Wall Street Journal Crossword September 23 2026 Answers

1Grand celebration4 5Something people get on their birthdays5 10Do a quizmaster’s job3 13Hilton rival4 14Simple question5 15Dashed off3 16Bird in hieroglyphics4 17Ready already6 18Sydney sophs’ school3 19Shed light on secret truths, literally8 21Scold harshly6 23River crossing site4 24Complain angrily, literally7 25They might collapse under pressure11 28“Toodle-oo!”5 29Start for liner or ship4 30Enslaved princess in an 1871 work4 34Orders at the restaurant3 35Like many summer shoes7 38Denial from Dumas3 39CPR pros4 41Mountain crossing site4 42Follow, as advice5 44Gladden, literally11 47Like an asymmetric triangle7 50Glum drop4 51Reservations6 52Real swinger8 56Decorative vase3 57Make riskier, literally6 59Onetime “Sign of Good Taste” advertiser4 60Tuition reducer3 61Spur’s spiked wheel5 62Foil alternative4 63Pasture coating3 64Puts away5 65Staycation goal4

1Be hopping mad4 2Both, in combinations4 3Reality check, figuratively9 4“The sum total of things that could have been avoided,” per Adenauer7 5Fantasy baddie4 6Schreiber of “Ray Donovan”4 7Slides into an Insta chat3 855th anniversary gifts8 9Store business6 10As ___ (typically)5 11Capital about 90 miles from the Red Sea5 12Gentle cycle garments5 17Professorial degs.4 20Pay another’s way5 22Rae in movies4 24Most valuable, maybe6 25Clothes line4 26Make a bundle6 27Hobby wood5 28Miss identification3 31Stick one’s nose in where it doesn’t belong9 32Tragic fate4 33“Some Bright Nowhere” author Packer3 36Workforce vacancy8 37Stuffed to the gills5 40Broker’s suggestion4 43“The Reeve’s Tale” writer7 45Madagascar mammals6 46Mount near Messina4 47Platoon subunit5 48Namesake of the element with atomic number 965 49Barq’s rival5 52“That was close!”4 53Sinuous swimmers4 54Luau instruments4 55Rendezvous4 58First prime3