WSJ Crossword August 17, 2026 Answers

Across

1ASAT prep study5 6ABlue-green hue4 10AUse your incisors4 14ACaribbean island off the coast of Venezuela5 15ACatch some waves4 16AAnise-flavored Greek liqueur4 17AJennifer with multiple platinum albums5 18ABirthplace of Fibonacci and Galileo4 19AVoice above a tenor4 20AHaving two flat surfaces always equidistant, as a sheet of glass13 23A“New Rules” singer ___ Lipa3 25AGothic novelist Radcliffe3 26ACatchall category: Abbr.4 27ALike some loans12 32AIncite4 33ABallgame delayer4 34ARefrain from a night of heavy drinking?13 41A“Keep quiet” contracts, for short4 42ANickel back word4 44ASuit stand, by another name12 48AOrg. regulating the Pac-12 and Big Ten4 50AFeel remorse for3 51ACal. spans3 52ACommon storefront sign, and a hint to 20-, 27-, 34- and 44-Across13 57A“Now it’s clear”4 58AArrived4 59ASpacious5 62A32-nation grp.4 63ABitter brews, briefly4 64AFollow5 65ANarrow valley4 66ASend salacious selfies, say4 67ATitle pages?5

Down

1DKilmer of “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”3 2DGold, in Granada3 3DSpot for a Brit, casually8 4DExplorer Tasman4 5DExotic market6 6DQuakers of Colorado?6 7DWitty comment4 8DBear in the night sky4 9DAt a distance4 10DShark in front of a net, say6 11DDummy letters in cryptography5 12DAncient Mexican5 13DFleece stuff4 21DOpposite of SSW3 22D“I don’t need ___” (restaurant regular’s comment)5 23D“What’s the ___?” (“Who cares?”)3 24DNickel back word4 28DAntlered animal3 29DCriticize savagely5 30DTemporary trend3 31DCopacabana Beach setting3 35DChina’s Zhou ___5 36DWords at a wedding3 37DSkin pic3 38DDesigner’s deg.3 39DDepp of “Nosferatu”8 40DAt any point4 43DMartians, e.g.: Abbr.3 44DEncrust, like 60-Down might6 45DPhysicist Rutherford6 46DBig ___, California3 47DTurned sharply6 48DTwangy5 49DLargest of the Greek islands5 52DSend an online reminder to4 53DCBS franchise4 54DStare in awe4 55D“The Odyssey” film format4 56DTop-notch4 60DSee 44-Down3 61DAgreeable answer3