Wall Street Journal Crossword July 17, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, July 17, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Oh, Grow Up!” by Aaron Ullman. Today’s puzzle has a total of 134 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorAaron Ullman

Clues134

Grid21×21

Across

1Newman and Oldman, e.g.6 Letters

7Dries out, say6 Letters

13Request with clasped hands6 Letters

19“So true!”6 Letters

20Separate the grain from the chaff6 Letters

21Request with a proffered fist7 Letters

22Motile cell6 Letters

23“No Woman, No Cry” genre6 Letters

24Pros pretending to be amateurs, e.g.7 Letters

25*“Why so quiet?”19 Letters

28Letter after Delta4 Letters

29Gem from Down Under4 Letters

30Muted hue6 Letters

31Hand on a hacienda?4 Letters

34*Belabor a settled subject13 Letters

40Hung in folds6 Letters

42Abuela’s abode4 Letters

43Sport with training stables called “heya”4 Letters

44*Person of interest?7 Letters

45Brother in Genesis4 Letters

47AOL chats3 Letters

50Meditative practice3 Letters

51Kimono tie3 Letters

52Roman roadway6 Letters

54*Farewell tour10 Letters

58Lo-cal4 Letters

60Major Wall St. index4 Letters

62Disney boss until 20056 Letters

63“Real mature, guys, real mature!”...and advice for making the starred answers make sense21 Letters

71Large-scale ousters6 Letters

72Conjugation target4 Letters

73First-rate4 Letters

74*Tribunals that are complete shams10 Letters

78French region bordering Germany and Switzerland6 Letters

82Traders’ place3 Letters

83Sounds of hesitancy3 Letters

84Org. that issues nine-digit IDs3 Letters

85“That’s a bummer”4 Letters

87*Warm embraces7 Letters

89Guac and queso4 Letters

91Not rot4 Letters

93Person giving ick vibes6 Letters

94*“Chillax, dude!”13 Letters

100Sicilian postcard subject4 Letters

101Depends6 Letters

102Monet medium4 Letters

104Morse sounds4 Letters

108*Inhibition to talking19 Letters

113Casey at the bat, in the 1922 World Series7 Letters

115Tires out completely6 Letters

116Run into the ground6 Letters

117Snappy remarks7 Letters

118Still in the drafts folder6 Letters

119Villain in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”6 Letters

120Certify6 Letters

121Collect salary, in Monopoly6 Letters

122Pump figure6 Letters

Down

1Up, in a way5 Letters

2Strip for laughs5 Letters

3Loyalty that’s pledged, quaintly5 Letters

4Choral verse from Sophocles’ “Antigone”8 Letters

5Yokel4 Letters

6Reach across4 Letters

7Barbershop tool5 Letters

8What a generous diner might pick up6 Letters

9Diamond pattern6 Letters

10Toy brand with theme parks4 Letters

11Brother in Genesis4 Letters

12Climbing guides7 Letters

13Journey’s beginning6 Letters

14Sprang forward6 Letters

15Swallows7 Letters

16“Zip-___-Doo-Dah”4 Letters

17P.G. Wodehouse title3 Letters

18Crop circle makers, supposedly3 Letters

21Writing that isn’t well versed?5 Letters

26Complimentary coverage, briefly6 Letters

27“There it is!”4 Letters

32Coding creations4 Letters

33Neither masc. nor fem.4 Letters

35Outstanding service3 Letters

36Flaky mineral4 Letters

37Athens aperitif4 Letters

38“So true!”4 Letters

39Marked with a macron, say4 Letters

40“The Many Loves of ___ Gillis” (classic sitcom)5 Letters

41Bonnie with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award5 Letters

44Sprawl4 Letters

45Tweak, say6 Letters

46Can opener?4 Letters

47“You are ___ much trouble!”4 Letters

48Course listing4 Letters

49Editor’s notation4 Letters

53Venomous snake5 Letters

55Checkup frequency, perhaps6 Letters

56Nascar driver Ty5 Letters

57Mlle, in Madrid4 Letters

59Spot4 Letters

61Off-road ride, for short3 Letters

64Tampa Bay gridders4 Letters

65Amorous archer4 Letters

66Water, to Juan4 Letters

67Passenger’s assignment4 Letters

68Excite5 Letters

69Mandy’s role in “The Princess Bride”5 Letters

70Becomes firm4 Letters

74Ashley of the “Divergent” movies4 Letters

75Only state that doesn’t share any letters with “mackerel”4 Letters

76“The Pat McAfee Show” carrier4 Letters

77Contractor’s detail4 Letters

79What keycards provide6 Letters

80Snappy4 Letters

81“Desire Under the Elms” protagonist4 Letters

86Many a microbrew3 Letters

88Whiplash protection8 Letters

90“That’s funny...”7 Letters

91Boat backbone4 Letters

92Became less intense7 Letters

95Yard lines?6 Letters

96“A Taste of Honey” trumpeter6 Letters

97Bowed Baroque instruments5 Letters

98Unfetters6 Letters

99Alternative to jailing6 Letters

103Played slowly5 Letters

105It comes from the heart5 Letters

106Wore5 Letters

107Michelangelo medium5 Letters

108Outdoor wedding rental4 Letters

109The Gaels of the NCAA4 Letters

110Capone nemesis4 Letters

111Nation between Benin and Ghana4 Letters

112Climate control acronym4 Letters

113“I Hate U” R&B artist3 Letters

114Tufted bird3 Letters

About the July 17, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, July 17, 2026 runs under the title “Oh, Grow Up!” and was constructed by Aaron Ullman. It uses a 21×21 grid and contains 134 clues — 57 across and 77 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the July 17, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 134 clues — 57 across and 77 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The July 17, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Aaron Ullman.

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