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Latest answers — September 28, 2026

All clues for the Monday, September 28, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Command Performance” by Peter A. Collins.

PuzzleCommand Performance

ConstructorPeter A. Collins

Clues78

Grid15×15

Across

1Get in hot water?5 Letters

6Landed4 Letters

10Wedge or wingtip4 Letters

14Districts5 Letters

15Hand, in Havana4 Letters

16Concerto finale4 Letters

17Advice from Ron Burgundy, in “Anchorman”10 Letters

19Subjects of 36-Down4 Letters

20Jane who married Edward Rochester4 Letters

21Chicago Loop trains3 Letters

22More than enough5 Letters

23Take a load off12 Letters

27Expert3 Letters

30Exclamation of feigned innocence3 Letters

31Increased5 Letters

32Gas station brand with a torch logo5 Letters

34Jerk3 Letters

35Took a train, say4 Letters

38“Look who just showed up!”15 Letters

42Subtle signal4 Letters

43On the ___ (fleeing)3 Letters

44Lofty goal5 Letters

45Starting group of players5 Letters

47Signing tool3 Letters

49Gene messenger3 Letters

50Investment options when leaving a job12 Letters

54Mayflower Compact signer John5 Letters

55Halloween mo.3 Letters

56Sharp picture letters4 Letters

60Close with a bang4 Letters

61Break away10 Letters

64Source of some needles4 Letters

65Rank above viscount and below marquess4 Letters

66Specialized lingo5 Letters

67Astin of “The Lord of the Rings”4 Letters

68Different4 Letters

69Canvas primer layer for painting5 Letters

Down

1Diamond corner4 Letters

2Pretentiously showy4 Letters

3Rip4 Letters

4President before Garfield5 Letters

5Corner key letters3 Letters

6Resort town on the Gulf of Salerno6 Letters

7Implement for 33-Down5 Letters

8Useful connections3 Letters

9Stocking stuffer3 Letters

10Ran playfully9 Letters

11Crossed, as a puddle10 Letters

12Wide receiver Beckham5 Letters

13Supporter of a painter?5 Letters

18Mother of Artemis and Apollo4 Letters

22Biter of Cleopatra3 Letters

24“Everything’s fine!”4 Letters

25Hurry4 Letters

26Basilica recess4 Letters

27Narrow-waisted stinger4 Letters

28Little rascals4 Letters

29Neytiri’s portrayer in the “Avatar” movies10 Letters

33Ones with brand loyalty?9 Letters

34Dispenser of dollars3 Letters

36Fossey who studied 19-Across4 Letters

37“Enchanted” Anne Hathaway role4 Letters

39Antarctica’s Prince ___ Coast4 Letters

40Celebrity4 Letters

41Merrill of “Operation Petticoat”4 Letters

46Really long stretch3 Letters

47Spear with a club?6 Letters

48Noted deco designer4 Letters

50Coarse files5 Letters

51Jump by a skateboarder5 Letters

52Laughs loudly5 Letters

53Lighthouse location5 Letters

57Those to whom you might say the beginnings of 17-, 23-, 38-, 50- and 61-Across4 Letters

58General ___ chicken4 Letters

59Nix4 Letters

61Spot3 Letters

62“2001” computer3 Letters

63Fall behind3 Letters

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