Emperor Atahualpa, for one Crossword Clue

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Emperor Atahualpa, for one Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
2. a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru

Hint 2: Clue Definition

EMPEROR (noun)
1. large richly colored butterfly
2. large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CAIN

More WSJ Crossword (2/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. One of four at an MLB park

4. Do some hacking

7. Tax-related

13. Based on theoretical deduction

15. Added number, of a sort

16. Journeys with excess baggage?

18. Former CNN anchor Jim

19. It may be measured in parts per million

21. Singer Stefani

23. Snowman who sings "In Summer"

24. Something to pick?

25. Leave astonished

26. Post-ER place

28. They’re frequently changed

31. Start for life or wife

32. The Panama one originated in Ecuador

33. Lasting effect

34. Former Disney CEO Michael

36. Pedal steel guitar sounds

40. Rolls of bills

42. AOC, e.g.

43. How exciting!

44. Lacking refinement

46. Jr. and sr.

47. Slacker address

48. Club kin

49. Mannheim mister

51. Opinion

52. Negotiator’s line

57. Franchise with two of the three highest-grossing films of all time

58. December compilation

61. Home of Prudential and Audible

62. Driving force?

63. Origami birds

64. Room with a recliner

65. Word of support

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Down

1. Nation with the world’s tallest bldg.

2. Fuel efficiency stat

3. Gate receipts

4. Western saddle feature

5. Zohran’s mayoral predecessor

6. 1963 #2 hit for the Surfaris

7. It reduces risk-taking behavior

9. Fife fellow

10. Secant’s reciprocal

11. Stella __: Belgian beer

12. Tilted, in Tottenham

14. Lay ___ thick

17. It’s broadcast from 30 Rock

20. Things opened in browsers and bars

21. With 39-Down, network since 1994, and a hint to the circled answers

22. V-J Day ended it

26. "Rumor has it ..."

27. Dangerous opponents at the table

29. Noisily breaks down

30. 401(k) alternative

35. Hip-hop group “outta Compton”

37. Second estate

38. “Earth in the Balance” author

39. See 21-Down

41. Go after

42. Giza attraction

44. Cunning

45. Senators’ city

48. “Knives Out” sleuth Benoit

50. King, to Cato

51. Low area

53. Sebastian of Marvel movies

54. Stable parent

55. Judi Dench, e.g.

56. WNBA draft airer

59. Be litigious

60. Seizer of liquid assets, for short

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