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Wall Street Journal Crossword October 30 2026 Answers

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1In shock5 2Where Hercules slew a lion5 3Even a little5 4Deck item3 5Lunchbox goody3 6Timeout penalty, perhaps3 7Show fondness3 8Singer Tori4 9Northernmost of Greece’s Cyclades archipelago6 10Hold power5 11“Music in the Tuileries” painter5 12Aspiring newcomer9 13Thurman of “Kill Bill”3 14Doesn’t add fuel to, say7 15Admiral’s concern4 16Permit4 17Téa of “Jurassic Park III”4 18Subsume, as land4 21RuPaul has 14 of them5 27Impress immensely3 29Two in a row?4 31“It’s better left unsaid”6 32Oldest independent state in the Arab world3 33Satisfy a nicotine craving, in a way3 34Award for Best Play, e.g.3 36Pressed lightly, as the brakes7 38ID found on a jacket4 40Belonging to neither you nor me, maybe5 41Land on the Irish Sea4 42Hopping mad4 43Foreign: Prefix3 44Persian weapons5 45Pay tribute to5 46Extreme5 47Treats illustrated literally four times in this puzzle9 48Group with play dates?8 52Common sports injury site, for short3 53Turtle with a blue headband8 54Core beliefs6 56“Zounds!”6 579-Down, e.g.4 58Nix4 60Travis Scott performances4 63Cat o’ no tail4 66Grass used to make high-quality paper7 69Hill of Hollywood5 70A matter of degrees?5 71Sports competitions5 72More comfy-cozy5 74Lou Gehrig’s disease, for short3 76Hash out6 77One’s path to going overboard?4 78Cost as much as4 80Nonprofit org. that promotes public service announcements9 81CEO’s helper4 83Iowa State setting3 87Vein setting4 88With more things of that sort7 90“Kapow!”3 91Operatic slave3 92Pull apart3 94Out of practice5 95Trusted teacher6 96Drink suffix3 98Speak with swagger5 99Rich dessert5 101Side-impact collision, familiarly5 102Centurion, say5 103Leaning5 104Held back, as a news story4 105Kevin of “A Fish Called Wanda”4 106Communication between pen pals?4 107Hurries4 109Insolent brat4 113Org. opposed to background checks3 115Mustang mom3 116Comparable3 117Hopping mad feeling3 118Fidgeting with toys or rings, say3
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