Wall Street Journal Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for August 26 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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Across

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Fires (up)61 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves aside?47 AcrossReveal answer → Hack311 AcrossReveal answer → Open on Christmas, say614 AcrossReveal answer → Speckled steed415 AcrossReveal answer → Sumac from Peru316 AcrossReveal answer → Went helter-skelter1117 AcrossReveal answer → Central319 AcrossReveal answer → Old-timey oath420 AcrossReveal answer → Last Hebrew letter321 AcrossReveal answer → They’re larger than life622 AcrossReveal answer → Young hares824 AcrossReveal answer → Name in strings526 AcrossReveal answer → Music producer Gotti330 AcrossReveal answer → Police jacket letters431 AcrossReveal answer → Island of Malaysia635 AcrossReveal answer → Curvy doorway topper837 AcrossReveal answer → “What a day!”740 AcrossReveal answer → Prepare for a comeback tour, perhaps742 AcrossReveal answer → Mars, Jupiter or Neptune843 AcrossReveal answer → Amused sound645 AcrossReveal answer → Old imperial title446 AcrossReveal answer → Negroni spirit347 AcrossReveal answer → You might get down from them549 AcrossReveal answer → Historical play by Christopher Marlowe850 AcrossReveal answer → “The quality of mercy is not strained” speaker654 AcrossReveal answer → Stirrup site357 AcrossReveal answer → Sort458 AcrossReveal answer → Academic domain362 AcrossReveal answer → “I hope so,” and an alternative title for this puzzle1163 AcrossReveal answer → Waits on stage366 AcrossReveal answer → Ready for publication467 AcrossReveal answer → Not optional668 AcrossReveal answer → “Torso Fruit” sculptor369 AcrossReveal answer → “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria470 AcrossReveal answer → Erotic671 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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Free of additives41 DownReveal answer → Planning problem42 DownReveal answer → Org. with a “Week Without Violence” program43 DownReveal answer → Street rep44 DownReveal answer → Owned35 DownReveal answer → Sudden outpouring56 DownReveal answer → Words of wisdom77 DownReveal answer → Note from a short person?38 DownReveal answer → Oscar winner for “Tootsie” and “Blue Sky”59 DownReveal answer → Break up510 DownReveal answer → Music for the masses?411 DownReveal answer → Give off412 DownReveal answer → Bundles of bills413 DownReveal answer → Sitar master Shankar418 DownReveal answer → Armand of “American Gangster”723 DownReveal answer → Irish export524 DownReveal answer → Airstream owner425 DownReveal answer → Distant526 DownReveal answer → Staff notes527 DownReveal answer → Inner self, to a Jungian528 DownReveal answer → Upholstery fabric729 DownReveal answer → Form letters?532 DownReveal answer → Divisions d’un opéra533 DownReveal answer → “Done!”534 DownReveal answer → Funny bit336 DownReveal answer → Court call338 DownReveal answer → Mario’s brother539 DownReveal answer → Cato’s costume441 DownReveal answer → Calls the shots744 DownReveal answer → Sask. neighbor448 DownReveal answer → Sea stoppers551 DownReveal answer → Film fish552 DownReveal answer → Clubs at clubs553 DownReveal answer → Fur-fighting org.454 DownReveal answer → Gas leak evidence455 DownReveal answer → Behind456 DownReveal answer → Affectedly precious458 DownReveal answer → “Impossible to see, the future is” speaker459 DownReveal answer → Stressful work?460 DownReveal answer → Whirling water461 DownReveal answer → It can be refined364 DownReveal answer → Bottom line365 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 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.