Wall Street Journal Crossword August 10, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Monday, August 10, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Playing Hard” by Braden Weaver. Today’s puzzle has a total of 74 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorBraden Weaver

Clues74

Grid15×15

Across

1“Chocolate” dogs4 Letters

5Concert sound boosters4 Letters

9“La Bohème,” e.g.5 Letters

14“___ cost you”4 Letters

15Mardi Gras city, familiarly4 Letters

16Swore5 Letters

17“Reelin’ In the Years” group9 Letters

19Spiral-horned antelope5 Letters

20“The Taming of the Shrew” setting5 Letters

21Reverently preserve8 Letters

23There are six in one fl. oz.4 Letters

25Spa day sounds4 Letters

26Tennis great Gibson6 Letters

29Mexican beer brand6 Letters

33Spoil3 Letters

34“Flight of Icarus” group10 Letters

38“Give ___ rest!”3 Letters

39Dismiss with disdain7 Letters

40Recipe fig.3 Letters

41“How You Remind Me” group10 Letters

43N95 masks, gloves, etc.3 Letters

44Prompt6 Letters

45Paper cutter?6 Letters

48Nearly all4 Letters

50“East of Eden” twin brother4 Letters

51Place for a deck chair8 Letters

54Potato pancake5 Letters

58Bouquet ___ (chef’s herb mixture)5 Letters

59Heavy rock group, and a punny descriptor of 17-, 34- and 41-Across9 Letters

61Encourage5 Letters

62Prefix with present or directional4 Letters

63Store with furniture and meatballs4 Letters

64Thompson of “Creed”5 Letters

65Linguist Chomsky4 Letters

66Swarm (with)4 Letters

Down

1Speech therapist’s concern4 Letters

2Lead-in to boy or girl4 Letters

3Ran in the wash4 Letters

4Private eye6 Letters

5Whichever3 Letters

6Ways things are done5 Letters

7Prepare for tomorrow4 Letters

8Stark who becomes Queen of the North, on “Game of Thrones”5 Letters

9Be in need of coolant, perhaps8 Letters

10Common pre-law major, for short7 Letters

11McGregor of “The Phantom Menace”4 Letters

12Philosopher Descartes4 Letters

13Throw in3 Letters

18Zap, in a way4 Letters

22John B. Stetson, for one8 Letters

24Trouble-free8 Letters

26Important acid type5 Letters

27Language for Livy5 Letters

28Parcel of land5 Letters

30Change as needed5 Letters

31Pace set by a metronome5 Letters

32Word on a door5 Letters

35Tease3 Letters

36Birds ___ feather3 Letters

37Credit card chip protocol letters3 Letters

39Wheat product used for pasta8 Letters

42Ginza garments7 Letters

46Toy store buy4 Letters

47“Not just yet!”6 Letters

49Pumbaa’s partner in “The Lion King”5 Letters

50CVS Health subsidiary5 Letters

51Book unit4 Letters

52Assns.4 Letters

53Trial version4 Letters

55Film shot4 Letters

56Tibia’s top4 Letters

57Dutch cheese4 Letters

58Acquire3 Letters

60Useful skill for darts players3 Letters

About the August 10, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Monday, August 10, 2026 runs under the title “Playing Hard” and was constructed by Braden Weaver. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 74 clues — 35 across and 39 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

The WSJ Crossword publishes a new puzzle every day of the week, with difficulty building across the week. Monday puzzles are the most approachable, while Friday brings the celebrated WSJ contest crossword with a meta answer to crack, and Saturday features the largest grid of the week. Click any clue above to open a dedicated answer page with a letter-by-letter breakdown and every past appearance of that clue.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the August 10, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 74 clues — 35 across and 39 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The August 10, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Braden Weaver.

Are these WSJ Crossword answers correct?

Yes. Every answer on WSJCrosswordAnswers.org is solved by hand from the official WSJ grid and cross-checked before publishing. If you spot a discrepancy, please let us know.

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