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Latest answers — November 4, 2026

All clues for the Wednesday, November 4, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Zzz Top” by Shmuel Schmell.

PuzzleZzz Top

ConstructorShmuel Schmell

Clues78

Grid15×15

Across

1Glades critter4 Letters

5Lessens gradually4 Letters

9Highest-grossing film before “Star Wars”4 Letters

13“Filthy” money5 Letters

15Cruise stop4 Letters

16Lighted sign4 Letters

17Deal costs5 Letters

18Face-to-face exam4 Letters

19UMD athlete4 Letters

20Reptile with a powerful bite14 Letters

23Ytterbium’s atomic number7 Letters

24Coral island3 Letters

25“___ we there yet?”3 Letters

26Sultan Haitham bin Tariq’s subjects6 Letters

29Retired M&M color3 Letters

32Smallest musical group3 Letters

34Sajak’s successor on “Wheel of Fortune”8 Letters

36Bagel buy5 Letters

39In shape3 Letters

40Make ashamed5 Letters

41Swore8 Letters

43Film that earned Will Smith and Jon Voight Oscar nominations3 Letters

44Collarless shirt3 Letters

45Home of the Mets6 Letters

47Reuters rival3 Letters

50The Crown & Anchor, on “Ted Lasso”3 Letters

51TV star’s recognition7 Letters

54Kids’ all-nighter, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme14 Letters

58Ammonia feature4 Letters

59Mimicked4 Letters

60Sister of Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella and Alana, in a Disney film5 Letters

61Secret hideout4 Letters

62Flat bread?4 Letters

63Gabriel, Michael, Raphael or Uriel, e.g.5 Letters

64Big Apple fashion label4 Letters

65Next-smallest musical group4 Letters

66IDs on W-2s4 Letters

Down

1Like some voting shares6 Letters

2Strip on the table6 Letters

3Ti to ti, e.g.6 Letters

4Fancy flapjack5 Letters

5Amerigo Vespucci, for one6 Letters

6Six-time French Open champ4 Letters

7Tantrum thrower4 Letters

8Island near Martinique7 Letters

9Docking spot5 Letters

10Rink jump4 Letters

11Item worn in a sting4 Letters

12Letters on Indy cars3 Letters

14“Monday Night Football” channel4 Letters

21“Am ___ late?”4 Letters

22Mischief maker6 Letters

27Tangential remark5 Letters

28Hoop hanger3 Letters

29Lipton leaves3 Letters

30Dray tower3 Letters

31Utmost degree3 Letters

32Rep. opposer3 Letters

33Singular6 Letters

35Hitter’s stat3 Letters

36Common combo vaccine3 Letters

37Refined stuff3 Letters

38Saldaña of “Emilia Pérez”3 Letters

39Bill addition3 Letters

42Legal document division7 Letters

43Tingling sensation initialism4 Letters

46Must6 Letters

47Strips ships, e.g.6 Letters

48Illegally distilled whiskey6 Letters

49Peaceful episodes6 Letters

50Crooner Como5 Letters

52Film-rating org. that dropped the second A in 20194 Letters

53Rambling stories5 Letters

54Minn. neighbor4 Letters

55Cut of beef4 Letters

56Abbr. on a dial4 Letters

57“I came,” to Caesar4 Letters

58Vintage3 Letters

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