Wall Street Journal Crossword October 20, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Small Change” by Gene Leganza & Theresa Brady. Today’s puzzle has a total of 76 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorGene Leganza & Theresa Brady

Clues76

Grid15×15

Across

1One of the components of Einstein’s equation4 Letters

5Hand makeup5 Letters

10Tears4 Letters

14Working hard4 Letters

15“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright5 Letters

16Creative flash4 Letters

17Passport info4 Letters

18Smelling salts?10 Letters

20Monotonous sound5 Letters

22“Yeah, that’s better”7 Letters

23Problems with young’uns?12 Letters

27Many a middle schooler7 Letters

28Press into service3 Letters

31Crowning point4 Letters

35Play adapted from the works of Capote3 Letters

36Official timekeeper of tennis’s U.S. Open5 Letters

38Irritation resulting from an insult?15 Letters

42Dance akin to the maxixe5 Letters

43Joke around3 Letters

44“Shoot!”4 Letters

45Make a choice3 Letters

46Jackson who sang at JFK’s inaugural ball7 Letters

50Under the couch cushions, maybe?12 Letters

55Shoulder adornment7 Letters

58Like doves and hawks5 Letters

59What got rocker Tom a record?10 Letters

63“Ars Amatoria” poet4 Letters

64Entertaining awards feat4 Letters

65Squalid dwelling5 Letters

66“Those ___ the days”4 Letters

67Catch sight of4 Letters

68Peaceful places5 Letters

69Zen garden stuff4 Letters

Down

1Chocolate candy with a shell5 Letters

2Missile Command company5 Letters

3Who says?5 Letters

4Court recorder5 Letters

5High school eatery, informally3 Letters

6In the style of3 Letters

7Hitter’s stat3 Letters

8Stuart’s love on “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe”6 Letters

9Avoid a trial6 Letters

10Carnival attractions5 Letters

11Revered one4 Letters

12Crook, in cop show lingo4 Letters

13Lip4 Letters

19Literary master of irony6 Letters

21Triage sites3 Letters

24Sluglike race in the “Star Wars” galaxy4 Letters

25“___-Ca-Dabra” (1974 pop hit)4 Letters

26Had absolutely no talent for7 Letters

28Wrist-to-elbow bone4 Letters

29Breakaway group4 Letters

30Past dates?4 Letters

31Concerning4 Letters

32Thunder sound4 Letters

33Change source4 Letters

34Early bird holder3 Letters

37Sculling tool3 Letters

39Not much to look at6 Letters

40Khartoum’s river4 Letters

41Like “To a Skylark”4 Letters

47Don of “Trading Places”6 Letters

48Drag performer?6 Letters

49“That’s it!”3 Letters

50Like dirt roads, often5 Letters

51Maintains5 Letters

52Maker of Botanical Blossom body wash5 Letters

53Memorial mound of stones5 Letters

54Broke off5 Letters

55Saber’s kin4 Letters

56Cribbage pieces4 Letters

57On4 Letters

60“Now ___ seen everything!”3 Letters

61Chess pieces3 Letters

62Movers on high tracks3 Letters

About the October 20, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Tuesday, October 20, 2026 runs under the title “Small Change” and was constructed by Gene Leganza & Theresa Brady. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 76 clues — 33 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 October 20, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 76 clues — 33 across and 43 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The October 20, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Gene Leganza & Theresa Brady.

Are these WSJ Crossword answers correct?

Yes. Every answer on WSJCrosswordAnswers.org is solved by hand from the official WSJ grid and cross-checked before publishing. If you spot a discrepancy, please let us know.

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