Ancient Mexican Crossword Clue

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OLMEC

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MAYAN

(5 letters)

TOLTEC

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MEXICAN (noun)
1. a native or inhabitant of Mexico
ANCIENT (noun)
1. a very old person
2. a person who lived in ancient times
ANCIENT (adjective)
1. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
2. very old

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

OLMEC
(5 letters)
MAYAN
(5 letters)
TOLTEC
(6 letters)

More WSJ Crossword (8/18/2026) Answers

Across

1. SAT prep study

6. Blue-green hue

10. Use your incisors

14. Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela

15. Catch some waves

16. Anise-flavored Greek liqueur

17. Jennifer with multiple platinum albums

18. Birthplace of Fibonacci and Galileo

19. Voice above a tenor

20. Having two flat surfaces always equidistant, as a sheet of glass

23. New Rules' singer __ Lipa

25. Gothic novelist Radcliffe

26. Catchall category: Abbr.

27. Like some loans

32. Incite

33. Ballgame delayer

34. Refrain from a night of heavy drinking?

41. “Keep quiet” contracts, for short

42. Nickel back word

44. Suit stand, by another name

48. Org. regulating the Pac-12 and Big Ten

50. Feel remorse for

51. Cal. spans

52. Common storefront sign, and a hint to 20-, 27-, 34- and 44-Across

57. Now it's clear

58. Arrived

59. Spacious

62. 32-nation grp.

63. Bitter brews, briefly

64. Follow

65. Narrow valley

66. Send salacious selfies, say

67. Title pages?

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1. Kilmer of “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”

2. Gold, in Granada

3. Spot for a Brit, casually

4. Explorer Tasman

5. Exotic market

6. Quakers of Colorado?

7. Witty comment

8. Bear in the night sky

9. At a distance

10. Shark in front of a net, say

11. Dummy letters in cryptography

13. Fleece stuff

21. Opposite of SSW

22. “I don’t need ___” (restaurant regular’s comment)

23. "What's the ___?" ("Who cares?")

24. Nickel back word

28. Antlered animal

29. Criticize savagely

30. Temporary trend

31. Copacabana Beach setting

35. China's Zhou ___

36. Words at a wedding

37. Skin pic

38. Designer’s deg.

39. Depp of “Nosferatu”

40. At any point

43. Martians, e.g. (Abbr.)

44. Encrust, like 60-Down might

45. Physicist Rutherford

46. Big ___ California

47. Turned sharply

48. Twangy

49. Largest of the Greek islands

52. Send an online reminder to

53. CBS franchise

54. Stare in awe

55. “The Odyssey” film format

56. Top-notch

60. See 44-Down

61. Agreeable answer

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