Wall Street Journal Crossword September 18 2026 Answers

1Rudimentary seed5 6Bad winner, perhaps7 13Share shelter7 20Three-by-three box in a sudoku puzzle5 21Bawl out7 22Way back when7 23Sharply defined paint job?13 25Criticized mercilessly7 26“Give ___ go”3 27Maze walls, perhaps6 28Showed curiosity5 30Words with discount or disadvantage3 31Private dinner4 33Like poblano peppers4 34Where Columbus established his La Navidad settlement5 36Put out4 37Suit4 38Cross-referencing word3 39Triangular, soft, flapping in the breeze?12 42Courser control4 44Disposable phone6 45Sewer scurrier3 46Song sung by Miss Congeniality?13 50Island nation west of Fiji7 54Rubs the wrong way5 55Play reviewer3 56Convinced4 57Cacophony3 58Yard sign verb5 59Only European Union city to host the Summer Olympics three different years5 61Turn outward5 62“The Beverly Hillbillies” role3 63Lewis of “Matlock”4 64Occupied apartments?11 66Rise dramatically4 67Funerary vase3 68Image Awards org.5 69Aspen attire5 70Not quite right, maybe5 71Forest female3 72Check out creepily4 73Drone, e.g.3 74Hemsworth who plays Thor5 75Back, in a way7 77The very chivalrous Mick Jagger and Keith Richards?13 82Wellness grp.3 83Knocked off6 84Louisville’s river4 85Unoccupied apartments?12 89___ gratia (by the grace of God)3 90Some daily temps4 94Platte River people4 95Hopper in Hollywood5 96Blanchett with two Oscars4 97Careless mistake4 98Payment promise3 99Jor-El’s portrayer in 2013’s “Man of Steel”5 101Blackbird family member6 103Groom’s words3 104“That’s cheating!”7 106Guy who steadfastly refuses to get help with directions?13 110“The Honeymooners” creator7 111Use as a resource7 112Heavy hitters in Hollywood5 113Sonnet sections7 114Forty winks7 115Grayish5

1Punctual6 2Whirl of water6 3Discontent6 4Cariou of “Sweeney Todd”3 5Leave one’s mark on4 6Illustrator’s color effect8 7Newbery Medal winner Madeleine6 8Was decisive5 9Parentheses, essentially4 10Excessively3 11“Creazione di ___” (Sistine fresco)3 12Lawyer’s fee8 13Willow spike6 14Fairy tale baddie4 15Bowler’s place4 16Pompous sort3 17“Grand” place near Florida6 18“Makes sense to me”6 19Yet6 24Surrounds6 29Michelin reward4 32Harsh sound7 34Sage, e.g.4 35Last Stuart monarch4 36Question from the betrayed4 39Fill with, as oxygen6 40Refrain snippets6 41Light yellow-brown5 43Toward the sunrise4 44Complaint from a con6 46Suite start7 47Banking device7 48Gathered gradually7 49Subtle distinction6 50Battery pioneer Alessandro5 51Recess7 52Most-searched “how to” subject, ahead of “how to kiss”7 53Strip7 56Like some poetry6 59Rembrandt who painted Washington and Jefferson5 60Letters on many racing cars3 61Elaborate meal6 64Appends6 65Dark-furred martens6 66Defeats decisively7 68Bellini opera5 70Opera opening4 76Electrical units4 77Diner sign promise8 78Like two peas in ___4 79Where Pizarro died4 80In direct confrontation8 81The UPS logo, e.g.6 83Regatta team4 85What’s happening6 86Peter of “The Lion in Winter”6 87Bus map depictions6 88Lemon tree features6 89Elegantly small6 91Countess in “Twelfth Night”6 92Least narrow6 93Like many convertibles6 96Common origami creation5 99Lawyer’s job4 100Chaotic scene4 101Drop4 102Focus of Taylor Swift’s last tour4 105Lard or suet3 107Morse code sound3 108Protagonist of a Satyajit Ray film trilogy3 109Suffering3