Wall Street Journal Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for September 16 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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Full of guile41 AcrossReveal answer → Bit parts?45 AcrossReveal answer → Miles per hour, e.g.59 AcrossReveal answer → 1973 French Open champ Nastase414 AcrossReveal answer → Openly state415 AcrossReveal answer → Egg producer516 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrated Southern chef Lewis417 AcrossReveal answer → “State Fair” setting418 AcrossReveal answer → Ring around a watch face519 AcrossReveal answer → Magnet for controversy1220 AcrossReveal answer → Sought-after723 AcrossReveal answer → Animated greetings, often624 AcrossReveal answer → Playfully pick on328 AcrossReveal answer → Eight, to Augustus429 AcrossReveal answer → Deposit in some banks331 AcrossReveal answer → Important acid type532 AcrossReveal answer → A+ student935 AcrossReveal answer → Brother of Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael437 AcrossReveal answer → Having a faraway dreamy look538 AcrossReveal answer → Campbell of “Scream”439 AcrossReveal answer → Rainbow-colored treats940 AcrossReveal answer → Acclivities542 AcrossReveal answer → Academic extension343 AcrossReveal answer → Flight records444 AcrossReveal answer → Close-mouthed345 AcrossReveal answer → 2022 World Series champs646 AcrossReveal answer → Overcome, as an upsetting experience748 AcrossReveal answer → Spy satellites, and a hint to 20-, 35- and 40-Across, given their second halves1252 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat555 AcrossReveal answer → Ammonia feature458 AcrossReveal answer → Redecorate459 AcrossReveal answer → Bolt with speed560 AcrossReveal answer → Exclusion anxiety, briefly461 AcrossReveal answer → Gendered suffix462 AcrossReveal answer → What you might go out with563 AcrossReveal answer → Bass line?464 AcrossReveal answer → Hockey fake-out465 AcrossReveal answer →

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Catch flies, say51 DownReveal answer → “My Girl,” e.g.52 DownReveal answer → Places for peds53 DownReveal answer → “So you’ve said”94 DownReveal answer → Made headway65 DownReveal answer → Duck, say56 DownReveal answer → Promgoer’s purchase47 DownReveal answer → Gala giveaway48 DownReveal answer → Titular 1987 cyborg79 DownReveal answer → Vegan cosmetics brand510 DownReveal answer → Whirling Looney Tunes character, for short311 DownReveal answer → Seething state312 DownReveal answer → Olive with a skinny shape313 DownReveal answer → Rush, e.g.421 DownReveal answer → Take another crack at522 DownReveal answer → Ring borders525 DownReveal answer → Ambition526 DownReveal answer → French Open champ of 1990, 1991 and 1992527 DownReveal answer → Some native Nebraskans529 DownReveal answer → Recycling bin items430 DownReveal answer → Befuddled532 DownReveal answer → Pays attention to533 DownReveal answer → Words after slug, spit or sweat534 DownReveal answer → “My Girl,” e.g.435 DownReveal answer → Like an aerial view936 DownReveal answer → Cause of hundreds of collisions in Alaska annually538 DownReveal answer → Sickly sweet741 DownReveal answer → Namesake of baseball’s postseason MVP award442 DownReveal answer → Chevy subcompacts discontinued in 2001645 DownReveal answer → Sticky stuff547 DownReveal answer → Garden figure548 DownReveal answer → United549 DownReveal answer → Real stinker550 DownReveal answer → Melville’s first novel551 DownReveal answer → Remote location, perhaps453 DownReveal answer → Revered one454 DownReveal answer → Sine ___ non355 DownReveal answer → Charger standard356 DownReveal answer → Help for some breakdown sufferers357 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 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.