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Wall Street Journal Crossword October 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for October 5 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Hard to lift51 AcrossReveal answer → Folkie Joan46 AcrossReveal answer → Light fog410 AcrossReveal answer → Bellybutton fit for a body shot514 AcrossReveal answer → Bone from the elbow to the wrist415 AcrossReveal answer → “Ah, makes sense”416 AcrossReveal answer → Burlap bag in a fun race1017 AcrossReveal answer → Tartan-wearing group419 AcrossReveal answer → Speed down a slope320 AcrossReveal answer → Soft-pop vocalist Vannelli421 AcrossReveal answer → “Give it ___!”522 AcrossReveal answer → Ladle with a lever1323 AcrossReveal answer → Word before Fox or Rabbit in stories427 AcrossReveal answer → Sort328 AcrossReveal answer → Dandyish dude329 AcrossReveal answer → Davis of “Do the Right Thing”531 AcrossReveal answer → Twosome334 AcrossReveal answer → Luxe hotel chain435 AcrossReveal answer → The “Here’s to my sweet Satan” that listeners thought they heard in “Stairway to Heaven,” e.g.1536 AcrossReveal answer → Jane of Gothic literature440 AcrossReveal answer → Take to court341 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit of the Loom rival542 AcrossReveal answer → “The Chi” network, for short343 AcrossReveal answer → Gender prefix344 AcrossReveal answer → Feeble, as an excuse445 AcrossReveal answer → Up-and-down passageway1347 AcrossReveal answer → Rams defensive end Garrett552 AcrossReveal answer → Bristol bloke453 AcrossReveal answer → “So that’s it!”354 AcrossReveal answer → Comparable456 AcrossReveal answer → Genre for Robert Johnson and Charley Patton1057 AcrossReveal answer → Anchovy holders460 AcrossReveal answer → Soothing succulent461 AcrossReveal answer → Contents of some cabinets562 AcrossReveal answer → Boldly innovative463 AcrossReveal answer → Sites of winding rds.464 AcrossReveal answer → “Understand?” (or what one can do with the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across)565 AcrossReveal answer →

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Squats strengthen them41 DownReveal answer → Slender-stemmed mushroom52 DownReveal answer → Bit of amusing behavior53 DownReveal answer → By way of34 DownReveal answer → Nonetheless35 DownReveal answer → More pressed for time66 DownReveal answer → Haim of “One Battle After Another”57 DownReveal answer → Speech of praise88 DownReveal answer → Nationals pitcher Kent39 DownReveal answer → Really small510 DownReveal answer → It’s between England and Ireland911 DownReveal answer → Animal of the phylum Porifera912 DownReveal answer → Campout structure413 DownReveal answer → Fiend in a fairy tale418 DownReveal answer → Cry of frustration322 DownReveal answer → Two-wheeler with a battery524 DownReveal answer → Behind-the-scenes staff425 DownReveal answer → Gin-flavoring fruit426 DownReveal answer → Bakery buys430 DownReveal answer → Honors conferred by King Charles, for short431 DownReveal answer → Willie Mays nickname932 DownReveal answer → Habit that’s all thumbs?933 DownReveal answer → Five-star gen. who became president334 DownReveal answer → Honshu city535 DownReveal answer → Honshu’s continent437 DownReveal answer → Area with many derelict factories838 DownReveal answer → Onetime ruler of Iran439 DownReveal answer → Walgreens rival344 DownReveal answer → Puts down on paper645 DownReveal answer → “___ bien!” (Spanish “All right!”)446 DownReveal answer → Minuscule548 DownReveal answer → Synthetic fiber549 DownReveal answer → Site of some seismic activity550 DownReveal answer → “Of ___ Sing” (children’s book by Barack Obama)551 DownReveal answer → Chess ender452 DownReveal answer → Helper: Abbr.455 DownReveal answer → Flow stopper357 DownReveal answer → 2016 Spielberg movie, with “The”358 DownReveal answer → Untruth359 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Monday, October 5, 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.