Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers
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Latest answers — October 26, 2026
All clues for the Monday, October 26, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Just for Kicks” by AJ Phillips.
Across
1Critical comment3 Letters
4Casual farewell4 Letters
8Passing notes?5 Letters
13Noted etiquette expert9 Letters
16Ham’s device5 Letters
17*Business owners with no partners15 Letters
19Ridiculous5 Letters
20Give in to gravity3 Letters
21Queen of the Nile, familiarly4 Letters
22Lawn mower brand4 Letters
25Challenge for movers4 Letters
27Guitarist’s clamp4 Letters
30*Yankees and Red Sox, e.g.10 Letters
35Pub potables4 Letters
36Astronaut Jemison3 Letters
37Escort from the door5 Letters
38Joined the marathon3 Letters
39*Colorful play area7 Letters
42Participate in a biathlon3 Letters
43Prenatal test, for short5 Letters
45“Tubular!,” more recently3 Letters
46Not single-sex4 Letters
47*Comply10 Letters
50Cathedral recess4 Letters
51Skywalker’s friend4 Letters
52Abu Dhabi dignitary4 Letters
54Returned call?4 Letters
57Answer to the Sphinx’s riddle3 Letters
59Pub projectiles5 Letters
67Pink drink, informally5 Letters
68Ability to perceive things9 Letters
69Firetruck connectors5 Letters
70Tight ends?4 Letters
71Bit of resistance3 Letters
Down
1Lucy’s 1950s co-star4 Letters
2“That was my cue!”4 Letters
3Tributary of the Colorado River4 Letters
4Universal donor’s designation5 Letters
5Mar. follower3 Letters
6Overly3 Letters
7Egyptian vipers4 Letters
8Mined-over matter3 Letters
9Lair under Wayne Manor7 Letters
10Object of adoration4 Letters
11Makeshift swing4 Letters
12Unremarkable4 Letters
14Slow passages6 Letters
15Severely criticize5 Letters
18Lab assistant of film4 Letters
23Hindu hero4 Letters
24By mouth4 Letters
26Word before bump or pump4 Letters
27Gemologist’s measure5 Letters
28San Antonio landmark5 Letters
29Tubular pasta5 Letters
31Relatives of violas5 Letters
32“The Fox and the Grapes” writer5 Letters
33Metric on social media5 Letters
34Rudely sarcastic5 Letters
39___-chic (style of the mid-2000s)4 Letters
40Freshener scent4 Letters
41Object4 Letters
44“My treat”7 Letters
46Wine container6 Letters
48Orange-nosed Muppet4 Letters
49Bank offerings5 Letters
53Elba of “The Wire”5 Letters
54Scratch the surface?4 Letters
55Shoe designer Jimmy4 Letters
56Sound from an angry cat4 Letters
58Russian refusal4 Letters
60Gambling spot near Lake Tahoe4 Letters
61Apple’s industry4 Letters
62Pipe part4 Letters
6437 of Ali’s 56 wins, for short3 Letters
65Early afternoon hour3 Letters
66Salt Lake City athlete3 Letters
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