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Latest answers — November 8, 2026

All clues for the Sunday, November 8, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Money Is Tight” by Mike Shenk.

PuzzleMoney Is Tight

ConstructorMike Shenk

Clues76

Grid15×15

Across

1Facsimile4 Letters

5Cheering loudly, as a stadium crowd5 Letters

10Honorees on a Sunday in May4 Letters

14Tot’s injury4 Letters

15Béarnaise or béchamel5 Letters

16Vicinity4 Letters

17Patti Smith song co-written with Bruce Springsteen15 Letters

20Numbered hwy.3 Letters

21Wilmington’s state: Abbr.3 Letters

22Like many passwords13 Letters

29“Novus ___ seclorum” (phrase on a dollar bill)4 Letters

30Icy precipitation5 Letters

31Memo4 Letters

33Tylenol target4 Letters

34Toyota Sequoia or Chevrolet Trax, e.g.3 Letters

35Pharmacy container4 Letters

36Oh-so-cute, to Brits4 Letters

37Highly caffeinated, maybe5 Letters

39Eight: Prefix4 Letters

40Casual eateries13 Letters

43Use a towel3 Letters

44“See ya!”3 Letters

45Runway lander3 Letters

48Climbs7 Letters

52Chimp or gorilla3 Letters

55Stockpile5 Letters

57Boxing’s “Greatest”3 Letters

58Lush spot surrounded by desert5 Letters

60Practicing frugality, and what we’re doing in the circled spaces15 Letters

63Choir member4 Letters

64Lifebuoy and Lava, for two5 Letters

65Basketball great Archibald4 Letters

66Russian denial4 Letters

67Streep with three Oscars5 Letters

68Cameo stone4 Letters

Down

1Core covered with kernels3 Letters

2Need to repay3 Letters

3Photo3 Letters

4A long, continuous time10 Letters

5Rate6 Letters

6“Norma ___”3 Letters

7Umpire’s call3 Letters

8German exclamation3 Letters

9Make further cuts to, say6 Letters

10Election season choice10 Letters

11Assn.3 Letters

12“I’ve seen better”3 Letters

13Used the sofa3 Letters

18Beehive State tribe3 Letters

19Badminton need3 Letters

22Move like rush-hour traffic5 Letters

23French farewell5 Letters

24Cow on condensed milk cans5 Letters

25Prefix with surgeon or transmitter5 Letters

26Fourth prime number5 Letters

27Raise, as a concern5 Letters

28Les ___-Unis5 Letters

29Be decisive3 Letters

32“Evil Woman” band3 Letters

37They’re often paired with wherefores4 Letters

38What you need to repay4 Letters

41Hit the hay5 Letters

42Science expert Neil deGrasse ___5 Letters

45Sapporo setting5 Letters

46Poet Dickinson5 Letters

47Sister of un père5 Letters

49Craft on a lake5 Letters

50“Enigma Variations” composer5 Letters

51Fairly cold, as winter weather5 Letters

52From Korea or Cambodia5 Letters

53Reverent quality5 Letters

54County in England or New Jersey5 Letters

56Edinburgh native4 Letters

59___ Domini4 Letters

61Philosophy suffix3 Letters

62Subj. for recent immigrants3 Letters

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