Wall Street Journal Crossword July 19, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Sunday, July 19, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Flipping the Record” by Zhouqin Burnikel. Today’s puzzle has a total of 78 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorZhouqin Burnikel

Clues78

Grid15×15

Across

1Enjoy a hot soak5 Letters

6Playful puppy’s bite3 Letters

9Decorative pillowcase4 Letters

13Secret identity5 Letters

14“Lust for Life” singer Del Rey4 Letters

15Bar mitzvah dance4 Letters

16Luke Skywalker’s X-wing, for one15 Letters

19Declare confidently4 Letters

20“Play another song!”6 Letters

21Hit the buffet3 Letters

22Sprawling property6 Letters

24Lowest soccer score3 Letters

26Fridge feature handy for parties12 Letters

32Ready for a nap, maybe5 Letters

35Mai ___ (tiki bar drink)3 Letters

36Store event4 Letters

37By way of3 Letters

38Produced from scratch7 Letters

42Passing craze3 Letters

43Lot measure4 Letters

45Georgia airport code3 Letters

46Unsettling signs5 Letters

48“Haven’t you heard enough already?”12 Letters

52Summer mo.3 Letters

53Fleet of warships6 Letters

56Extra NBA periods: Abbr.3 Letters

58Tea with dim sum6 Letters

62Worried sound4 Letters

64Settings for shipwreck stories15 Letters

67Sketched4 Letters

68Pegs on a course4 Letters

69Trees with cones5 Letters

70Flip ___ (record’s back)—and what’s flipped in 16-, 26-, 48- and 64-Across4 Letters

71Gives the go-ahead to3 Letters

72Dismissive sound5 Letters

Down

1Cabo location4 Letters

2Painkiller brand5 Letters

3They rise and fall at the beach5 Letters

4Ponytail holder7 Letters

5Twisty road curve3 Letters

6DEA operative4 Letters

7The deets4 Letters

8Shoes purchase4 Letters

9“Quiet, please!”3 Letters

10Spot for a traveler’s valuables9 Letters

11Lot measure4 Letters

12Convenience store4 Letters

14Like highways and Olympic pools5 Letters

17Head, in Haiti4 Letters

18Chromosome part4 Letters

23“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” band4 Letters

25Connections3 Letters

272026 Winter Games host nation5 Letters

28Plopped down3 Letters

29Kind of crust or chart3 Letters

30Enthusiastic spirit4 Letters

31Merlot and Malbec4 Letters

32“Terrible” czar4 Letters

33Pleasant4 Letters

34Completely unclothed9 Letters

3941-Down figures, for short3 Letters

40Greek letter that looks like an H3 Letters

41Frosh housing4 Letters

44Frosh address ender3 Letters

47“Guess who’s back!”7 Letters

49Composer Stravinsky4 Letters

50Filing jobs, for short5 Letters

51CIA and FBI, for two4 Letters

54“No idea”5 Letters

55Tree in the birch family5 Letters

56Casino calculation4 Letters

57Garr of “Tootsie”4 Letters

59Prussia’s ___ von Bismarck4 Letters

60Vichyssoise veggie4 Letters

61Celebratory poems4 Letters

63“Hey, you there!”4 Letters

65She sheep3 Letters

66DJ’s platters3 Letters

About the July 19, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Sunday, July 19, 2026 runs under the title “Flipping the Record” and was constructed by Zhouqin Burnikel. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 78 clues — 35 across and 43 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 19, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 78 clues — 35 across and 43 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The July 19, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Zhouqin Burnikel.

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