Wall Street Journal Crossword September 11, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, September 11, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Go-Betweens” by David Alfred Bywaters. Today’s puzzle has a total of 140 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorDavid Alfred Bywaters

Clues140

Grid21×21

Across

1Biblical mounts5 Letters

6Thermometers, barometers, etc.7 Letters

13Combative frame of mind7 Letters

20Fingerprint feature5 Letters

21Windpipe7 Letters

22Medical condition more common in fiction than in real life7 Letters

23Like the I-29 and I-94 highways?13 Letters

25Finds hilarious, perhaps7 Letters

26Good enough7 Letters

27Strong warning, figuratively7 Letters

29Forest floor feature4 Letters

30For fear that4 Letters

31Faucet attachments5 Letters

33Hot and dry7 Letters

36Blackpool bloke4 Letters

37Year in a Kubrick film, in letters3 Letters

40Criticized annoyingly4 Letters

41Repeat mindlessly3 Letters

44Personality test?9 Letters

49Secondary emphasis for students majoring in Gorgonzola?11 Letters

52Savor6 Letters

53Plainly visible7 Letters

55Aggrieved feeling6 Letters

56Bond, say5 Letters

57Engage in revolution4 Letters

58Asner and O’Neill3 Letters

59Puts in the ground6 Letters

60Mammal that yields a perfume ingredient5 Letters

61Decimal fraction5 Letters

63They may accompany ifs and buts4 Letters

64Ball holder3 Letters

65Cause of lip irritation, for some?11 Letters

69Pump purchase3 Letters

72Shoreline structure4 Letters

74Bias5 Letters

75Bedeck5 Letters

77Do some book repair6 Letters

80Crowlike bird3 Letters

83Bond, say4 Letters

84“I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way” speaker5 Letters

85Clementine cousin6 Letters

86Unyielding7 Letters

88Photoshop tool6 Letters

89Cruise for drummers?11 Letters

91Part of a Latin dance duo?9 Letters

93“For shame!”3 Letters

94Tropical starch source4 Letters

95Ltr. holder3 Letters

97Harbor sights4 Letters

98Budding7 Letters

101Manual audience5 Letters

103Hand holders4 Letters

107Sign of health4 Letters

109Gourmet chips ingredient7 Letters

112Ballet need7 Letters

114Knocking sound7 Letters

117Kinshasa railroad crossing?13 Letters

119Womb-related7 Letters

120River paddler7 Letters

121Gave an edge to5 Letters

122Cuts in half7 Letters

123“I don’t want to hear the details!”7 Letters

124Pieces of punditry5 Letters

Down

1Really bad5 Letters

2Triangle or trapezoid5 Letters

3Does a mailroom chore5 Letters

4Crop problem5 Letters

5Unappealing food4 Letters

6Juicing juice7 Letters

7History topic3 Letters

8Mother-of-pearl5 Letters

9Major split6 Letters

10Wheeling’s river4 Letters

11Pay for a pad4 Letters

12Long stories5 Letters

13Disney’s Pumbaa, e.g.7 Letters

14Latin lover’s word3 Letters

15Gene messenger3 Letters

16Prefix suggesting endlessness5 Letters

17Poet’s not-quite-rhyming technique9 Letters

18Acapulco aunts4 Letters

19Boaters, e.g.4 Letters

24Uncritically enthusiastic6 Letters

28Diamond figures6 Letters

32Become harder to climb7 Letters

34Worshipful7 Letters

35Place back in custody6 Letters

36Attack from all sides5 Letters

38Seething3 Letters

39Words of understanding4 Letters

42Somewhat bad4 Letters

43Goes astray4 Letters

44Belch5 Letters

45Bottled spirit?5 Letters

46Savory ovoid5 Letters

47Ceremony4 Letters

48Traveling in an Airstream, say5 Letters

50Neither Rep. nor Dem.3 Letters

51QB mistakes4 Letters

54A fan of4 Letters

57Critic’s unit4 Letters

62“___ a Liar” (song by the Bee Gees)3 Letters

63Game opener4 Letters

65Emergency transport7 Letters

66Bravo preceder4 Letters

67Gibe5 Letters

68Like some tuition7 Letters

69V member5 Letters

70“As You Like It” forest5 Letters

71Derisive sound5 Letters

72Text in hopes of a reply4 Letters

73Precious bars6 Letters

75Bushy dos5 Letters

76Tiresome task4 Letters

77Bob alternative4 Letters

78Aphrodite’s offspring4 Letters

79Folding money9 Letters

80The beginning6 Letters

81Coding pioneer Lovelace3 Letters

82Hourly rate4 Letters

87Former boys3 Letters

88Prods6 Letters

90Brother of Electra7 Letters

92Care for7 Letters

96Crass6 Letters

99In the know5 Letters

100Carpet securers5 Letters

102Feed, as a fire5 Letters

103Put ___ to (end)5 Letters

104Cologne’s river5 Letters

105Took part in a stock exchange?5 Letters

106Puts in the mail5 Letters

107Vittles4 Letters

108Sol followers4 Letters

110Suds source4 Letters

111Taylor-Joy of “Furiosa”4 Letters

113Repeat mindlessly4 Letters

115Peculiarity3 Letters

116Kitchen invader3 Letters

118Scout’s brother in “To Kill a Mockingbird”3 Letters

About the September 11, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, September 11, 2026 runs under the title “Go-Betweens” and was constructed by David Alfred Bywaters. It uses a 21×21 grid and contains 140 clues — 63 across and 77 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

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How many clues are in the September 11, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 140 clues — 63 across and 77 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The September 11, 2026 puzzle was constructed by David Alfred Bywaters.

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