Wall Street Journal Crossword July 22, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Sitting Around” by Mike Shenk. Today’s puzzle has a total of 78 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorMike Shenk

Clues78

Grid15×15

Across

1Diet target4 Letters

5Heating option3 Letters

8Like rawhide bones6 Letters

14Brand once marketed as “the great national temperance beverage”8 Letters

16State of southern Mexico6 Letters

17Leap while snowboarding8 Letters

18Millionth of a meter6 Letters

19“Whine Up” singer DeLuna3 Letters

20River past Balmoral Castle3 Letters

22“So Big” writer Ferber4 Letters

23Help the chef4 Letters

25“The Caretaker” playwright6 Letters

27“The Hound of the Baskervilles” setting4 Letters

28Nicole Kidman’s co-star in 2001’s “Birthday Girl”10 Letters

32Lends support4 Letters

33Title before Fox or Rabbit4 Letters

34Curling need5 Letters

35Smelter supply3 Letters

36Faith Hill song “Take Me ___ Am”3 Letters

37Nondairy milk option3 Letters

39Quote the raven?3 Letters

40Henhouse sight5 Letters

42Stout-bodied fish4 Letters

44Sgt.’s superior4 Letters

45“You missed your opportunity”10 Letters

47Wasatch Range tribe4 Letters

48Hold back6 Letters

49Harbor, say4 Letters

50Choose not to sip4 Letters

53“Patience ___ virtue”3 Letters

54Cannes companion3 Letters

55“Oil my arms, please, oil my elbows” speaker6 Letters

57It folds down for a passenger (and an instruction for how to treat several Down answers)8 Letters

62Mysterious6 Letters

63Simple, as a rocket8 Letters

64Creatures6 Letters

65Go a round3 Letters

66Treat for a chickadee4 Letters

Down

1Media monitor, for short3 Letters

2Mauna ___3 Letters

3Opera division3 Letters

4Producers of pastries7 Letters

5Acquired4 Letters

6Green with Grammys3 Letters

7“Sexy” Beatles girl7 Letters

8Astronomer’s sighting6 Letters

9Yes, in Yokohama3 Letters

10Book bit7 Letters

11City section4 Letters

12Bus. sch. subject4 Letters

13Comical Carvey4 Letters

15Topper4 Letters

21Between stops8 Letters

23“The A.B.C. Murders” sleuth6 Letters

24Drive in Beverly Hills6 Letters

25Numbers on tags8 Letters

26Marco Polo’s heading4 Letters

27Their name for New Zealand is Aotearoa5 Letters

28Common undergrad deg.3 Letters

29Pinpoint6 Letters

30Peevishly sulking6 Letters

31Small amphibians5 Letters

36Dispenser of dollars4 Letters

38Teddy’s neighbor on Mount Rushmore3 Letters

41Summation signs, in math7 Letters

43Worked7 Letters

44Ark-measuring units7 Letters

46Needle sources6 Letters

49Band boosters4 Letters

50Wild guess4 Letters

51Undercover cop’s wear4 Letters

52Cuzco people4 Letters

54Visa rival, familiarly4 Letters

56Crumb bearer3 Letters

58Italian count’s start3 Letters

59Gold, to chemists3 Letters

60“We Bring Good Things to Life” advertiser, once3 Letters

61Visitor in a 1982 Spielberg movie3 Letters

About the July 22, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 runs under the title “Sitting Around” and was constructed by Mike Shenk. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 78 clues — 38 across and 40 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 22, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 78 clues — 38 across and 40 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The July 22, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk.

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