WSJ Crossword October 5, 2026 Answers

Across

1AHard to lift5 6AFolkie Joan4 10ALight fog4 14ABellybutton fit for a body shot5 15ABone from the elbow to the wrist4 16A“Ah, makes sense”4 17ABurlap bag in a fun race10 19ATartan-wearing group4 20ASpeed down a slope3 21ASoft-pop vocalist Vannelli4 22A“Give it ___!”5 23ALadle with a lever13 27AWord before Fox or Rabbit in stories4 28ASort3 29ADandyish dude3 31ADavis of “Do the Right Thing”5 34ATwosome3 35ALuxe hotel chain4 36AThe “Here’s to my sweet Satan” that listeners thought they heard in “Stairway to Heaven,” e.g.15 40AJane of Gothic literature4 41ATake to court3 42AFruit of the Loom rival5 43A“The Chi” network, for short3 44AGender prefix3 45AFeeble, as an excuse4 47AUp-and-down passageway13 52ARams defensive end Garrett5 53ABristol bloke4 54A“So that’s it!”3 56AComparable4 57AGenre for Robert Johnson and Charley Patton10 60AAnchovy holders4 61ASoothing succulent4 62AContents of some cabinets5 63ABoldly innovative4 64ASites of winding rds.4 65A“Understand?” (or what one can do with the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across)5

Down

1DSquats strengthen them4 2DSlender-stemmed mushroom5 3DBit of amusing behavior5 4DBy way of3 5DNonetheless3 6DMore pressed for time6 7DHaim of “One Battle After Another”5 8DSpeech of praise8 9DNationals pitcher Kent3 10DReally small5 11DIt’s between England and Ireland9 12DAnimal of the phylum Porifera9 13DCampout structure4 18DFiend in a fairy tale4 22DCry of frustration3 24DTwo-wheeler with a battery5 25DBehind-the-scenes staff4 26DGin-flavoring fruit4 30DBakery buys4 31DHonors conferred by King Charles, for short4 32DWillie Mays nickname9 33DHabit that’s all thumbs?9 34DFive-star gen. who became president3 35DHonshu city5 37DHonshu’s continent4 38DArea with many derelict factories8 39DOnetime ruler of Iran4 44DWalgreens rival3 45DPuts down on paper6 46D“___ bien!” (Spanish “All right!”)4 48DMinuscule5 49DSynthetic fiber5 50DSite of some seismic activity5 51D“Of ___ Sing” (children’s book by Barack Obama)5 52DChess ender4 55DHelper: Abbr.4 57DFlow stopper3 58D2016 Spielberg movie, with “The”3 59DUntruth3