Wall Street Journal Crossword September 4 2026 Answers

1Music genre for Tokyo’s Yoasobi and Nogizaka464 5Speaks for, briefly4 9Motrin alternative5 14Corkscrews on tables, e.g.5 19Brand for Brussels griffons4 20Westernmost D-Day beach4 21They fly in an 11-Down5 22Abstractions5 23Dieting and exercising to avoid needing to buy a bigger belt?15 26Disinclined5 27Eurythmics singer Lennox5 28Ceremonial basin6 29At most4 31Cow chow3 32Designer’s draft6 34Deserves6 36Maker of licensed vinyl toy figures5 38Common name for a herding dog4 40Fear-inducing thunderstorm?12 44Asian honorific3 47Ill-suited5 50Make out, in Bath4 51Frolicsome6 52Astonishingly awesome shriek?10 55Astronaut Cooper, familiarly5 57Lab liquids4 58“Freeze the Feeling” beverage brand4 59Happening place6 61Iridescent gem5 63Asian honorific3 64“The Commitments” writer Doyle5 66Bacteria-infected6 68Place under the seat, say4 70Story of Earth’s longest-living land animal trying to hide its years with a wig?21 77Ancient music halls4 78Goddess of the dawn6 79Carried5 80Flimflam3 83Opposite of avant5 86Bomb in an idiom about backfiring plans6 88With 44-Down, modest garment4 89Mimicked4 91Replies to a host5 93What a bird feels after crashing into a sheet of glass?10 95Piedmontese wine6 97Grub4 99Nick of “Tropic Thunder”5 100___ Islas Filipinas3 101Spy tasked with following spouses in their golden years?12 104Crowd-sourced review site4 106Wing5 107Antarctic explorer Shackleton6 110Unsavory6 114Nothing at all3 116Taylor Swift’s “___ Something Bad”4 118Auto correction6 120City of Tuscany5 121Ivy in Philly5 123Crew members tending to spinnakers and jibs?15 126Tight headwear5 127A crowd, they say5 128Ivy in New Haven4 129One of a geographic quintet4 130Operatic bass-baritone Simon5 131Iditarod vehicles5 132Passed easily4 133Property paper4

1Scavengers who sell C-3PO and R2-D2 to Luke’s uncle5 2Core exercise5 3Think out loud5 4Hypothesizes6 5Dark ’n’ Stormy part3 6List wrap-up4 7Yankee Clipper carrier5 8Wax alternative5 9Problem for job-seeking seniors7 10Lowering in rank8 11See 21-Across3 12“Freedom ___ free”4 13Acquitted6 14Hoppy lager7 15Hubbub3 16Members of the genus Hippocampus9 17“So long!”4 18Wan4 24Helper after a crash6 25Teri of “Young Frankenstein”4 30Hypothesize8 33Mathematician Poincaré5 35Inquisitive sort5 37Mr. Kringle4 39History Channel’s highest-rated show9 41Grimm monster4 42Vegetable called bhindi in Pakistan4 43Gosling in Hollywood4 44See 88-Across5 45Big name in copiers5 46___ la Cité (site of Notre Dame cathedral)5 48Leisurely stroll, in Spanish-speaking areas5 49Hedren of “The Birds”5 53Resulted in5 54“___ luck!”5 56Villainous9 60Bind5 62“Stay (I Missed You)” singer Lisa4 65Member of the Jedi High Council4 67Seven-time AL batting champ5 69Clobber5 71Admonished8 72Away5 73Pipe-clearing brand5 74Common neo-grotesque font5 75Most populous country5 76Coach controls5 80Baja resort4 81Iridescent gem4 82“Get a load of this dweeb!”9 84Nights before4 85Flurry5 87Lavishes affection5 90Sad4 92Hit with a jump scare8 94Lament of the vanquished6 96Jacket parts7 98Cranial cavities7 102Is real6 103Advance4 105Ready6 108“So long!”5 109“Dear Mama” rapper5 111Steel plow inventor5 112Navel type5 113Out of fashion5 114Botticelli’s Venus, e.g.4 115NYSE debuts4 117Willy Wonka’s creator4 119Wan4 122Scottish refusal3 124Fury3 125Like diamonds3