Wall Street Journal Crossword September 4, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Friday, September 4, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “AI Slop” by Christopher Youngs. Today’s puzzle has a total of 140 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorChristopher Youngs

Clues140

Grid21×21

Across

1Music genre for Tokyo’s Yoasobi and Nogizaka464 Letters

5Speaks for, briefly4 Letters

9Motrin alternative5 Letters

14Corkscrews on tables, e.g.5 Letters

19Brand for Brussels griffons4 Letters

20Westernmost D-Day beach4 Letters

21They fly in an 11-Down5 Letters

22Abstractions5 Letters

23Dieting and exercising to avoid needing to buy a bigger belt?15 Letters

26Disinclined5 Letters

27Eurythmics singer Lennox5 Letters

28Ceremonial basin6 Letters

29At most4 Letters

31Cow chow3 Letters

32Designer’s draft6 Letters

34Deserves6 Letters

36Maker of licensed vinyl toy figures5 Letters

38Common name for a herding dog4 Letters

40Fear-inducing thunderstorm?12 Letters

44Asian honorific3 Letters

47Ill-suited5 Letters

50Make out, in Bath4 Letters

51Frolicsome6 Letters

52Astonishingly awesome shriek?10 Letters

55Astronaut Cooper, familiarly5 Letters

57Lab liquids4 Letters

58“Freeze the Feeling” beverage brand4 Letters

59Happening place6 Letters

61Iridescent gem5 Letters

63Asian honorific3 Letters

64“The Commitments” writer Doyle5 Letters

66Bacteria-infected6 Letters

68Place under the seat, say4 Letters

70Story of Earth’s longest-living land animal trying to hide its years with a wig?21 Letters

77Ancient music halls4 Letters

78Goddess of the dawn6 Letters

79Carried5 Letters

80Flimflam3 Letters

83Opposite of avant5 Letters

86Bomb in an idiom about backfiring plans6 Letters

88With 44-Down, modest garment4 Letters

89Mimicked4 Letters

91Replies to a host5 Letters

93What a bird feels after crashing into a sheet of glass?10 Letters

95Piedmontese wine6 Letters

97Grub4 Letters

99Nick of “Tropic Thunder”5 Letters

100___ Islas Filipinas3 Letters

101Spy tasked with following spouses in their golden years?12 Letters

104Crowd-sourced review site4 Letters

106Wing5 Letters

107Antarctic explorer Shackleton6 Letters

110Unsavory6 Letters

114Nothing at all3 Letters

116Taylor Swift’s “___ Something Bad”4 Letters

118Auto correction6 Letters

120City of Tuscany5 Letters

121Ivy in Philly5 Letters

123Crew members tending to spinnakers and jibs?15 Letters

126Tight headwear5 Letters

127A crowd, they say5 Letters

128Ivy in New Haven4 Letters

129One of a geographic quintet4 Letters

130Operatic bass-baritone Simon5 Letters

131Iditarod vehicles5 Letters

132Passed easily4 Letters

133Property paper4 Letters

Down

1Scavengers who sell C-3PO and R2-D2 to Luke’s uncle5 Letters

2Core exercise5 Letters

3Think out loud5 Letters

4Hypothesizes6 Letters

5Dark ’n’ Stormy part3 Letters

6List wrap-up4 Letters

7Yankee Clipper carrier5 Letters

8Wax alternative5 Letters

9Problem for job-seeking seniors7 Letters

10Lowering in rank8 Letters

11See 21-Across3 Letters

12“Freedom ___ free”4 Letters

13Acquitted6 Letters

14Hoppy lager7 Letters

15Hubbub3 Letters

16Members of the genus Hippocampus9 Letters

17“So long!”4 Letters

18Wan4 Letters

24Helper after a crash6 Letters

25Teri of “Young Frankenstein”4 Letters

30Hypothesize8 Letters

33Mathematician Poincaré5 Letters

35Inquisitive sort5 Letters

37Mr. Kringle4 Letters

39History Channel’s highest-rated show9 Letters

41Grimm monster4 Letters

42Vegetable called bhindi in Pakistan4 Letters

43Gosling in Hollywood4 Letters

44See 88-Across5 Letters

45Big name in copiers5 Letters

46___ la Cité (site of Notre Dame cathedral)5 Letters

48Leisurely stroll, in Spanish-speaking areas5 Letters

49Hedren of “The Birds”5 Letters

53Resulted in5 Letters

54“___ luck!”5 Letters

56Villainous9 Letters

60Bind5 Letters

62“Stay (I Missed You)” singer Lisa4 Letters

65Member of the Jedi High Council4 Letters

67Seven-time AL batting champ5 Letters

69Clobber5 Letters

71Admonished8 Letters

72Away5 Letters

73Pipe-clearing brand5 Letters

74Common neo-grotesque font5 Letters

75Most populous country5 Letters

76Coach controls5 Letters

80Baja resort4 Letters

81Iridescent gem4 Letters

82“Get a load of this dweeb!”9 Letters

84Nights before4 Letters

85Flurry5 Letters

87Lavishes affection5 Letters

90Sad4 Letters

92Hit with a jump scare8 Letters

94Lament of the vanquished6 Letters

96Jacket parts7 Letters

98Cranial cavities7 Letters

102Is real6 Letters

103Advance4 Letters

105Ready6 Letters

108“So long!”5 Letters

109“Dear Mama” rapper5 Letters

111Steel plow inventor5 Letters

112Navel type5 Letters

113Out of fashion5 Letters

114Botticelli’s Venus, e.g.4 Letters

115NYSE debuts4 Letters

117Willy Wonka’s creator4 Letters

119Wan4 Letters

122Scottish refusal3 Letters

124Fury3 Letters

125Like diamonds3 Letters

About the September 4, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Friday, September 4, 2026 runs under the title “AI Slop” and was constructed by Christopher Youngs. It uses a 21×21 grid and contains 140 clues — 67 across and 73 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 4, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 140 clues — 67 across and 73 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The September 4, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Christopher Youngs.

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