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Wall Street Journal Crossword September 23 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for September 23 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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Grand celebration41 AcrossReveal answer → Something people get on their birthdays55 AcrossReveal answer → Do a quizmaster’s job310 AcrossReveal answer → Hilton rival413 AcrossReveal answer → Simple question514 AcrossReveal answer → Dashed off315 AcrossReveal answer → Bird in hieroglyphics416 AcrossReveal answer → Ready already617 AcrossReveal answer → Sydney sophs’ school318 AcrossReveal answer → Shed light on secret truths, literally819 AcrossReveal answer → Scold harshly621 AcrossReveal answer → River crossing site423 AcrossReveal answer → Complain angrily, literally724 AcrossReveal answer → They might collapse under pressure1125 AcrossReveal answer → “Toodle-oo!”528 AcrossReveal answer → Start for liner or ship429 AcrossReveal answer → Enslaved princess in an 1871 work430 AcrossReveal answer → Orders at the restaurant334 AcrossReveal answer → Like many summer shoes735 AcrossReveal answer → Denial from Dumas338 AcrossReveal answer → CPR pros439 AcrossReveal answer → Mountain crossing site441 AcrossReveal answer → Follow, as advice542 AcrossReveal answer → Gladden, literally1144 AcrossReveal answer → Like an asymmetric triangle747 AcrossReveal answer → Glum drop450 AcrossReveal answer → Reservations651 AcrossReveal answer → Real swinger852 AcrossReveal answer → Decorative vase356 AcrossReveal answer → Make riskier, literally657 AcrossReveal answer → Onetime “Sign of Good Taste” advertiser459 AcrossReveal answer → Tuition reducer360 AcrossReveal answer → Spur’s spiked wheel561 AcrossReveal answer → Foil alternative462 AcrossReveal answer → Pasture coating363 AcrossReveal answer → Puts away564 AcrossReveal answer → Staycation goal465 AcrossReveal answer →

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Be hopping mad41 DownReveal answer → Both, in combinations42 DownReveal answer → Reality check, figuratively93 DownReveal answer → “The sum total of things that could have been avoided,” per Adenauer74 DownReveal answer → Fantasy baddie45 DownReveal answer → Schreiber of “Ray Donovan”46 DownReveal answer → Slides into an Insta chat37 DownReveal answer → 55th anniversary gifts88 DownReveal answer → Store business69 DownReveal answer → As ___ (typically)510 DownReveal answer → Capital about 90 miles from the Red Sea511 DownReveal answer → Gentle cycle garments512 DownReveal answer → Professorial degs.417 DownReveal answer → Pay another’s way520 DownReveal answer → Rae in movies422 DownReveal answer → Most valuable, maybe624 DownReveal answer → Clothes line425 DownReveal answer → Make a bundle626 DownReveal answer → Hobby wood527 DownReveal answer → Miss identification328 DownReveal answer → Stick one’s nose in where it doesn’t belong931 DownReveal answer → Tragic fate432 DownReveal answer → “Some Bright Nowhere” author Packer333 DownReveal answer → Workforce vacancy836 DownReveal answer → Stuffed to the gills537 DownReveal answer → Broker’s suggestion440 DownReveal answer → “The Reeve’s Tale” writer743 DownReveal answer → Madagascar mammals645 DownReveal answer → Mount near Messina446 DownReveal answer → Platoon subunit547 DownReveal answer → Namesake of the element with atomic number 96548 DownReveal answer → Barq’s rival549 DownReveal answer → “That was close!”452 DownReveal answer → Sinuous swimmers453 DownReveal answer → Luau instruments454 DownReveal answer → Rendezvous455 DownReveal answer → First prime358 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Wednesday, September 23, 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.