Wall Street Journal Crossword August 28, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, August 28, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Set Piece” by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz. Today’s puzzle has a total of 138 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorGary Larson & Amy Ensz

Clues138

Grid21×21

Across

1“Slaves of New York” author Janowitz4 Letters

5Agitated state4 Letters

9Iconic 1980s burger5 Letters

14Dramatic singer4 Letters

18Caravan stops5 Letters

19Burner setting4 Letters

20Loud, as a crowd5 Letters

21Big times4 Letters

22Fan club devoted to president George W.?10 Letters

24Fan club devoted to disco legend Donna?10 Letters

26Shapiro of NPR3 Letters

27Crocheter’s creation6 Letters

28Ooze4 Letters

29Some singers5 Letters

30Should really not6 Letters

32Hardy works6 Letters

34Jimmies5 Letters

35Italian wine region4 Letters

36Headley of “Coming to America”5 Letters

38Hammer part4 Letters

39String quartet instrument5 Letters

42Verizon acquisition of 20063 Letters

44Without wheels, in a way7 Letters

47Fan club devoted to “Succession” actor Jeremy?9 Letters

51“Works for me”7 Letters

53Brave opponent3 Letters

55Acapulco gold3 Letters

56Clothesline alternative5 Letters

57Met expectations?6 Letters

58Spot4 Letters

59Scottish misses7 Letters

61Gold mining troughs7 Letters

63Mediterranean island nation5 Letters

64You can RSVP to them by clicking6 Letters

65Loser to Fischer in 19727 Letters

66President before Jimmy6 Letters

67Ladies of Spain5 Letters

68Like faces on cold days, sometimes7 Letters

69New staffer7 Letters

70Trebek of “Jeopardy!”4 Letters

71Practice that strives to harmonize yin and yang6 Letters

72Pentathletes use them5 Letters

74Connections3 Letters

75Some NFL sackers3 Letters

76One in it for the long haul7 Letters

77Fan club devoted to romance writer Danielle?9 Letters

79On both banks of7 Letters

81Rank for PBS’s Morse or Tennison3 Letters

83Tennis’s Murray and Roddick5 Letters

84Goals4 Letters

85Fertile soil5 Letters

87Bakery stock4 Letters

91Convenience stores5 Letters

93Monopoly octet6 Letters

96Bunch of scoundrels6 Letters

98Swaggering, maybe5 Letters

99Libertine4 Letters

100Bakery buy6 Letters

103Driller’s org.3 Letters

104Fan club devoted to “Casino Royale” actress Eva?10 Letters

106Fan club devoted to “Only Murders in the Building” actor Martin?10 Letters

108Provoke4 Letters

109Blazing5 Letters

110Formally surrender4 Letters

111Buddies5 Letters

112Bull by the sea4 Letters

113Joined the 10K5 Letters

114Has a mortgage4 Letters

115Above4 Letters

Down

1Bull in the sky6 Letters

2Back up6 Letters

3Unimpressed response3 Letters

4Only character in all seven Narnia books5 Letters

5Catch, as flies4 Letters

6Approaching4 Letters

7Crested lizard6 Letters

8Accepted standard7 Letters

9Tricky billiards shot5 Letters

10Barbaric5 Letters

11Some stadium features5 Letters

12Bed table item4 Letters

13Amount past due3 Letters

14Taper off7 Letters

15About to explode5 Letters

16“Come on!” in La Paz5 Letters

17Death on the Nile causes, perhaps4 Letters

18President born on an island5 Letters

23Small salamander3 Letters

25Once in a blue moon6 Letters

31Pioneering DVR4 Letters

33Fan club devoted to Sex Pistols bassist Sid?13 Letters

34They may be collared5 Letters

36Kills, as a dragon5 Letters

37Fabled also-ran4 Letters

38John and Denny, in a 1960s rock foursome5 Letters

40Nonstudio films6 Letters

41Shrek and Fiona, e.g.5 Letters

43Mischievous6 Letters

44Singer Mariah5 Letters

45“Teardrop of India”8 Letters

46Make oneself at home8 Letters

47City in California’s Monterey County7 Letters

48John of “Face/Off”8 Letters

49Flush8 Letters

50“Live long and prosper” speaker7 Letters

52Eager agreement7 Letters

54Maze stopper7 Letters

58Bollywood garment4 Letters

60Label for Booker T. & the M.G.’s and the Staple Singers4 Letters

62Shaped in a shop, in a way6 Letters

63Far from sufficient6 Letters

65It’s a piece of cake5 Letters

66Avarice5 Letters

68Modem measures5 Letters

69Some first-time voters5 Letters

71Cuts back5 Letters

73Sch. support groups4 Letters

76Neptune’s largest moon6 Letters

78Teacher’s deg.4 Letters

80Chapel Hill athlete7 Letters

82“The Bald Soprano” playwright7 Letters

86Forswear6 Letters

88“My pleasure”6 Letters

89Hail Mary instruction6 Letters

90Milky Way ingredients5 Letters

91Organizing expert Kondo5 Letters

92Express through eight states5 Letters

93Bagel-shaped5 Letters

94Startlingly odd5 Letters

95Excited, with “up”5 Letters

96Fragment3 Letters

97Bakery enticement5 Letters

98MLB team VIPs4 Letters

99Tennis’s Nadal, familiarly4 Letters

101Ore source4 Letters

102“Iliad” warrior4 Letters

105Round number, of a sort3 Letters

107Traitorous singer3 Letters

About the August 28, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, August 28, 2026 runs under the title “Set Piece” and was constructed by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz. It uses a 21×21 grid and contains 138 clues — 69 across and 69 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 28, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 138 clues — 69 across and 69 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The August 28, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz.

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