Wall Street Journal Crossword September 22, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Car Talk” by Fred Raker & Jeremy Lieberman. Today’s puzzle has a total of 78 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorFred Raker & Jeremy Lieberman

Clues78

Grid15×15

Across

1Sacred song5 Letters

6Business offering wraps3 Letters

9Page near the front of many fantasy novels3 Letters

12Expire6 Letters

14Word beside a harp on some euro coins4 Letters

16Red Sox outfielder White3 Letters

17Heir’s concern6 Letters

18Unruffled4 Letters

19Paycheck deduction3 Letters

20Change gears in a Ford?13 Letters

23Clarification on a misspelling3 Letters

24Retinal receptor3 Letters

25Encourage5 Letters

28Exit the Subaru?12 Letters

32Unlikely, as chances go4 Letters

34Conk out3 Letters

35Letters on Broadway buses3 Letters

36Prepared for print7 Letters

39Evil act7 Letters

42Planet, poetically3 Letters

43Beatles descriptor3 Letters

45Lab procedure4 Letters

46Unveil a Kia?12 Letters

51Barbershop offering5 Letters

52Corn unit3 Letters

53Anaheim team, on scoreboards3 Letters

56Catch up to the Honda?13 Letters

61Cannes consent3 Letters

63Cheer (for)4 Letters

64Lamented loudly6 Letters

65Double helix stuff3 Letters

66Nibble4 Letters

67Enchanting quality6 Letters

68Dress in3 Letters

69Peg for Pebble Beach3 Letters

70Hardly loquacious5 Letters

Down

1Iron5 Letters

2Fish dish5 Letters

3Bit of high jinks5 Letters

4Bakery unit4 Letters

5Pound pick4 Letters

6Broke away7 Letters

7Singer Edith4 Letters

8Folk singer Guthrie4 Letters

9Citi Field doings9 Letters

10Copying3 Letters

11Selfies, slangily3 Letters

13Aquarium fish5 Letters

15Quiz show VIP5 Letters

21Carpool lane, in brief3 Letters

22Big name in Australian footwear3 Letters

26Smallish a cappella group, perhaps5 Letters

27Long-distance swimmer Diana4 Letters

28Pot part3 Letters

29Moody music3 Letters

30Aspiration3 Letters

31Island adornment3 Letters

32Jazz great Vaughan5 Letters

33One for the books?9 Letters

36High tennis hits4 Letters

37Enigmatic hoverer3 Letters

38Frat letter3 Letters

40Disco ___ (“The Simpsons” character)3 Letters

41E. Coast state3 Letters

44Midwife’s instruction7 Letters

47Eden evictee3 Letters

48Long (for)5 Letters

49Japanese honorific3 Letters

50Ad suffix akin to -palooza5 Letters

53Solitary sort5 Letters

54Regions5 Letters

55Confuse greatly5 Letters

57Aquatic bird4 Letters

58Radiator attachment4 Letters

59Egyptian Christian4 Letters

60Superhero accessory4 Letters

61Out of the ordinary3 Letters

62Cancún count start3 Letters

About the September 22, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Tuesday, September 22, 2026 runs under the title “Car Talk” and was constructed by Fred Raker & Jeremy Lieberman. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 78 clues — 36 across and 42 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the September 22, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 78 clues — 36 across and 42 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The September 22, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Fred Raker & Jeremy Lieberman.

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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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