Wall Street Journal Crossword September 18, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, September 18, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Guest Workers” by Mike Shenk. Today’s puzzle has a total of 138 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorMike Shenk

Clues138

Grid21×21

Across

1Rudimentary seed5 Letters

6Bad winner, perhaps7 Letters

13Share shelter7 Letters

20Three-by-three box in a sudoku puzzle5 Letters

21Bawl out7 Letters

22Way back when7 Letters

23Sharply defined paint job?13 Letters

25Criticized mercilessly7 Letters

26“Give ___ go”3 Letters

27Maze walls, perhaps6 Letters

28Showed curiosity5 Letters

30Words with discount or disadvantage3 Letters

31Private dinner4 Letters

33Like poblano peppers4 Letters

34Where Columbus established his La Navidad settlement5 Letters

36Put out4 Letters

37Suit4 Letters

38Cross-referencing word3 Letters

39Triangular, soft, flapping in the breeze?12 Letters

42Courser control4 Letters

44Disposable phone6 Letters

45Sewer scurrier3 Letters

46Song sung by Miss Congeniality?13 Letters

50Island nation west of Fiji7 Letters

54Rubs the wrong way5 Letters

55Play reviewer3 Letters

56Convinced4 Letters

57Cacophony3 Letters

58Yard sign verb5 Letters

59Only European Union city to host the Summer Olympics three different years5 Letters

61Turn outward5 Letters

62“The Beverly Hillbillies” role3 Letters

63Lewis of “Matlock”4 Letters

64Occupied apartments?11 Letters

66Rise dramatically4 Letters

67Funerary vase3 Letters

68Image Awards org.5 Letters

69Aspen attire5 Letters

70Not quite right, maybe5 Letters

71Forest female3 Letters

72Check out creepily4 Letters

73Drone, e.g.3 Letters

74Hemsworth who plays Thor5 Letters

75Back, in a way7 Letters

77The very chivalrous Mick Jagger and Keith Richards?13 Letters

82Wellness grp.3 Letters

83Knocked off6 Letters

84Louisville’s river4 Letters

85Unoccupied apartments?12 Letters

89___ gratia (by the grace of God)3 Letters

90Some daily temps4 Letters

94Platte River people4 Letters

95Hopper in Hollywood5 Letters

96Blanchett with two Oscars4 Letters

97Careless mistake4 Letters

98Payment promise3 Letters

99Jor-El’s portrayer in 2013’s “Man of Steel”5 Letters

101Blackbird family member6 Letters

103Groom’s words3 Letters

104“That’s cheating!”7 Letters

106Guy who steadfastly refuses to get help with directions?13 Letters

110“The Honeymooners” creator7 Letters

111Use as a resource7 Letters

112Heavy hitters in Hollywood5 Letters

113Sonnet sections7 Letters

114Forty winks7 Letters

115Grayish5 Letters

Down

1Punctual6 Letters

2Whirl of water6 Letters

3Discontent6 Letters

4Cariou of “Sweeney Todd”3 Letters

5Leave one’s mark on4 Letters

6Illustrator’s color effect8 Letters

7Newbery Medal winner Madeleine6 Letters

8Was decisive5 Letters

9Parentheses, essentially4 Letters

10Excessively3 Letters

11“Creazione di ___” (Sistine fresco)3 Letters

12Lawyer’s fee8 Letters

13Willow spike6 Letters

14Fairy tale baddie4 Letters

15Bowler’s place4 Letters

16Pompous sort3 Letters

17“Grand” place near Florida6 Letters

18“Makes sense to me”6 Letters

19Yet6 Letters

24Surrounds6 Letters

29Michelin reward4 Letters

32Harsh sound7 Letters

34Sage, e.g.4 Letters

35Last Stuart monarch4 Letters

36Question from the betrayed4 Letters

39Fill with, as oxygen6 Letters

40Refrain snippets6 Letters

41Light yellow-brown5 Letters

43Toward the sunrise4 Letters

44Complaint from a con6 Letters

46Suite start7 Letters

47Banking device7 Letters

48Gathered gradually7 Letters

49Subtle distinction6 Letters

50Battery pioneer Alessandro5 Letters

51Recess7 Letters

52Most-searched “how to” subject, ahead of “how to kiss”7 Letters

53Strip7 Letters

56Like some poetry6 Letters

59Rembrandt who painted Washington and Jefferson5 Letters

60Letters on many racing cars3 Letters

61Elaborate meal6 Letters

64Appends6 Letters

65Dark-furred martens6 Letters

66Defeats decisively7 Letters

68Bellini opera5 Letters

70Opera opening4 Letters

76Electrical units4 Letters

77Diner sign promise8 Letters

78Like two peas in ___4 Letters

79Where Pizarro died4 Letters

80In direct confrontation8 Letters

81The UPS logo, e.g.6 Letters

83Regatta team4 Letters

85What’s happening6 Letters

86Peter of “The Lion in Winter”6 Letters

87Bus map depictions6 Letters

88Lemon tree features6 Letters

89Elegantly small6 Letters

91Countess in “Twelfth Night”6 Letters

92Least narrow6 Letters

93Like many convertibles6 Letters

96Common origami creation5 Letters

99Lawyer’s job4 Letters

100Chaotic scene4 Letters

101Drop4 Letters

102Focus of Taylor Swift’s last tour4 Letters

105Lard or suet3 Letters

107Morse code sound3 Letters

108Protagonist of a Satyajit Ray film trilogy3 Letters

109Suffering3 Letters

About the September 18, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, September 18, 2026 runs under the title “Guest Workers” and was constructed by Mike Shenk. It uses a 21×21 grid and contains 138 clues — 67 across and 71 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

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How many clues are in the September 18, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 138 clues — 67 across and 71 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The September 18, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk.

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