WSJ Crossword August 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1ACalculating3 4AThey’re hit with a crunch3 7AUnhelpful response to “You’re muted”3 10AWhere racers retire?3 13APrincess’s irritant, in a tale3 14ALike Steven Wright’s comedy7 16AMen’s body spray brand3 17A“How frustrating!”3 18AJoke toy of 19757 19ATV home of the “Five-Timers Club”3 20AThe White Stripes and the Black Keys, e.g.4 22AAntelope with lyre-shaped horns5 23ABibliography abbr.4 24AWhence colonists came13 27AJacob gave him bread and pottage4 28ACheerful cries4 29ANoted feature of Frank Sinatra9 35AX, sometimes3 38AAffaire de coeur5 39ACraft brew initials3 42ASanta, in Salisbury15 47ATrash can resident of TV5 48AAnimal carrier of note3 49ACricket sound5 50A“Prove it!”6 52A“Defense! Defense!” and others6 53AThe Jackson 5, e.g., and a hint to 18-, 24-, 29- and 42-Across13 57AWord with bottle, baseball and blasting3 58AThumbs-down review, informally7 59AGerman physicist Georg3 61ALink letters3 62AWinner of a race7 63ADyson product, for short3 64AScrape (by)3 65AFail to play3 66ABlockhead3 67AUFO crew3

Down

1DTater4 2D13-Across, e.g.6 3DBrutes in “Gulliver’s Travels”6 4DPayroll-processing co.3 5DNamesake of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s lifetime achievement award5 6DFollower of Dionysus5 7DSpeed skater Ohno5 8DAsian gambling mecca5 9DCuttlefish defense3 10DBeaver tail, e.g.6 11DRejects, informally6 12DGiveaway4 15D“Hotel Transylvania” nickname4 21DAttempt4 23DUber alerts, for short4 25DLegendary warrior ___ Mulan3 26D“Science Guy” Bill3 30DMilky Way, e.g.3 31D1978 song with a recognizable dance4 32DDanish physicist Niels4 33DHide in the shadows4 34DOne of Switzerland’s Forest Cantons3 35DCompany money mgrs.4 36DYardage line8 37DZendaya and Tom Holland, e.g.8 39DRomantic confession8 40DFestive cone8 41DSerpents on sarcophagi4 43DHems and ___4 44DOtters’ kin7 45DOrdinary fellows7 46DCuisine featuring lemongrass4 51DReason for some food recalls5 52DSupport staffs?5 54DHelp feloniously4 55DBook after Matthieu and Marc3 56DSpanakopita cheese4 57DStick that breaks?3 60DHip-hop vocalists3