Houdini’s real surname Crossword Clue

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SURNAME (noun)
1. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member’s given name)
HOUDINI (noun)
1. United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)

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More WSJ Crossword (2/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. *He seeks romance, but only finds platonic friendship

5. “Nobody needed to know that!”

8. Poinsettia’s “petal,” really

13. Substandard

15. Pyramid-shaped Vegas hotel

16. Consequently

17. Jump by a snowboarder

18. Sports legend from Três Corações

19. Maisie Williams’s “Game of Thrones” role

20. Minuscule

21. Thus far

23. *He has a reputation for being handy and reliable

25. Specialty

29. Hacker’s output?

33. Summer coolers, for short

36. Merrily play

38. Full of suspense

39. *He wears a mask and robe in Nintendo games

40. Scapegoat, or a hint to the starred answers

42. Expression of affection, in texts

43. Goblet-tapping sound

45. Far from convincing

46. Prom rental

47. Shed for winter fishers

49. Gotcha

51. Slow Churned brand

53. Receipt figure

57. "__ be great!"

60. *He thinks he’s very clever and tries to seem smarter than everyone else

64. Eaten up

65. Kind of cuisine or couture

66. Villainous expressions

68. Zeal

69. Harmonica predecessors

71. “Star Trek” sequel, familiarly

72. Black stone

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Down

1. Basic smoke detectors

2. 2026 Winter Games host

3. Rush carelessly

4. Jargon ending

5. See the sights

6. Holy __!

7. Collar attachment

8. Smashed

9. Eliminate as a possibility

10. Car bar

11. Element of change?

12. War loser, probably

13. California wine valley

14. Fed. property overseer

22. Bit of bickering

24. Mystical practices

26. Sly

27. Green feature

28. Astronaut Ochoa

30. Speed of a steed

31. Home of “The Bear”

32. River that Milton called “the flood of deadly hate”

33. Piedmont wine region

34. Smart

35. Last word of a seasonal song

37. Nigerian ethnic group and language

41. Forcefully throw, in Gen Z slang

44. Depressed areas

48. Milk dispensers

50. Enclosed area in a city park

52. Searched thoroughly

54. Hoity-___

55. Building add-on

56. Without

57. Warming in relations

58. Pika’s cousin

59. Carmaker based in Bavaria

61. “The Brothers Karamazov” brother

62. Name names

63. Seasonal worker

67. Shine, in brand names

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