Wall Street Journal Crossword June 12, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, June 12, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Backing the Odds” by Mike Shenk. Today’s puzzle has a total of 80 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorMike Shenk

Clues80

Grid15×15

Across

1Waze underpinning3 Letters

4“Where the Jackals Howl” author Oz4 Letters

8Starchy veggie, familiarly4 Letters

12Sounds from a massage recipient4 Letters

14Streaming TV brand4 Letters

15Reckon, informally5 Letters

16Earful at a summer cookout9 Letters

18Specialty angler5 Letters

19“Codswallop!”5 Letters

20Laser lighting site, often9 Letters

22“Like that’ll ever happen!”4 Letters

24Somewhat, informally3 Letters

25Plant in a government office, maybe3 Letters

26One might make a delivery on the road, for short3 Letters

28Scarf makeup4 Letters

31Pull along3 Letters

33Pointing inward9 Letters

36Internet site with a Symptom Checker option5 Letters

40Purina competitor4 Letters

41Printer problem5 Letters

43Color of the German sky4 Letters

44Symbols on musical staffs5 Letters

46Service helpers9 Letters

48Existed3 Letters

50Crash specialist4 Letters

51Cereal grain3 Letters

52Lab subj.3 Letters

55Seedy fruit3 Letters

57Warmhearted4 Letters

59Target of a spring search9 Letters

63Honkers5 Letters

66Marvel character voiced by Vin Diesel5 Letters

67Fair9 Letters

69Mixture5 Letters

70Proctor’s call4 Letters

71Give an edge to4 Letters

72Bank offering4 Letters

73Eclipse, maybe4 Letters

74Mao follower?3 Letters

Down

1Startled sound4 Letters

2Cat quartet4 Letters

32004 Spike Lee movie9 Letters

4Smile shape3 Letters

5State of mind4 Letters

6Mallow family vegetable4 Letters

7Islam’s majority branch5 Letters

8Contractor’s figure4 Letters

9Marketers’ tools5 Letters

10Deplete5 Letters

11Bowler5 Letters

13Atlas expanses4 Letters

15Find it plausible6 Letters

17Surprise in a story5 Letters

21Winter in Wichita setting: Abbr.3 Letters

23Many Christmas trees4 Letters

26“The Little Mermaid” prince4 Letters

27Bistro buy4 Letters

29Tibetan for “superior one”4 Letters

30Prepared for prayer5 Letters

32“The Amazing Spider-Man” director Marc4 Letters

34Warning letters on a risqué link4 Letters

35Turner Prize awarder4 Letters

37Red, in a way9 Letters

38Temple of the Great Jaguar people4 Letters

39Furniture collection?4 Letters

42Pool hall triangle4 Letters

45Backfield defender6 Letters

47Cologne water5 Letters

49Polite address3 Letters

52“Love Story” writer5 Letters

53Author Levi5 Letters

54La Sicilia, per esempio5 Letters

56Irritate5 Letters

58Quick snack4 Letters

60Boo-Boo or Bamm-Bamm, e.g.4 Letters

61Forbidding4 Letters

62Clue, e.g.4 Letters

64Interminable stretch4 Letters

65___’Pea (“Popeye” character)4 Letters

68Lion’s lair3 Letters

About the June 12, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, June 12, 2026 runs under the title “Backing the Odds” and was constructed by Mike Shenk. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 80 clues — 39 across and 41 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

The WSJ Crossword publishes a new puzzle every day of the week, with difficulty building across the week. Monday puzzles are the most approachable, while Friday brings the celebrated WSJ contest crossword with a meta answer to crack, and Saturday features the largest grid of the week. Click any clue above to open a dedicated answer page with a letter-by-letter breakdown and every past appearance of that clue.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the June 12, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 80 clues — 39 across and 41 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The June 12, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk.

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