WSJ Crossword October 20, 2026 Answers

Across

1AOne of the components of Einstein’s equation4 5AHand makeup5 10ATears4 14AWorking hard4 15A“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright5 16ACreative flash4 17APassport info4 18ASmelling salts?10 20AMonotonous sound5 22A“Yeah, that’s better”7 23AProblems with young’uns?12 27AMany a middle schooler7 28APress into service3 31ACrowning point4 35APlay adapted from the works of Capote3 36AOfficial timekeeper of tennis’s U.S. Open5 38AIrritation resulting from an insult?15 42ADance akin to the maxixe5 43AJoke around3 44A“Shoot!”4 45AMake a choice3 46AJackson who sang at JFK’s inaugural ball7 50AUnder the couch cushions, maybe?12 55AShoulder adornment7 58ALike doves and hawks5 59AWhat got rocker Tom a record?10 63A“Ars Amatoria” poet4 64AEntertaining awards feat4 65ASqualid dwelling5 66A“Those ___ the days”4 67ACatch sight of4 68APeaceful places5 69AZen garden stuff4

Down

1DChocolate candy with a shell5 2DMissile Command company5 3DWho says?5 4DCourt recorder5 5DHigh school eatery, informally3 6DIn the style of3 7DHitter’s stat3 8DStuart’s love on “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe”6 9DAvoid a trial6 10DCarnival attractions5 11DRevered one4 12DCrook, in cop show lingo4 13DLip4 19DLiterary master of irony6 21DTriage sites3 24DSluglike race in the “Star Wars” galaxy4 25D“___-Ca-Dabra” (1974 pop hit)4 26DHad absolutely no talent for7 28DWrist-to-elbow bone4 29DBreakaway group4 30DPast dates?4 31DConcerning4 32DThunder sound4 33DChange source4 34DEarly bird holder3 37DSculling tool3 39DNot much to look at6 40DKhartoum’s river4 41DLike “To a Skylark”4 47DDon of “Trading Places”6 48DDrag performer?6 49D“That’s it!”3 50DLike dirt roads, often5 51DMaintains5 52DMaker of Botanical Blossom body wash5 53DMemorial mound of stones5 54DBroke off5 55DSaber’s kin4 56DCribbage pieces4 57DOn4 60D“Now ___ seen everything!”3 61DChess pieces3 62DMovers on high tracks3