WSJ Crossword October 8, 2026 Answers

Across

1ABold poker bet5 6AHandle hard times4 10ANovel on which “Clueless” is based4 14A“___ Evil”: (1971 Mia Farrow movie)5 15ARock great Clapton4 16APacer pace4 17AMetal-polishing material10 19AAiring4 20AConsidered intrinsically6 21AFour duos5 23AElite Navy group5 26AAnvil site3 27AUtterance from Homer3 29ACircles of mushrooms thought to be magical in folklore10 34AArg. neighbor3 35ASicilian peak4 36AChapel topper5 37AZealous4 39AGoes under5 41ADo a checkout chore4 42A“On the Beach” author Shute5 44ADiamond with many hits4 45ASet of tools3 46ALakota leader at Little Bighorn10 48A“Tic Tac Dough” channel, familiarly3 49AWhere the wild things are3 50AHardly trustworthy5 52APadres Hall of Famer Tony5 54ARum cocktail6 58AApple Intelligence assistance4 59AOld wool-packing tool resembling a shovel10 63ASecluded area4 64AKeep out of sight4 65ASuffer defeat, slangily5 66APixar’s Dory is a blue one4 67ACampus south of Golden Gate Pk.4 68AFlea market business5

Down

1DBetween ports4 2DNASA landed six of them on the moon4 3DMerlot vat waste4 4DSudden arrival6 5D“The Quiet American” director Phillip5 6DAnimation collectible3 7DMaterial for los doblones3 8DQuarry3 9DLike caves and canyons6 10DBouts of self-indulgence8 11DLion’s pride4 12DAid for working at home4 13DDirt bike’s cousin3 18DGets exasperated6 22DTrain units4 24DLike many Telemundo viewers6 25DOscar-nominated 2025 film7 27DCapital founded by William Penn5 28DTwins Hall of Famer Tony5 30DDevil-may-care6 31DRazors may make them5 32DWood feature5 33DDispatched4 34DPerch in le parc4 38DLike many op art posters8 40DSordid stuff6 43DLargest city on the Rhône4 47DOsaka’s island6 48DJuicer, maybe6 51DAirheads5 52DRiver to the Colorado4 53DCarolina singer4 55DStill buggy, perhaps4 56D“God ___ the details”4 57DCornerstone abbr.4 58DUSMC rank3 60DSnap3 61DStreaming interruptions3 62DDict. snippet3