Wall Street Journal Crossword August 26 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the Wall Street Journal Crossword August 26 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 78 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fires (up)PSYCHS6Across1
Leaves aside?PILE4Across7
HackHEW3Across11
Open on Christmas, sayUNWRAP6Across14
Speckled steedROAN4Across15
Sumac from PeruYMA3Across16
Went helter-skelterRACEDAROUND11Across17
CentralMID3Across19
Old-timey oathEGAD4Across20
Last Hebrew letterTAV3Across21
They’re larger than lifeGIANTS6Across22
Young haresLEVERETS8Across24
Name in stringsAMATI5Across26
Music producer GottiIRV3Across30
Police jacket lettersSWAT4Across31
Island of MalaysiaPENANG6Across35
Curvy doorway topperBELLARCH8Across37
“What a day!”AMIBEAT7Across40
Prepare for a comeback tour, perhapsREUNITE7Across42
Mars, Jupiter or NeptuneROMANGOD8Across43
Amused soundTITTER6Across45
Old imperial titleTSAR4Across46
Negroni spiritGIN3Across47
You might get down from themGEESE5Across49
Historical play by Christopher MarloweEDWARDII8Across50
“The quality of mercy is not strained” speakerPORTIA6Across54
Stirrup siteEAR3Across57
SortTYPE4Across58
Academic domainEDU3Across62
“I hope so,” and an alternative title for this puzzleKNOCKONWOOD11Across63
Waits on stageTOM3Across66
Ready for publicationEDIT4Across67
Not optionalNEEDED6Across68
“Torso Fruit” sculptorARP3Across69
“Do the Right Thing” pizzeriaSALS4Across70
EroticSTEAMY6Across71
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Free of additivesPURE4Down1
Planning problemSNAG4Down2
Org. with a “Week Without Violence” programYWCA4Down3
Street repCRED4Down4
OwnedHAD3Down5
Sudden outpouringSPATE5Down6
Words of wisdomPROVERB7Down7
Note from a short person?IOU3Down8
Oscar winner for “Tootsie” and “Blue Sky”LANGE5Down9
Break upENDIT5Down10
Music for the masses?HYMN4Down11
Give offEMIT4Down12
Bundles of billsWADS4Down13
Sitar master ShankarRAVI4Down18
Armand of “American Gangster”ASSANTE7Down23
Irish exportLINEN5Down24
Airstream ownerRVER4Down25
DistantAPART5Down26
Staff notesMEMOS5Down27
Inner self, to a JungianANIMA5Down28
Upholstery fabricTABARET7Down29
Form letters?WRITE5Down32
Divisions d’un opéraACTES5Down33
“Done!”THERE5Down34
Funny bitGAG3Down36
Court callLET3Down38
Mario’s brotherLUIGI5Down39
Cato’s costumeTOGA4Down41
Calls the shotsDIRECTS7Down44
Sask. neighborNDAK4Down48
Sea stoppersDIKES5Down51
Film fishWANDA5Down52
Clubs at clubsIRONS5Down53
Fur-fighting org.PETA4Down54
Gas leak evidenceODOR4Down55
BehindRUMP4Down56
Affectedly preciousTWEE4Down58
“Impossible to see, the future is” speakerYODA4Down59
Stressful work?POEM4Down60
Whirling waterEDDY4Down61
It can be refinedOIL3Down64
Bottom lineNET3Down65
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This page lists every clue and answer from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.