Wall Street Journal Crossword October 5 2026 Answers

1Hard to lift5 6Folkie Joan4 10Light fog4 14Bellybutton fit for a body shot5 15Bone from the elbow to the wrist4 16“Ah, makes sense”4 17Burlap bag in a fun race10 19Tartan-wearing group4 20Speed down a slope3 21Soft-pop vocalist Vannelli4 22“Give it ___!”5 23Ladle with a lever13 27Word before Fox or Rabbit in stories4 28Sort3 29Dandyish dude3 31Davis of “Do the Right Thing”5 34Twosome3 35Luxe hotel chain4 36The “Here’s to my sweet Satan” that listeners thought they heard in “Stairway to Heaven,” e.g.15 40Jane of Gothic literature4 41Take to court3 42Fruit of the Loom rival5 43“The Chi” network, for short3 44Gender prefix3 45Feeble, as an excuse4 47Up-and-down passageway13 52Rams defensive end Garrett5 53Bristol bloke4 54“So that’s it!”3 56Comparable4 57Genre for Robert Johnson and Charley Patton10 60Anchovy holders4 61Soothing succulent4 62Contents of some cabinets5 63Boldly innovative4 64Sites of winding rds.4 65“Understand?” (or what one can do with the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across)5

1Squats strengthen them4 2Slender-stemmed mushroom5 3Bit of amusing behavior5 4By way of3 5Nonetheless3 6More pressed for time6 7Haim of “One Battle After Another”5 8Speech of praise8 9Nationals pitcher Kent3 10Really small5 11It’s between England and Ireland9 12Animal of the phylum Porifera9 13Campout structure4 18Fiend in a fairy tale4 22Cry of frustration3 24Two-wheeler with a battery5 25Behind-the-scenes staff4 26Gin-flavoring fruit4 30Bakery buys4 31Honors conferred by King Charles, for short4 32Willie Mays nickname9 33Habit that’s all thumbs?9 34Five-star gen. who became president3 35Honshu city5 37Honshu’s continent4 38Area with many derelict factories8 39Onetime ruler of Iran4 44Walgreens rival3 45Puts down on paper6 46“___ bien!” (Spanish “All right!”)4 48Minuscule5 49Synthetic fiber5 50Site of some seismic activity5 51“Of ___ Sing” (children’s book by Barack Obama)5 52Chess ender4 55Helper: Abbr.4 57Flow stopper3 582016 Spielberg movie, with “The”3 59Untruth3