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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 12 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for August 12 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Calculating31 AcrossReveal answer → They’re hit with a crunch34 AcrossReveal answer → Unhelpful response to “You’re muted”37 AcrossReveal answer → Where racers retire?310 AcrossReveal answer → Princess’s irritant, in a tale313 AcrossReveal answer → Like Steven Wright’s comedy714 AcrossReveal answer → Men’s body spray brand316 AcrossReveal answer → “How frustrating!”317 AcrossReveal answer → Joke toy of 1975718 AcrossReveal answer → TV home of the “Five-Timers Club”319 AcrossReveal answer → The White Stripes and the Black Keys, e.g.420 AcrossReveal answer → Antelope with lyre-shaped horns522 AcrossReveal answer → Bibliography abbr.423 AcrossReveal answer → Whence colonists came1324 AcrossReveal answer → Jacob gave him bread and pottage427 AcrossReveal answer → Cheerful cries428 AcrossReveal answer → Noted feature of Frank Sinatra929 AcrossReveal answer → X, sometimes335 AcrossReveal answer → Affaire de coeur538 AcrossReveal answer → Craft brew initials339 AcrossReveal answer → Santa, in Salisbury1542 AcrossReveal answer → Trash can resident of TV547 AcrossReveal answer → Animal carrier of note348 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket sound549 AcrossReveal answer → “Prove it!”650 AcrossReveal answer → “Defense! Defense!” and others652 AcrossReveal answer → The Jackson 5, e.g., and a hint to 18-, 24-, 29- and 42-Across1353 AcrossReveal answer → Word with bottle, baseball and blasting357 AcrossReveal answer → Thumbs-down review, informally758 AcrossReveal answer → German physicist Georg359 AcrossReveal answer → Link letters361 AcrossReveal answer → Winner of a race762 AcrossReveal answer → Dyson product, for short363 AcrossReveal answer → Scrape (by)364 AcrossReveal answer → Fail to play365 AcrossReveal answer → Blockhead366 AcrossReveal answer → UFO crew367 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tater41 DownReveal answer → 13-Across, e.g.62 DownReveal answer → Brutes in “Gulliver’s Travels”63 DownReveal answer → Payroll-processing co.34 DownReveal answer → Namesake of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s lifetime achievement award55 DownReveal answer → Follower of Dionysus56 DownReveal answer → Speed skater Ohno57 DownReveal answer → Asian gambling mecca58 DownReveal answer → Cuttlefish defense39 DownReveal answer → Beaver tail, e.g.610 DownReveal answer → Rejects, informally611 DownReveal answer → Giveaway412 DownReveal answer → “Hotel Transylvania” nickname415 DownReveal answer → Attempt421 DownReveal answer → Uber alerts, for short423 DownReveal answer → Legendary warrior ___ Mulan325 DownReveal answer → “Science Guy” Bill326 DownReveal answer → Milky Way, e.g.330 DownReveal answer → 1978 song with a recognizable dance431 DownReveal answer → Danish physicist Niels432 DownReveal answer → Hide in the shadows433 DownReveal answer → One of Switzerland’s Forest Cantons334 DownReveal answer → Company money mgrs.435 DownReveal answer → Yardage line836 DownReveal answer → Zendaya and Tom Holland, e.g.837 DownReveal answer → Romantic confession839 DownReveal answer → Festive cone840 DownReveal answer → Serpents on sarcophagi441 DownReveal answer → Hems and ___443 DownReveal answer → Otters’ kin744 DownReveal answer → Ordinary fellows745 DownReveal answer → Cuisine featuring lemongrass446 DownReveal answer → Reason for some food recalls551 DownReveal answer → Support staffs?552 DownReveal answer → Help feloniously454 DownReveal answer → Book after Matthieu and Marc355 DownReveal answer → Spanakopita cheese456 DownReveal answer → Stick that breaks?357 DownReveal answer → Hip-hop vocalists360 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.