WSJ Crossword June 26, 2026 Answers

Across

1AStart for starter4 5AAmethyst amounts6 11ACartoon snapshot3 14AHe beat Arthur to win the 1972 U.S. Open4 15ARemovable facial feature, briefly6 16ATool by a pile of firewood3 17AThe British media, figuratively11 19AJeans name3 20ADiscernment5 21AStandard9 23ASnake’s warning3 25AFully fill4 26A“Mr. Blue Sky” band3 29ADish with many ingredients4 32AStable diet4 35APlay actors, before opening night10 39AWhere a pirate may wind up4 41AFunny Martha4 42AForgo forbidding5 43A“Je t’___” (French words of endearment)4 44AScandinavian toast4 45AOlympia is there10 47AFit perfectly4 49A“Take this”4 50AForest dweller in Middle-earth3 51ATaylor’s tour4 54ADisrespectful responses3 56APillars of Hercules locale9 61ACafé addition5 65AMiner matter3 66A“Broad City” co-creator/star11 68AHome run hitter3 69ALewis’s land6 70ACut, as wood4 71AHigh numbers at MIT3 72ADestroys, as documents6 73ACeltic tongue4

Down

1DMake finer, in a way4 2DJazzy Fitzgerald4 3DTells a cover story, e.g.4 4D“___ don’t fail me now!”5 5DHTML formatting lang.3 6DLegal eagle: Abbr.4 7DHard to find, for Flavius4 8DSome laptops5 9DBara of the silents5 10DBegins in a committed manner6 11DSan Fran is there4 12DOffice VIP4 13DScallion look-alike4 18DThompson of “Creed”5 22DIt may come with a string attached6 24DScarecrow filler5 26DMiscalculates4 27DIsn’t watertight5 28DPlayful rebuke5 30D“___ una” (Spanish for “It’s one o’clock”)4 31DWrexham tongue5 33DOverused5 34D“Biloxi Blues” playwright5 36DTougher to trap6 37DArchitect Mies van der ___4 38DWord in ice cream flavor names5 40DNice guy4 46DSam of “Jurassic Park”5 48DPrepares for a marathon, say6 52DName on Iran’s flag5 53DHarrison mate5 55DGreen veggies, in one spelling5 56DCold desert4 57DBabylon’s locale, now4 58DPuts money on it4 59DGreen Gables girl4 60DSurprising incursion4 62DIndustry kingpin4 63DCuts down4 64DSea flier4 67DEmpty talk3