Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 24, 2026
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September 24, 2026
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Across
1.Grand celebration4 letters5.Something people get on their birthdays5 letters10.Do a quizmaster’s job3 letters13.Hilton rival4 letters14.Simple question5 letters15.Dashed off3 letters16.Bird in hieroglyphics4 letters17.Ready already6 letters18.Sydney sophs’ school3 letters19.Shed light on secret truths, literally8 letters21.Scold harshly6 letters23.River crossing site4 letters24.Complain angrily, literally7 letters25.They might collapse under pressure11 letters28.“Toodle-oo!”5 letters29.Start for liner or ship4 letters30.Enslaved princess in an 1871 work4 letters34.Orders at the restaurant3 letters35.Like many summer shoes7 letters38.Denial from Dumas3 letters39.CPR pros4 letters41.Mountain crossing site4 letters42.Follow, as advice5 letters44.Gladden, literally11 letters47.Like an asymmetric triangle7 letters50.Glum drop4 letters51.Reservations6 letters52.Real swinger8 letters56.Decorative vase3 letters57.Make riskier, literally6 letters59.Onetime “Sign of Good Taste” advertiser4 letters60.Tuition reducer3 letters61.Spur’s spiked wheel5 letters62.Foil alternative4 letters63.Pasture coating3 letters64.Puts away5 letters65.Staycation goal4 letters
Down
1.Be hopping mad4 letters2.Both, in combinations4 letters3.Reality check, figuratively9 letters4.“The sum total of things that could have been avoided,” per Adenauer7 letters5.Fantasy baddie4 letters6.Schreiber of “Ray Donovan”4 letters7.Slides into an Insta chat3 letters8.55th anniversary gifts8 letters9.Store business6 letters10.As ___ (typically)5 letters11.Capital about 90 miles from the Red Sea5 letters12.Gentle cycle garments5 letters17.Professorial degs.4 letters20.Pay another’s way5 letters22.Rae in movies4 letters24.Most valuable, maybe6 letters25.Clothes line4 letters26.Make a bundle6 letters27.Hobby wood5 letters28.Miss identification3 letters31.Stick one’s nose in where it doesn’t belong9 letters32.Tragic fate4 letters33.“Some Bright Nowhere” author Packer3 letters36.Workforce vacancy8 letters37.Stuffed to the gills5 letters40.Broker’s suggestion4 letters43.“The Reeve’s Tale” writer7 letters45.Madagascar mammals6 letters46.Mount near Messina4 letters47.Platoon subunit5 letters48.Namesake of the element with atomic number 965 letters49.Barq’s rival5 letters52.“That was close!”4 letters53.Sinuous swimmers4 letters54.Luau instruments4 letters55.Rendezvous4 letters58.First prime3 letters
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