Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Latest Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers, Clues & Hints — September 29, 2026
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Puzzle date
September 29, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Get in hot water?5 letters6.Landed4 letters10.Wedge or wingtip4 letters14.Districts5 letters15.Hand, in Havana4 letters16.Concerto finale4 letters17.Advice from Ron Burgundy, in “Anchorman”10 letters19.Subjects of 36-Down4 letters20.Jane who married Edward Rochester4 letters21.Chicago Loop trains3 letters22.More than enough5 letters23.Take a load off12 letters27.Expert3 letters30.Exclamation of feigned innocence3 letters31.Increased5 letters32.Gas station brand with a torch logo5 letters34.Jerk3 letters35.Took a train, say4 letters38.“Look who just showed up!”15 letters42.Subtle signal4 letters43.On the ___ (fleeing)3 letters44.Lofty goal5 letters45.Starting group of players5 letters47.Signing tool3 letters49.Gene messenger3 letters50.Investment options when leaving a job12 letters54.Mayflower Compact signer John5 letters55.Halloween mo.3 letters56.Sharp picture letters4 letters60.Close with a bang4 letters61.Break away10 letters64.Source of some needles4 letters65.Rank above viscount and below marquess4 letters66.Specialized lingo5 letters67.Astin of “The Lord of the Rings”4 letters68.Different4 letters69.Canvas primer layer for painting5 letters
Down
1.Diamond corner4 letters2.Pretentiously showy4 letters3.Rip4 letters4.President before Garfield5 letters5.Corner key letters3 letters6.Resort town on the Gulf of Salerno6 letters7.Implement for 33-Down5 letters8.Useful connections3 letters9.Stocking stuffer3 letters10.Ran playfully9 letters11.Crossed, as a puddle10 letters12.Wide receiver Beckham5 letters13.Supporter of a painter?5 letters18.Mother of Artemis and Apollo4 letters22.Biter of Cleopatra3 letters24.“Everything’s fine!”4 letters25.Hurry4 letters26.Basilica recess4 letters27.Narrow-waisted stinger4 letters28.Little rascals4 letters29.Neytiri’s portrayer in the “Avatar” movies10 letters33.Ones with brand loyalty?9 letters34.Dispenser of dollars3 letters36.Fossey who studied 19-Across4 letters37.“Enchanted” Anne Hathaway role4 letters39.Antarctica’s Prince ___ Coast4 letters40.Celebrity4 letters41.Merrill of “Operation Petticoat”4 letters46.Really long stretch3 letters47.Spear with a club?6 letters48.Noted deco designer4 letters50.Coarse files5 letters51.Jump by a skateboarder5 letters52.Laughs loudly5 letters53.Lighthouse location5 letters57.Those to whom you might say the beginnings of 17-, 23-, 38-, 50- and 61-Across4 letters58.General ___ chicken4 letters59.Nix4 letters61.Spot3 letters62.“2001” computer3 letters63.Fall behind3 letters
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