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Latest Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers, Clues & Hints — August 13, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 13, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Calculating3 letters4.They’re hit with a crunch3 letters7.Unhelpful response to “You’re muted”3 letters10.Where racers retire?3 letters13.Princess’s irritant, in a tale3 letters14.Like Steven Wright’s comedy7 letters16.Men’s body spray brand3 letters17.“How frustrating!”3 letters18.Joke toy of 19757 letters19.TV home of the “Five-Timers Club”3 letters20.The White Stripes and the Black Keys, e.g.4 letters22.Antelope with lyre-shaped horns5 letters23.Bibliography abbr.4 letters24.Whence colonists came13 letters27.Jacob gave him bread and pottage4 letters28.Cheerful cries4 letters29.Noted feature of Frank Sinatra9 letters35.X, sometimes3 letters38.Affaire de coeur5 letters39.Craft brew initials3 letters42.Santa, in Salisbury15 letters47.Trash can resident of TV5 letters48.Animal carrier of note3 letters49.Cricket sound5 letters50.“Prove it!”6 letters52.“Defense! Defense!” and others6 letters53.The Jackson 5, e.g., and a hint to 18-, 24-, 29- and 42-Across13 letters57.Word with bottle, baseball and blasting3 letters58.Thumbs-down review, informally7 letters59.German physicist Georg3 letters61.Link letters3 letters62.Winner of a race7 letters63.Dyson product, for short3 letters64.Scrape (by)3 letters65.Fail to play3 letters66.Blockhead3 letters67.UFO crew3 letters
Down
1.Tater4 letters2.13-Across, e.g.6 letters3.Brutes in “Gulliver’s Travels”6 letters4.Payroll-processing co.3 letters5.Namesake of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s lifetime achievement award5 letters6.Follower of Dionysus5 letters7.Speed skater Ohno5 letters8.Asian gambling mecca5 letters9.Cuttlefish defense3 letters10.Beaver tail, e.g.6 letters11.Rejects, informally6 letters12.Giveaway4 letters15.“Hotel Transylvania” nickname4 letters21.Attempt4 letters23.Uber alerts, for short4 letters25.Legendary warrior ___ Mulan3 letters26.“Science Guy” Bill3 letters30.Milky Way, e.g.3 letters31.1978 song with a recognizable dance4 letters32.Danish physicist Niels4 letters33.Hide in the shadows4 letters34.One of Switzerland’s Forest Cantons3 letters35.Company money mgrs.4 letters36.Yardage line8 letters37.Zendaya and Tom Holland, e.g.8 letters39.Romantic confession8 letters40.Festive cone8 letters41.Serpents on sarcophagi4 letters43.Hems and ___4 letters44.Otters’ kin7 letters45.Ordinary fellows7 letters46.Cuisine featuring lemongrass4 letters51.Reason for some food recalls5 letters52.Support staffs?5 letters54.Help feloniously4 letters55.Book after Matthieu and Marc3 letters56.Spanakopita cheese4 letters57.Stick that breaks?3 letters60.Hip-hop vocalists3 letters
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