WSJ Crossword October 21, 2026 Answers

Across

1AHunky-dory3 4ASuffolk sound3 7AModel airplane material5 12AField dressings?8 15AWallops6 16ACupful at Popeyes8 17A“Now I remember!”6 18AFork-tailed flier4 19ATampa neighbor, familiarly6 21ATennis star Swiatek3 22AClothes line?6 24AYou can put drinks on them4 28AGeneric6 30AOnetime JFK lander3 32AHereford sound3 33ARye buys6 36ATip5 38AMeans of advancement, and what can be found in each set of circles in this puzzle13 41AOne of 32 in a Monopoly set5 42APub orders6 43AProve oneself fallible3 44AWarriors shoot in it: Abbr.3 46ASnap alternative6 50AIt’s brought to order4 52AShocked6 55AElvis’s longtime label3 56AEnjoys a favorite film6 58AThin tubes on tables4 59AFor some time6 62AThumbs-up8 65AGreatly dismay6 66AIt really sticks in your craw8 67AMalia Obama’s younger sister5 68ASmash into3 69ALasso in England3

Down

1DHome of the Longhorns6 2D“Let’s continue”6 3DCulkin of “A Real Pain”6 4DWeb crawler3 5DFinesse3 6DMake ___ of (mishandle)5 7DBangkok currency4 8DSo far5 9DSmartphone standard before 5G3 10DSalt source3 11DBriquette remnant3 13DQuagmire3 14DFill to the gills4 15DWorks with meters and feet5 20DRound a corner, in Monopoly6 22D“Throw me the football!”6 23DBiweekly tide4 25D“You said it!”4 26DHammer, for one4 27DYard goods?3 29DPub orders4 31D“Shame on you!”6 34DAppearance6 35DFangorn Forest creature3 37DFence feature4 38DTicked off4 39DCome about4 40DSecond-stringers4 41DClothes line?3 45DSwiss city on the Rhine5 47DStand on the table6 48DB to B, e.g.6 49DPerformed perfectly6 51DHeep of literature5 53DBucket of bolts4 54DRegarding5 57DQueen of scat singing, familiarly4 58DSaldaña of “Avatar”3 59DSmoke detector batteries, sometimes3 60DFDR’s job-creating program3 61DSome printers3 63DSch. fundraiser, maybe3 64DLP speed3