WSJ Crossword October 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1AWhat your heart might skip5 6AFacts and figures4 10AProblem for a sound engineer4 14A1929 stock market event5 15ASounds from awed people4 16AThailand neighbor4 17AGame night strictures10 19ASinger-songwriter Tori4 20AGod among the Avengers4 21AProbing question6 23AAmerican marsupial6 26A1974 pop hit “___-Ca-Dabra”4 27A“Diet Pepsi” singer Addison ___3 29AWall climber3 30AComing-of-age ceremonies for some girls11 33AYammer4 35AModern, in Munich3 36ASupply for brewers and bakers5 37AHäagen-Dazs flavor11 41AIts highest point is Mount Katahdin5 43AVernacular ending3 44AInitialism that might add Q at the end4 47ATheorist with no sphere of influence?11 51AWest End washroom3 52ARock blaster3 53ASmall singing groups4 54ADrip coffee with a shot of espresso6 56AGroups of glitterati6 58AFrenchman’s female friend4 59AAirborne annoyance4 60AUnexpected costs, as found in four of this puzzle’s answers10 65ABay State gridiron team, familiarly4 66ADifferent, in Durango4 67ADes Moines denizen, e.g.5 68ARegretting a workout, maybe4 69ASunshine State baseball team4 70AJust learning about5

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1DAustrian’s exclamation3 2DFrat bud3 3DWater in the Loire3 4DHelpers, for short5 5DBoston nickname6 6DRelentlessly gloomy4 7DIM pioneer3 8D1960s-’70s procedural series starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr.6 9DForcefully declare6 10DIts first flight went from Switzerland to Israel4 11DReplay analyst’s concern11 12DExuberant cries7 13DCovert WWII org.3 18DItinerant people of Europe6 22D“Straight Outta Compton” rapper5 23DCherry discard3 24DPotential embryos3 25D“Ariel” poet11 26DSpell binders?7 28DContractor’s fig.3 31D___ Aviv3 32DOsso buco meat4 34DPhilosopher Immanuel4 38DRequires5 39DVolcanic spew3 40D“Pass over some suds”6 41DAdvanced theater deg.3 42DFact-filled book7 45D“Golly!”3 46DOne of 18 for a frog3 48DOne who does the write thing6 49DBilingual Muppet on “Sesame Street”6 50DControl, as spending6 55D“Moll Flanders” writer5 57DWee4 58DCommotions4 59DSch. stat3 61DLike some humor and some weather3 62D“Blecch!”3 63DChow down3 64DWinter product prefix3