Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 15, 2026
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Puzzle date
September 15, 2026
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Across
1.Bearded Smurf4 letters5.Some Cubans6 letters11.Mama’s boy3 letters14.Farming prefix4 letters15.Outfit for an infant6 letters16.Debate side3 letters17.Many a modern business session (or a hasty tryst?)11 letters19.Emmy winner Holbrook3 letters20.Honeyed drinks5 letters21.Solution in an IV drip6 letters23.Share one’s thoughts (or what may develop after 17-Across?)15 letters27.Citi Field player3 letters28.Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g.3 letters29.Former flames4 letters30.Texas city named for a Ukrainian city6 letters34.Poetic feet5 letters37.Political partner (or a possible product of 17- and 23-Across?)11 letters40.Anvil sound5 letters41.Is penitent6 letters44.Catcher’s wear4 letters47.End for spy, kiss or nanny3 letters49.Dog doc3 letters50.Next of kin (or possible outcome of 17-, 23- and 37-Across?)15 letters56.Headline6 letters57.Wide valleys5 letters58.Do the wrong thing3 letters59.Event where the romance in 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across may start?11 letters64.SoFi Stadium footballer3 letters65.Turn sour, as milk6 letters66.Post-shower attire4 letters67.Planetarium depiction3 letters68.Declares6 letters69.At some previous point4 letters
Down
1.Nobel-winning poet Octavio3 letters2.Earlier than now3 letters3.Supplier of forgotten lines, for stage actors8 letters4.Person drawing a bead5 letters5.New Yale students of 19695 letters6.Actually existing6 letters7.Acquire3 letters8.“___ live and breathe!”3 letters9.Free of suds5 letters10.George of “The Goldbergs”5 letters11.Big cat of Africa?6 letters12.Grand Marnier flavoring6 letters13.Phrase tacked on for emphasis6 letters18.Astronaut Jemison3 letters22.Deceives6 letters23.Angsty music genre3 letters24.Checked, on a form3 letters25.Target, as with a water balloon7 letters26.Online periodical, for short4 letters31.Chump6 letters32.“Live from New York!” letters3 letters33.“Blonde” Oscar nominee de Armas3 letters35.UFC sport3 letters36.Cricket stick3 letters38.Cuzco resident4 letters39.Conjure up8 letters42.Elusive swimmer3 letters43.Epitome of a mess3 letters44.Stingy sorts6 letters45.Lake Shore Limited operator6 letters46.Obsequious6 letters48.Stick one’s nose in6 letters51.Parts of spines and brakes5 letters52.Suggestions5 letters53.Begins to disappear5 letters54.Copying3 letters55.D.C. commuter choice5 letters60.Period3 letters61.Summer setting in NYC3 letters62.Airer of 32-Down3 letters63.“Fancy that!”3 letters
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