Wall Street Journal Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 140 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 140 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for August 21 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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Diplomatic assignment41 AcrossReveal answer → Weighs down55 AcrossReveal answer → Infectious bug410 AcrossReveal answer → One might get tipped314 AcrossReveal answer → Contrail makeup517 AcrossReveal answer → Vengeful swordsman Montoya519 AcrossReveal answer → Potatoes, in Indian cuisine420 AcrossReveal answer → Parcel (out)421 AcrossReveal answer → Long-necked swamp speaker?1122 AcrossReveal answer → Honey-based drink424 AcrossReveal answer → Around 314, for a circle of radius 10425 AcrossReveal answer → Alamo option726 AcrossReveal answer → Final glimpse of a forbidding silhouette?1127 AcrossReveal answer → Precocious “Family Guy” character630 AcrossReveal answer → “That had to hurt!”332 AcrossReveal answer → Dreyer’s partner334 AcrossReveal answer → Imposes (upon)635 AcrossReveal answer → Used to be336 AcrossReveal answer → 1982 movie with 2010 and 2025 sequels437 AcrossReveal answer → One of 265 in the Bronx Zoo439 AcrossReveal answer → Regional flora and fauna541 AcrossReveal answer → Two things that meet when applying balm after a workout?1342 AcrossReveal answer → Losses in a ledger645 AcrossReveal answer → Cynical crime genre447 AcrossReveal answer → Injures badly548 AcrossReveal answer → Latin for “load”449 AcrossReveal answer → Yao in the Basketball Hall of Fame451 AcrossReveal answer → Having the most pepper icons on the menu, perhaps853 AcrossReveal answer → Result of a burning desire556 AcrossReveal answer → Strung along558 AcrossReveal answer → Take in359 AcrossReveal answer → Fawn’s kin460 AcrossReveal answer → Genesis creator462 AcrossReveal answer → Memorable span364 AcrossReveal answer → Salon choice without waves or curls?1065 AcrossReveal answer → Drone-based delivery vehicle?1070 AcrossReveal answer → Nintendo avatar373 AcrossReveal answer → “Whiskey in My Water” country singer Tyler474 AcrossReveal answer → Place to grab a mocha475 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Lingus377 AcrossReveal answer → North Pole workers578 AcrossReveal answer → Factory worker580 AcrossReveal answer → “You doubt me?”882 AcrossReveal answer → Garden with a snake problem487 AcrossReveal answer → Surrender488 AcrossReveal answer → Saharan stopovers589 AcrossReveal answer → Modernists491 AcrossReveal answer → Genre for Björk and Kate Bush693 AcrossReveal answer → Two-wheeler with cables pulled taut?1395 AcrossReveal answer → Bargain hunters’ finds599 AcrossReveal answer → Home of Iowa State4100 AcrossReveal answer → Memo starter4101 AcrossReveal answer → Receipt line3102 AcrossReveal answer → Climbing expert6103 AcrossReveal answer → Bestie, in Bordeaux3105 AcrossReveal answer → Youngest king in the Valley of the Kings3106 AcrossReveal answer → Capital on the Hudson6108 AcrossReveal answer → Easy scores during a casual round?11110 AcrossReveal answer → Snitch7113 AcrossReveal answer → Initial cost4115 AcrossReveal answer → Snore-inducing4116 AcrossReveal answer → Perfectly negotiated agreements?11117 AcrossReveal answer → Xmas, for Jimmy Buffett4121 AcrossReveal answer → Southernmost Great Lake4122 AcrossReveal answer → Liquefy in a blender5123 AcrossReveal answer → Sonata section5124 AcrossReveal answer → ___ admin (IT pro)3125 AcrossReveal answer → Dirt road tracks4126 AcrossReveal answer → Microscope insert5127 AcrossReveal answer → Drei squared4128 AcrossReveal answer →

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Piping plastic, for short31 DownReveal answer → Crew member32 DownReveal answer → Enterprise, e.g.93 DownReveal answer → Thus far54 DownReveal answer → Old Milanese money45 DownReveal answer → World’s heaviest snakes96 DownReveal answer → “Likewise!”57 DownReveal answer → Braggart’s attribute38 DownReveal answer → Put in order49 DownReveal answer → They may include only the first levels910 DownReveal answer → Mournful poem511 DownReveal answer → Stadium sound412 DownReveal answer → Tweaks813 DownReveal answer → “How about this...”1114 DownReveal answer → Really bothered515 DownReveal answer → Drops from ducts516 DownReveal answer → Sends, as payment618 DownReveal answer → Seafaring821 DownReveal answer → Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “Hugh the Drover,” e.g.523 DownReveal answer → Daughter of Cronus428 DownReveal answer → State of mind429 DownReveal answer → Pond glider430 DownReveal answer → Some food truck fare531 DownReveal answer → Growing business?433 DownReveal answer → “Put your wallet away”438 DownReveal answer → France’s film award540 DownReveal answer → Sultanate on the South China Sea641 DownReveal answer → Gospel singer Campbell543 DownReveal answer → Named as a source544 DownReveal answer → Bouillon brand546 DownReveal answer → Like a busybody450 DownReveal answer → Pest in a cloud452 DownReveal answer → Salon offerings554 DownReveal answer → “Young Frankenstein” role455 DownReveal answer → Elizabethan collar457 DownReveal answer → Cold-fermented beer558 DownReveal answer → Pixar film set during el Día de los Muertos461 DownReveal answer → Chew like a capybara463 DownReveal answer → Hook’s sidekick465 DownReveal answer → Swinton of “Michael Clayton”566 DownReveal answer → Big mouth features1167 DownReveal answer → Corp. benefits experts668 DownReveal answer → Stepped (on)469 DownReveal answer → Home page, in a way571 DownReveal answer → Partner in crime572 DownReveal answer → Priest’s advice576 DownReveal answer → ATM feature879 DownReveal answer → Fellows who follow981 DownReveal answer → Practiced mindfulness, say983 DownReveal answer → Bookstore ID484 DownReveal answer → Smooth fruit985 DownReveal answer → Ancient city that lent its name to a Middle Eastern plateau586 DownReveal answer → Utensil that’s full of holes888 DownReveal answer → Mgr.’s underling490 DownReveal answer → Hot, in a way492 DownReveal answer → Daddy, in Durango494 DownReveal answer → Doha dignitary496 DownReveal answer → Really steamed597 DownReveal answer → Where losers dwell698 DownReveal answer → DNA lab items5103 DownReveal answer → Good around the house5104 DownReveal answer → Challenging H.S. English course5105 DownReveal answer → Ultrasound targets5107 DownReveal answer → Back with bucks5109 DownReveal answer → Revered adviser4111 DownReveal answer → Easy victims4112 DownReveal answer → Hazel or olive4114 DownReveal answer → ___-de-sac3118 DownReveal answer → End of an academic address3119 DownReveal answer → Heir, often3120 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Friday, August 21, 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.