Wall Street Journal Crossword September 14 2026 Answers

1Bearded Smurf4 5Some Cubans6 11Mama’s boy3 14Farming prefix4 15Outfit for an infant6 16Debate side3 17Many a modern business session (or a hasty tryst?)11 19Emmy winner Holbrook3 20Honeyed drinks5 21Solution in an IV drip6 23Share one’s thoughts (or what may develop after 17-Across?)15 27Citi Field player3 28Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g.3 29Former flames4 30Texas city named for a Ukrainian city6 34Poetic feet5 37Political partner (or a possible product of 17- and 23-Across?)11 40Anvil sound5 41Is penitent6 44Catcher’s wear4 47End for spy, kiss or nanny3 49Dog doc3 50Next of kin (or possible outcome of 17-, 23- and 37-Across?)15 56Headline6 57Wide valleys5 58Do the wrong thing3 59Event where the romance in 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across may start?11 64SoFi Stadium footballer3 65Turn sour, as milk6 66Post-shower attire4 67Planetarium depiction3 68Declares6 69At some previous point4

1Nobel-winning poet Octavio3 2Earlier than now3 3Supplier of forgotten lines, for stage actors8 4Person drawing a bead5 5New Yale students of 19695 6Actually existing6 7Acquire3 8“___ live and breathe!”3 9Free of suds5 10George of “The Goldbergs”5 11Big cat of Africa?6 12Grand Marnier flavoring6 13Phrase tacked on for emphasis6 18Astronaut Jemison3 22Deceives6 23Angsty music genre3 24Checked, on a form3 25Target, as with a water balloon7 26Online periodical, for short4 31Chump6 32“Live from New York!” letters3 33“Blonde” Oscar nominee de Armas3 35UFC sport3 36Cricket stick3 38Cuzco resident4 39Conjure up8 42Elusive swimmer3 43Epitome of a mess3 44Stingy sorts6 45Lake Shore Limited operator6 46Obsequious6 48Stick one’s nose in6 51Parts of spines and brakes5 52Suggestions5 53Begins to disappear5 54Copying3 55D.C. commuter choice5 60Period3 61Summer setting in NYC3 62Airer of 32-Down3 63“Fancy that!”3