WSJ Crossword August 15 2026 Answers (8/15/26)

Our WSJ Crossword August 15, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.

WSJ Crossword August 15, 2026 Answers

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« August 14 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Bad guy
5A	Buyer be where?
9A	Rugged cliff
13A	Whodunit discovery
19A	Garden worker
20A	Cor anglais kin
21A	Expressive dance
22A	Tickled
23A	Censorship-fighting org.
24A	Give the cold shoulder to Dr. McCoy?
26A	Butterfly, e.g.
27A	Top competitors, often
29A	Baseball great Lefty with a namesake bridge near Oracle Park
30A	Pays attention
31A	Something usually doubled
33A	Revenuers, e.g.
36A	Garage sale caveat
37A	Loses heart
38A	Cowled contingent
40A	Aristotle’s “waking dream”
44A	Will of “Arrested Development”
46A	Use a Shop-Vac instead of a rake?
49A	“Walk on the Wild Side” singer
52A	Ices
55A	Fascinated
56A	Places for vows
57A	Toe treatment, familiarly
58A	Trilled in the heights
59A	Roles for stars
60A	“No Exit” playwright
62A	Without
63A	Tennis great Arthur
64A	Beard for Daffy, e.g.?
66A	Island nation with a Coral Coast
70A	Like boars and bucks
71A	Rejects with disdain
72A	Group of scouts
73A	Chilled
77A	Author Wiesel
78A	Indian loincloths
79A	Forward surge
80A	Country singer Ronnie
83A	Neighborhood west of Encino
84A	Snippet of a Motown hit used in another song?
86A	Evening event
88A	First-year law student
89A	“Nice burn!”
92A	Spanish turnover
96A	Talks incessantly
99A	Bread boxes?
100A	Where cell phones don’t work
101A	Fairbanks in films
104A	Place for a barbecue
106A	Backgammon piece
107A	Skillful
108A	“Drive carefully—90% of humans are caused by accident,” e.g.?
112A	Sheepskin boots
113A	Threaten
114A	Boris Godunov, e.g.
115A	Crown
116A	Fedora material
117A	Many a Degas
118A	French door part
119A	Otherwise
120A	Phone bill listing
1D	Discontinued, with “out”
2D	Epoch that saw the first early primates
3D	Finds new tenants for
4D	Moral Majority march?
5D	Criminal patterns, for short
6D	Couldn’t stand
7D	Registering the most decibels
8D	Carson’s successor
9D	Anger
10D	Bleed
11D	Pub potable
12D	Krypton, e.g.
13D	“The Myth of Sisyphus” writer
14D	Emirati’s neighbor
15D	Impertinent remark at a 12-step meeting?
16D	Ad Council ads, briefly
17D	Trucker’s rig
18D	Ideal site
25D	In shape
28D	Trap setters
30D	Item on a to-do list
32D	Uses the good china
34D	Puck, e.g.
35D	Algonquian tribe
39D	Some colas, briefly
41D	Almond outline
42D	Le Pew of cartoon fame
43D	Abbr. on a town’s welcoming sign
45D	Bounce your booty
47D	Currency of (and part of the name of) a West African nation
48D	Goals
49D	Refrain bit
50D	Flamenco cries
51D	Jazz setting
53D	Many flat screens
54D	Snoopy and the Red Baron, say
57D	Clip
58D	Bhutan bovines
60D	Do some pouting
61D	Name on a WWII bomber
62D	“Auld Lang ___”
64D	Russian country house
65D	Faucet faults
66D	Glaciers and icebergs?
67D	Tiny bit
68D	Enlist in
69D	Res ___ loquitur
70D	Assemble in great numbers
72D	Attire, informally
73D	Middling
74D	Soon, to a bard
75D	In alignment
76D	Top-notch tyrant?
78D	Agcy. that pioneered the internet and GPS
80D	Dash abbr.
81D	“Casablanca” role
82D	Mardi Gras follower
83D	Play breaks
85D	Forest growth
87D	Like some unhealthy attachments
90D	Current amount
91D	H.S. exam
93D	Orbital extreme
94D	Widget plugged into a computer
95D	Bikini trials, informally
97D	Rabbit chaser of fiction
98D	Dev of “Slumdog Millionaire”
101D	Like many a cellar
102D	Ancient theaters
103D	Coffee dispensers
105D	Category
108D	“The Racer’s Edge”
109D	Botanist Gray
110D	Whiff
111D	Born, in Bordeaux

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