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Wall Street Journal Crossword August 16 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for August 16 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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ClueLetters#Answer
“Matilda” writer Roald41 AcrossReveal answer → Stitched up45 AcrossReveal answer → Henry VIII and Elizabeth I’s royal house59 AcrossReveal answer → Largest continent414 AcrossReveal answer → Trilevel cookie415 AcrossReveal answer → 2024 film that won the Best Picture Oscar516 AcrossReveal answer → Puts on a blacklist417 AcrossReveal answer → Marine mammal’s tooth that might be a meter long1018 AcrossReveal answer → Thrown in520 AcrossReveal answer → ID first issued in 1936322 AcrossReveal answer → High wind in a pit423 AcrossReveal answer → Spring zodiac sign1324 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit that’s sometimes poached428 AcrossReveal answer → Like chinchillas and alpacas629 AcrossReveal answer → Tippy-top432 AcrossReveal answer → “Please stay!”635 AcrossReveal answer → Savings for sr. yrs.338 AcrossReveal answer → Shell, Prell or Dell, e.g.539 AcrossReveal answer → Greta of “The Morning Show”341 AcrossReveal answer → Absorb thoroughly542 AcrossReveal answer → Playfully shy344 AcrossReveal answer → Ferry destination645 AcrossReveal answer → New England football team, informally448 AcrossReveal answer → Water source649 AcrossReveal answer → Hefty book451 AcrossReveal answer → Persian ruler who conquered Babylonia1353 AcrossReveal answer → Done laps in a pool459 AcrossReveal answer → Gamer’s cube361 AcrossReveal answer → Hayek of “Frida”562 AcrossReveal answer → Source of oranges or lemons1063 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium seating section467 AcrossReveal answer → Assumed name568 AcrossReveal answer → Muffin material469 AcrossReveal answer → “This is bad!”470 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese box lunch571 AcrossReveal answer → Croquet game setting472 AcrossReveal answer → Corrosion found in the four longest Across answers473 AcrossReveal answer →

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Sponge gently51 DownReveal answer → Carne ___ (grilled Mexican dish)52 DownReveal answer → Like many Diwali celebrants53 DownReveal answer → High-tech pointer84 DownReveal answer → Female hog35 DownReveal answer → Distinct stretch of time36 DownReveal answer → Like Cardiff natives57 DownReveal answer → Like Thor and Odin58 DownReveal answer → Prof’s helpers, for short39 DownReveal answer → Innumerable610 DownReveal answer → Extra-hoppy brew911 DownReveal answer → “Thereabouts”412 DownReveal answer → Leaf-gathering tool413 DownReveal answer → What you do to groceries when you get home519 DownReveal answer → Expected in321 DownReveal answer → Gloomy325 DownReveal answer → Online troublemaker526 DownReveal answer → Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarly427 DownReveal answer → In ___ (stagnated)430 DownReveal answer → Brief snoozes431 DownReveal answer → Elementary school basics432 DownReveal answer → Corn or cotton433 DownReveal answer → Question on the dance floor934 DownReveal answer → Org. for profs336 DownReveal answer → First extra inning537 DownReveal answer → Christian of fashion440 DownReveal answer → Old switchboard pro843 DownReveal answer → Posts inside walls546 DownReveal answer → Female deer347 DownReveal answer → One doing a lot of heavy lifting?650 DownReveal answer → Sports cars from Britain352 DownReveal answer → Refuse to get involved554 DownReveal answer → ___ incognita555 DownReveal answer → College benefactor Yale556 DownReveal answer → Replies from the congregation557 DownReveal answer → Divining deck558 DownReveal answer → Wound covering459 DownReveal answer → Cunning trick460 DownReveal answer → Troop-entertaining grp.364 DownReveal answer → Spot for an AirPod365 DownReveal answer → Finish366 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Sunday, August 16, 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.