Wall Street Journal Crossword September 24 2026 Answers

1Quaint exclamation4 5Bearded beast3 8Rapper on the bench5 13Nascar legend Earnhardt4 14Resort town in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains4 15Greek salad bit5 16Stress, some say4 17Barry Manilow’s “Could ___ Magic”4 18Cuts into cubes5 19Play featuring the line “Out, damned spot, out, I say!”7 21Sell off, as holdings6 22Sterling Divinity Quadrangle location4 23Rapturous reviews5 24“Ben-Hur” author Wallace3 27Florist’s daisy7 29“What?” in Juárez3 32Ring-shaped reef5 34Wee worker3 35Burmese Peace Prize winner ___ San Suu Kyi4 36#1 hit for the Commodores (and a hint to how many to look for in the grid’s top half)15 40Sentry’s call4 41Soap bubble, e.g.3 42Was a prelude (to)5 43Objective3 44Not given enough discipline7 47Ready to proceed3 48Over5 50Now or earlier4 52Tart, perhaps6 54Nation south of Gibraltar7 58Only character in all seven Narnia chronicles5 59Reserve4 61Weaver’s need4 62List5 63“Thou Soft Flowing Avon” composer4 64Rich vein4 65Battery components5 66First car, often3 67Reach across4

1Pale yellow cheese4 2Wildly enthusiastic, like pop star fans known as “Little Monsters”4 3“The Bridge on the River Kwai” star Guinness4 4Chaplin chapeau5 5Bring together6 6Head, in slang3 7Put to work3 8Chocolatier with a horse-and-rider logo6 9Full of vigor5 10They police gambling and prostitution10 11Nights before days4 12For fear that4 14Spine writing5 20Birdie beater5 21Pub activity5 23Thinker Descartes4 24Turning tool5 25Allen of the Green Mountain Boys5 26Country album?10 28Flower’s friend5 30Excessive5 31Nefertiti’s realm5 33Rent out3 35Pub potable3 37Talking point5 38Hematite’s yield4 39Birch family member5 44Team with a fleur-de-lis on its helmet6 45Tart, perhaps6 46Conjure up5 49Research funder5 51Some sushi5 52Play group4 53Cruise stop4 55Hen’s housing4 56Musical finish4 57Rainbow, to some4 59Diamond club3 60Gold, in Granada3