WSJ Crossword July 22, 2026 Answers

Across

1ADiet target4 5AHeating option3 8ALike rawhide bones6 14ABrand once marketed as “the great national temperance beverage”8 16AState of southern Mexico6 17ALeap while snowboarding8 18AMillionth of a meter6 19A“Whine Up” singer DeLuna3 20ARiver past Balmoral Castle3 22A“So Big” writer Ferber4 23AHelp the chef4 25A“The Caretaker” playwright6 27A“The Hound of the Baskervilles” setting4 28ANicole Kidman’s co-star in 2001’s “Birthday Girl”10 32ALends support4 33ATitle before Fox or Rabbit4 34ACurling need5 35ASmelter supply3 36AFaith Hill song “Take Me ___ Am”3 37ANondairy milk option3 39AQuote the raven?3 40AHenhouse sight5 42AStout-bodied fish4 44ASgt.’s superior4 45A“You missed your opportunity”10 47AWasatch Range tribe4 48AHold back6 49AHarbor, say4 50AChoose not to sip4 53A“Patience ___ virtue”3 54ACannes companion3 55A“Oil my arms, please, oil my elbows” speaker6 57AIt folds down for a passenger (and an instruction for how to treat several Down answers)8 62AMysterious6 63ASimple, as a rocket8 64ACreatures6 65AGo a round3 66ATreat for a chickadee4

Down

1DMedia monitor, for short3 2DMauna ___3 3DOpera division3 4DProducers of pastries7 5DAcquired4 6DGreen with Grammys3 7D“Sexy” Beatles girl7 8DAstronomer’s sighting6 9DYes, in Yokohama3 10DBook bit7 11DCity section4 12DBus. sch. subject4 13DComical Carvey4 15DTopper4 21DBetween stops8 23D“The A.B.C. Murders” sleuth6 24DDrive in Beverly Hills6 25DNumbers on tags8 26DMarco Polo’s heading4 27DTheir name for New Zealand is Aotearoa5 28DCommon undergrad deg.3 29DPinpoint6 30DPeevishly sulking6 31DSmall amphibians5 36DDispenser of dollars4 38DTeddy’s neighbor on Mount Rushmore3 41DSummation signs, in math7 43DWorked7 44DArk-measuring units7 46DNeedle sources6 49DBand boosters4 50DWild guess4 51DUndercover cop’s wear4 52DCuzco people4 54DVisa rival, familiarly4 56DCrumb bearer3 58DItalian count’s start3 59DGold, to chemists3 60D“We Bring Good Things to Life” advertiser, once3 61DVisitor in a 1982 Spielberg movie3