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Latest answers — October 21, 2026
All clues for the Wednesday, October 21, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Rock Climbing” by Mike Graczyk.
Across
1Hunky-dory3 Letters
4Suffolk sound3 Letters
7Model airplane material5 Letters
12Field dressings?8 Letters
15Wallops6 Letters
16Cupful at Popeyes8 Letters
17“Now I remember!”6 Letters
18Fork-tailed flier4 Letters
19Tampa neighbor, familiarly6 Letters
21Tennis star Swiatek3 Letters
22Clothes line?6 Letters
24You can put drinks on them4 Letters
28Generic6 Letters
30Onetime JFK lander3 Letters
32Hereford sound3 Letters
33Rye buys6 Letters
36Tip5 Letters
41One of 32 in a Monopoly set5 Letters
42Pub orders6 Letters
43Prove oneself fallible3 Letters
44Warriors shoot in it: Abbr.3 Letters
46Snap alternative6 Letters
50It’s brought to order4 Letters
52Shocked6 Letters
55Elvis’s longtime label3 Letters
56Enjoys a favorite film6 Letters
58Thin tubes on tables4 Letters
59For some time6 Letters
62Thumbs-up8 Letters
65Greatly dismay6 Letters
66It really sticks in your craw8 Letters
67Malia Obama’s younger sister5 Letters
68Smash into3 Letters
69Lasso in England3 Letters
Down
1Home of the Longhorns6 Letters
2“Let’s continue”6 Letters
3Culkin of “A Real Pain”6 Letters
4Web crawler3 Letters
5Finesse3 Letters
6Make ___ of (mishandle)5 Letters
7Bangkok currency4 Letters
8So far5 Letters
9Smartphone standard before 5G3 Letters
10Salt source3 Letters
11Briquette remnant3 Letters
13Quagmire3 Letters
14Fill to the gills4 Letters
15Works with meters and feet5 Letters
20Round a corner, in Monopoly6 Letters
22“Throw me the football!”6 Letters
23Biweekly tide4 Letters
25“You said it!”4 Letters
26Hammer, for one4 Letters
27Yard goods?3 Letters
29Pub orders4 Letters
31“Shame on you!”6 Letters
34Appearance6 Letters
35Fangorn Forest creature3 Letters
37Fence feature4 Letters
38Ticked off4 Letters
39Come about4 Letters
40Second-stringers4 Letters
41Clothes line?3 Letters
45Swiss city on the Rhine5 Letters
47Stand on the table6 Letters
48B to B, e.g.6 Letters
49Performed perfectly6 Letters
51Heep of literature5 Letters
53Bucket of bolts4 Letters
54Regarding5 Letters
57Queen of scat singing, familiarly4 Letters
58Saldaña of “Avatar”3 Letters
60FDR’s job-creating program3 Letters
61Some printers3 Letters
63Sch. fundraiser, maybe3 Letters
64LP speed3 Letters
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