WSJ Crossword August 14, 2026 Answers

Across

1ABad guy4 5ABuyer be where?4 9ARugged cliff4 13AWhodunit discovery6 19AGarden worker4 20ACor anglais kin4 21AExpressive dance4 22ATickled6 23ACensorship-fighting org.4 24AGive the cold shoulder to Dr. McCoy?9 26AButterfly, e.g.6 27ATop competitors, often5 29ABaseball great Lefty with a namesake bridge near Oracle Park5 30APays attention7 31ASomething usually doubled8 33ARevenuers, e.g.4 36AGarage sale caveat4 37ALoses heart8 38ACowled contingent6 40AAristotle’s “waking dream”4 44AWill of “Arrested Development”6 46AUse a Shop-Vac instead of a rake?10 49A“Walk on the Wild Side” singer7 52AIces6 55AFascinated6 56APlaces for vows6 57AToe treatment, familiarly4 58ATrilled in the heights7 59ARoles for stars5 60A“No Exit” playwright6 62AWithout4 63ATennis great Arthur4 64ABeard for Daffy, e.g.?11 66AIsland nation with a Coral Coast4 70ALike boars and bucks4 71ARejects with disdain6 72AGroup of scouts5 73AChilled7 77AAuthor Wiesel4 78AIndian loincloths6 79AForward surge6 80ACountry singer Ronnie6 83ANeighborhood west of Encino7 84ASnippet of a Motown hit used in another song?10 86AEvening event6 88AFirst-year law student4 89A“Nice burn!”6 92ASpanish turnover8 96ATalks incessantly4 99ABread boxes?4 100AWhere cell phones don’t work8 101AFairbanks in films7 104APlace for a barbecue5 106ABackgammon piece5 107ASkillful6 108A“Drive carefully—90% of humans are caused by accident,” e.g.?9 112ASheepskin boots4 113AThreaten6 114ABoris Godunov, e.g.4 115ACrown4 116AFedora material4 117AMany a Degas6 118AFrench door part4 119AOtherwise4 120APhone bill listing4

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1DDiscontinued, with “out”6 2DEpoch that saw the first early primates6 3DFinds new tenants for6 4DMoral Majority march?11 5DCriminal patterns, for short3 6DCouldn’t stand8 7DRegistering the most decibels7 8DCarson’s successor4 9DAnger6 10DBleed3 11DPub potable3 12DKrypton, e.g.3 13D“The Myth of Sisyphus” writer5 14DEmirati’s neighbor5 15DImpertinent remark at a 12-step meeting?9 16DAd Council ads, briefly4 17DTrucker’s rig4 18DIdeal site4 25DIn shape4 28DTrap setters7 30DItem on a to-do list4 32DUses the good china5 34DPuck, e.g.4 35DAlgonquian tribe4 39DSome colas, briefly3 41DAlmond outline4 42DLe Pew of cartoon fame4 43DAbbr. on a town’s welcoming sign4 45DBounce your booty5 47DCurrency of (and part of the name of) a West African nation5 48DGoals4 49DRefrain bit4 50DFlamenco cries4 51DJazz setting4 53DMany flat screens5 54DSnoopy and the Red Baron, say7 57DClip4 58DBhutan bovines4 60DDo some pouting4 61DName on a WWII bomber5 62D“Auld Lang ___”4 64DRussian country house5 65DFaucet faults5 66DGlaciers and icebergs?11 67DTiny bit4 68DEnlist in4 69DRes ___ loquitur4 70DAssemble in great numbers4 72DAttire, informally7 73DMiddling4 74DSoon, to a bard4 75DIn alignment4 76DTop-notch tyrant?9 78DAgcy. that pioneered the internet and GPS5 80DDash abbr.3 81D“Casablanca” role4 82DMardi Gras follower4 83DPlay breaks8 85DForest growth4 87DLike some unhealthy attachments7 90DCurrent amount6 91DH.S. exam4 93DOrbital extreme6 94DWidget plugged into a computer6 95DBikini trials, informally6 97DRabbit chaser of fiction5 98DDev of “Slumdog Millionaire”5 101DLike many a cellar4 102DAncient theaters4 103DCoffee dispensers4 105DCategory4 108D“The Racer’s Edge”3 109DBotanist Gray3 110DWhiff3 111DBorn, in Bordeaux3