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Latest answers — September 16, 2026

All clues for the Wednesday, September 16, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Things Are Looking Up” by Jackson Musker.

PuzzleThings Are Looking Up

ConstructorJackson Musker

Clues76

Grid15×15

Across

1Full of guile4 Letters

5Bit parts?4 Letters

9Miles per hour, e.g.5 Letters

141973 French Open champ Nastase4 Letters

15Openly state4 Letters

16Egg producer5 Letters

17Celebrated Southern chef Lewis4 Letters

18“State Fair” setting4 Letters

19Ring around a watch face5 Letters

20Magnet for controversy12 Letters

23Sought-after7 Letters

24Animated greetings, often6 Letters

28Playfully pick on3 Letters

29Eight, to Augustus4 Letters

31Deposit in some banks3 Letters

32Important acid type5 Letters

35A+ student9 Letters

37Brother of Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael4 Letters

38Having a faraway dreamy look5 Letters

39Campbell of “Scream”4 Letters

40Rainbow-colored treats9 Letters

42Acclivities5 Letters

43Academic extension3 Letters

44Flight records4 Letters

45Close-mouthed3 Letters

462022 World Series champs6 Letters

48Overcome, as an upsetting experience7 Letters

52Spy satellites, and a hint to 20-, 35- and 40-Across, given their second halves12 Letters

55Somewhat5 Letters

58Ammonia feature4 Letters

59Redecorate4 Letters

60Bolt with speed5 Letters

61Exclusion anxiety, briefly4 Letters

62Gendered suffix4 Letters

63What you might go out with5 Letters

64Bass line?4 Letters

65Hockey fake-out4 Letters

Down

1Catch flies, say5 Letters

2“My Girl,” e.g.5 Letters

3Places for peds5 Letters

4“So you’ve said”9 Letters

5Made headway6 Letters

6Duck, say5 Letters

7Promgoer’s purchase4 Letters

8Gala giveaway4 Letters

9Titular 1987 cyborg7 Letters

10Vegan cosmetics brand5 Letters

11Whirling Looney Tunes character, for short3 Letters

12Seething state3 Letters

13Olive with a skinny shape3 Letters

21Rush, e.g.4 Letters

22Take another crack at5 Letters

25Ring borders5 Letters

26Ambition5 Letters

27French Open champ of 1990, 1991 and 19925 Letters

29Some native Nebraskans5 Letters

30Recycling bin items4 Letters

32Befuddled5 Letters

33Pays attention to5 Letters

34Words after slug, spit or sweat5 Letters

35“My Girl,” e.g.4 Letters

36Like an aerial view9 Letters

38Cause of hundreds of collisions in Alaska annually5 Letters

41Sickly sweet7 Letters

42Namesake of baseball’s postseason MVP award4 Letters

45Chevy subcompacts discontinued in 20016 Letters

47Sticky stuff5 Letters

48Garden figure5 Letters

49United5 Letters

50Real stinker5 Letters

51Melville’s first novel5 Letters

53Remote location, perhaps4 Letters

54Revered one4 Letters

55Sine ___ non3 Letters

56Charger standard3 Letters

57Help for some breakdown sufferers3 Letters

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