WSJ Crossword July 17, 2026 Answers

Across

1ANewman and Oldman, e.g.6 7ADries out, say6 13ARequest with clasped hands6 19A“So true!”6 20ASeparate the grain from the chaff6 21ARequest with a proffered fist7 22AMotile cell6 23A“No Woman, No Cry” genre6 24APros pretending to be amateurs, e.g.7 25A*“Why so quiet?”19 28ALetter after Delta4 29AGem from Down Under4 30AMuted hue6 31AHand on a hacienda?4 34A*Belabor a settled subject13 40AHung in folds6 42AAbuela’s abode4 43ASport with training stables called “heya”4 44A*Person of interest?7 45ABrother in Genesis4 47AAOL chats3 50AMeditative practice3 51AKimono tie3 52ARoman roadway6 54A*Farewell tour10 58ALo-cal4 60AMajor Wall St. index4 62ADisney boss until 20056 63A“Real mature, guys, real mature!”...and advice for making the starred answers make sense21 71ALarge-scale ousters6 72AConjugation target4 73AFirst-rate4 74A*Tribunals that are complete shams10 78AFrench region bordering Germany and Switzerland6 82ATraders’ place3 83ASounds of hesitancy3 84AOrg. that issues nine-digit IDs3 85A“That’s a bummer”4 87A*Warm embraces7 89AGuac and queso4 91ANot rot4 93APerson giving ick vibes6 94A*“Chillax, dude!”13 100ASicilian postcard subject4 101ADepends6 102AMonet medium4 104AMorse sounds4 108A*Inhibition to talking19 113ACasey at the bat, in the 1922 World Series7 115ATires out completely6 116ARun into the ground6 117ASnappy remarks7 118AStill in the drafts folder6 119AVillain in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”6 120ACertify6 121ACollect salary, in Monopoly6 122APump figure6

Down

1DUp, in a way5 2DStrip for laughs5 3DLoyalty that’s pledged, quaintly5 4DChoral verse from Sophocles’ “Antigone”8 5DYokel4 6DReach across4 7DBarbershop tool5 8DWhat a generous diner might pick up6 9DDiamond pattern6 10DToy brand with theme parks4 11DBrother in Genesis4 12DClimbing guides7 13DJourney’s beginning6 14DSprang forward6 15DSwallows7 16D“Zip-___-Doo-Dah”4 17DP.G. Wodehouse title3 18DCrop circle makers, supposedly3 21DWriting that isn’t well versed?5 26DComplimentary coverage, briefly6 27D“There it is!”4 32DCoding creations4 33DNeither masc. nor fem.4 35DOutstanding service3 36DFlaky mineral4 37DAthens aperitif4 38D“So true!”4 39DMarked with a macron, say4 40D“The Many Loves of ___ Gillis” (classic sitcom)5 41DBonnie with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award5 44DSprawl4 45DTweak, say6 46DCan opener?4 47D“You are ___ much trouble!”4 48DCourse listing4 49DEditor’s notation4 53DVenomous snake5 55DCheckup frequency, perhaps6 56DNascar driver Ty5 57DMlle, in Madrid4 59DSpot4 61DOff-road ride, for short3 64DTampa Bay gridders4 65DAmorous archer4 66DWater, to Juan4 67DPassenger’s assignment4 68DExcite5 69DMandy’s role in “The Princess Bride”5 70DBecomes firm4 74DAshley of the “Divergent” movies4 75DOnly state that doesn’t share any letters with “mackerel”4 76D“The Pat McAfee Show” carrier4 77DContractor’s detail4 79DWhat keycards provide6 80DSnappy4 81D“Desire Under the Elms” protagonist4 86DMany a microbrew3 88DWhiplash protection8 90D“That’s funny...”7 91DBoat backbone4 92DBecame less intense7 95DYard lines?6 96D“A Taste of Honey” trumpeter6 97DBowed Baroque instruments5 98DUnfetters6 99DAlternative to jailing6 103DPlayed slowly5 105DIt comes from the heart5 106DWore5 107DMichelangelo medium5 108DOutdoor wedding rental4 109DThe Gaels of the NCAA4 110DCapone nemesis4 111DNation between Benin and Ghana4 112DClimate control acronym4 113D“I Hate U” R&B artist3 114DTufted bird3