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Latest answers — October 27, 2026

All clues for the Tuesday, October 27, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Set a Side” by Christopher Youngs.

PuzzleSet a Side

ConstructorChristopher Youngs

Clues76

Grid15×15

Across

1Jerk5 Letters

61995 film set on the Hoggett farm4 Letters

10Word after wait or wish4 Letters

14Bow ties in a restaurant5 Letters

15Fallopian tube traveler4 Letters

16From square one4 Letters

17Jimmy who works with Lois Lane and Clark Kent5 Letters

18View from Luxor4 Letters

19Reciprocal of giga-4 Letters

20Not sharing at KFC?14 Letters

23Helios is her brother3 Letters

24Name chosen by the first American-born pope3 Letters

25Deli fixture6 Letters

27Shave alternative3 Letters

28Gray blanket4 Letters

30Single-stranded genetic stuff3 Letters

31Burkina ___4 Letters

34Chosen selectively in the NFL draft?10 Letters

37Virus fighter, perhaps5 Letters

39Lisa, to Bart3 Letters

40Kolkata coin5 Letters

41Try to remember to get lettuce while shopping?10 Letters

44Mob foes4 Letters

45Type3 Letters

46Prevents from swelling, in a way4 Letters

47Amiss3 Letters

49Have no obligation to6 Letters

51Braves, on scoreboards3 Letters

52Loops in, email-wise3 Letters

55Observation on Scrabble, with its 12-inch board?14 Letters

59Bearing4 Letters

60Declines in value4 Letters

61Beginning for sound or suede5 Letters

62Las Vegas’s WNBA team4 Letters

63Shrine sight4 Letters

64Spud5 Letters

65Elba, e.g.4 Letters

66Big bash4 Letters

67Separated, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme5 Letters

Down

1Bike wheel radius5 Letters

2Ancient diet5 Letters

3Jerks5 Letters

4Flight unit4 Letters

5Capital where one might eat halo-halo6 Letters

6A beatnik beats it5 Letters

7Adidas rival4 Letters

8Future tulip4 Letters

9“Nature” essayist7 Letters

10Roofed porch5 Letters

11Facing some trouble9 Letters

12Given life, say9 Letters

13Lowest prime3 Letters

21On deck4 Letters

22“The Dream of Gerontius” composer5 Letters

26Gear at a craps table5 Letters

27Tattered4 Letters

28When they’re clear, they’re blue5 Letters

29Flat feature4 Letters

31Feel at home5 Letters

32Team moving to Las Vegas in 20289 Letters

33Stiletto feature9 Letters

35First recipient of the ATP Player of the Year award4 Letters

36Enthusiast4 Letters

38Approving5 Letters

42Pretend7 Letters

43Quartet in a Morse H4 Letters

48Fried tortilla dish6 Letters

50Concentrated5 Letters

51Path for a beverage cart5 Letters

52Panna ___ (custardy dessert)5 Letters

53Tool for a pineapple5 Letters

54React in surprise5 Letters

56Put together4 Letters

57Showbiz grand slam4 Letters

58Use one’s wings4 Letters

59Avril follower3 Letters

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