Astronaut Jemison3 37Escort from the door5 38Joined the marathon3 39*Colorful play area7 42Participate in a biathlon3 43Prenatal test, for short5 45“Tubular!,” more recently3 46Not single-sex4 47*Comply10 50Cathedral recess4 51Skywalker’s friend4 52Abu Dhabi dignitary4 54Returned call?4 57Answer to the Sphinx’s riddle3 59Pub projectiles5 63React quickly, and advice for answering the starred clues15 67Pink drink, informally5 68Ability to perceive things9 69Firetruck connectors5 70Tight ends?4 71Bit of resistance3

1Lucy’s 1950s co-star4 2“That was my cue!”4 3Tributary of the Colorado River4 4Universal donor’s designation5 5Mar. follower3 6Overly3 7Egyptian vipers4 8Mined-over matter3 9Lair under Wayne Manor7 10Object of adoration4 11Makeshift swing4 12Unremarkable4 14Slow passages6 15Severely criticize5 18Lab assistant of film4 23Hindu hero4 24By mouth4 26Word before bump or pump4 27Gemologist’s measure5 28San Antonio landmark5 29Tubular pasta5 31Relatives of violas5 32“The Fox and the Grapes” writer5 33Metric on social media5 34Rudely sarcastic5 39___-chic (style of the mid-2000s)4 40Freshener scent4 41Object4 44“My treat”7 46Wine container6 48Orange-nosed Muppet4 49Bank offerings5 53Elba of “The Wire”5 54Scratch the surface?4 55Shoe designer Jimmy4 56Sound from an angry cat4 58Russian refusal4 60Gambling spot near Lake Tahoe4 61Apple’s industry4 62Pipe part4 6437 of Ali’s 56 wins, for short3 65Early afternoon hour3 66Salt Lake City athlete3