WSJ Crossword June 18, 2026 Answers

Across

1ABuilding with lots of wings?3 4ARegion in which Spanish and Portuguese are the main languages5 9ASage, e.g.4 13ATiki bar staple10 15AAlabama governor Kay4 16AAustere lifestyle10 17AWisecrack4 18A“Pass”3 19A“East of Eden” twin4 20ACNN journalist Hill5 22ASuper focused4 24ADiner sign4 26AAccustom5 28AHosted with a partner5 30ASome contents of a digital wallet8 32ASummer noisemakers7 35AOoze4 36AEarly computer programmer Lovelace3 39A55-Across signifier3 40AClear3 42AOne of 100 in D.C.3 43ACardinals manager?4 45ADuring an extended period7 48ASwift specialty8 50AMatches up5 54AApples and oranges5 55AGain’s counterpart4 58AFingers in some goofy photos4 59ABackpack part5 61ATender cut4 63AReally like3 64ARedding in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame4 65ASuggests indirectly, or, when you add an apostrophe, statement about this puzzle’s theme10 68A“...and your little dog, too” dog4 69ATeam anthems10 70ACandid4 71AFinal word5 72A“Heavens!”3

Down

1DSculptor Giovanni6 2DOut of style6 3DSweetie, recently3 4DVineyard-filled valley5 5DMetal giant5 6DFilled with imperfections7 7DChecks at bars3 8DConstantly talk about one’s famous friends4 9DPranks7 10DThose leaving danger zones8 11DWitty interchange8 12D“I gotta go”3 13DStampede stimulus5 14DOrg. that runs the L3 21DFlair of the WWE3 23DCompound in some gummies3 25DDrummer from Liverpool5 27D“Baseball Tonight” carrier4 29DShare a photo with a fellow iPhone user3 31DSkeptic’s response to “That’s a fact!”4 33DCommon IPO bell ringers4 34D“No Pain, More Gain” brand5 36DCal. entry4 37DThick novel, figuratively8 38DFood drive?8 41DTSA is part of it3 44D“Nature” essayist7 46DNatural focus?7 47DArtificial tear3 49D2028 Olympics host3 51DAuthor Gordimer6 52DBetray fear6 53DSome Army NCOs5 56DFormer frosh5 57DJeremy of CBS’s “FBI”5 60DCommon email attachments4 62DRap’s Lil ___ X3 64D58-Across, in combinations3 66DFjord relative3 67DMonopolize3