Wall Street Journal Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

Spoil the appearance ofMAR3Across1 Tot’s “choo-choo”TRAIN5Across4 Pride initialsLGBT4Across9 Miners mine itORE3Across13 ___-SaxonANGLO5Across14 Vowel setAEIOU5Across15 Minor criticismNIT3Across17 Demand a seat up frontCALLSHOTGUN11Across18 Korea’s continentASIA4Across20 New York theater awardsOBIES5Across22 Richie’s dad, to the FonzMRC3Across23 Phones ping off of themCELLTOWERS10Across24 Slinky’s shapeCOIL4Across27 Feature of a Vegas “bandit”ONEARM6Across28 Pickling liquidSOUSE5Across29 Film festival film, oftenINDIE5Across30 Strokes on the greenPUTTS5Across34 Star of “Oppenheimer”CILLIANMURPHY13Across35 Pose for a photographerMODEL5Across39 Playfully impertinentSAUCY5Across40 Openly assertsAVOWS5Across41 High-protein legumeLENTIL6Across42 Rip apartREND4Across47 Clavicle, more familiarlyCOLLARBONE10Across48 Paintings and sculpturesART3Across52 Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny”TOMEI5Across53 Spot for a spelunkerCAVE4Across54 Character shouted to with a “Hey!” in water treatment adsCULLIGANMAN11Across55 Make a hemSEW3Across59 Bee-relatedAPIAN5Across60 Sister’s daughterNIECE5Across61 Org. with wands and scannersTSA3Across62 Send a racy phone message toSEXT4Across63 Close-up on a mapINSET5Across64 Hog’s hangoutSTY3Across65

Monte Carlo’s settingMONACO6Down1 Out of bedARISEN6Down2 Fix, as a bathroom floorRETILE6Down3 Tic-___-toeTAC3Down4 Gene messengerRNA3Down5 RadiantAGLOW5Down6 “Would you look at that!”ILLBE5Down7 Soldier’s denialNOSIR5Down8 Vientiane’s settingLAOS4Down9 ObtainGET3Down10 Sort who can’t keep a secretBIGMOUTH8Down11 Like Fisherman’s Wharf in San FranciscoTOURISTY8Down12 Mother’s brothersUNCLES6Down16 “___ a real nowhere man...”HES3Down19 In the style ofALA3Down21 Sings like a birdTRILLS6Down25 Upscale hotel chainOMNI4Down26 Government overthrowCOUP4Down27 More agileSPRYER6Down29 Govt. prosecutorsDAS3Down31 “Not ___ million years!”INA3Down32 Bird on Australian coinsEMU3Down33 Scandal-avoiding ploysCOVERUPS8Down35 “That’s the truth”IDONTLIE8Down36 BawdyLEWD4Down37 Bruins’ sch.UCLA4Down38 Salsa music shakerMARACA6Down39 “SNL” airerNBC3Down43 Glass-raising tributesTOASTS6Down44 Play the marketINVEST6Down45 Wiggle roomLEEWAY6Down46 Machinery partCOG3Down48 Muscat residentOMANI5Down49 His tomb is in Red SquareLENIN5Down50 Bartender’s wedgesLIMES5Down51 Salon coloringTINT4Down53 LenientLAX3Down56 Good card in blackjackACE3Down57 Pickleball court dividerNET3Down58