Wall Street Journal Crossword August 23, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Sunday, August 23, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “C-llectively Speaking” by Andrea Carla Michaels & Kevin Christian. Today’s puzzle has a total of 74 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorAndrea Carla Michaels & Kevin Christian

Clues74

Grid15×15

Across

1Spoil the appearance of3 Letters

4Tot’s “choo-choo”5 Letters

9Pride initials4 Letters

13Miners mine it3 Letters

14___-Saxon5 Letters

15Vowel set5 Letters

17Minor criticism3 Letters

18Demand a seat up front11 Letters

20Korea’s continent4 Letters

22New York theater awards5 Letters

23Richie’s dad, to the Fonz3 Letters

24Phones ping off of them10 Letters

27Slinky’s shape4 Letters

28Feature of a Vegas “bandit”6 Letters

29Pickling liquid5 Letters

30Film festival film, often5 Letters

34Strokes on the green5 Letters

35Star of “Oppenheimer”13 Letters

39Pose for a photographer5 Letters

40Playfully impertinent5 Letters

41Openly asserts5 Letters

42High-protein legume6 Letters

47Rip apart4 Letters

48Clavicle, more familiarly10 Letters

52Paintings and sculptures3 Letters

53Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny”5 Letters

54Spot for a spelunker4 Letters

55Character shouted to with a “Hey!” in water treatment ads11 Letters

59Make a hem3 Letters

60Bee-related5 Letters

61Sister’s daughter5 Letters

62Org. with wands and scanners3 Letters

63Send a racy phone message to4 Letters

64Close-up on a map5 Letters

65Hog’s hangout3 Letters

Down

1Monte Carlo’s setting6 Letters

2Out of bed6 Letters

3Fix, as a bathroom floor6 Letters

4Tic-___-toe3 Letters

5Gene messenger3 Letters

6Radiant5 Letters

7“Would you look at that!”5 Letters

8Soldier’s denial5 Letters

9Vientiane’s setting4 Letters

10Obtain3 Letters

11Sort who can’t keep a secret8 Letters

12Like Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco8 Letters

16Mother’s brothers6 Letters

19“___ a real nowhere man...”3 Letters

21In the style of3 Letters

25Sings like a bird6 Letters

26Upscale hotel chain4 Letters

27Government overthrow4 Letters

29More agile6 Letters

31Govt. prosecutors3 Letters

32“Not ___ million years!”3 Letters

33Bird on Australian coins3 Letters

35Scandal-avoiding ploys8 Letters

36“That’s the truth”8 Letters

37Bawdy4 Letters

38Bruins’ sch.4 Letters

39Salsa music shaker6 Letters

43“SNL” airer3 Letters

44Glass-raising tributes6 Letters

45Play the market6 Letters

46Wiggle room6 Letters

48Machinery part3 Letters

49Muscat resident5 Letters

50His tomb is in Red Square5 Letters

51Bartender’s wedges5 Letters

53Salon coloring4 Letters

56Lenient3 Letters

57Good card in blackjack3 Letters

58Pickleball court divider3 Letters

About the August 23, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Sunday, August 23, 2026 runs under the title “C-llectively Speaking” and was constructed by Andrea Carla Michaels & Kevin Christian. 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the August 23, 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 23, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Andrea Carla Michaels & Kevin Christian.

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