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

Our WSJ Crossword August 8, 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 8, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Perjury, e.g.
6A	Amusing escapade
10A	Collezione della Galleria degli Uffizi
14A	Mac
17A	Dotty
19A	Welcome to a mainlander, maybe
21A	Precious
22A	Call on
23A	Courtroom schedule
24A	Turkic tongue
25A	Mollusk on a menu
27A	1919 H. Rider Haggard novel
30A	Director Mira, who’s the mother of New York City’s mayor
31A	Coordinate with
32A	Exclusion-based angst, for short
35A	Some gym equipment
39A	Sloan deg.
41A	Words before “Lover,” “Dollar” and “Man” in song names
43A	Flatow of radio’s “Science Friday”
45A	“Hurry up and decide!”
49A	One of three NHL squads in New York State
52A	Creature with a ring of stinging tentacles
53A	Daggers, so to speak
55A	Refuse to drop
56A	Had as one’s boss
60A	Friend to François
61A	U.S. Army medal
64A	Make a mountain out of a molehill, say
66A	Site of the George W. Bush Presidential Ctr.
69A	Having a very round countenance
72A	Sorta suffix
73A	Chance for a belt
75A	Really enjoy
77A	Mag. crew
80A	Calliope
83A	Sappho’s home
86A	Former region of the Spanish Sahara
89A	Maxim about the importance of liquidity
92A	“Can’t decide!”
93A	Beer once advertised as being “for the winners”
96A	Facile
97A	Beethoven symphony of 1804
100A	Family member
101A	Resort town north of Santa Fe
102A	Palace guard, of a sort
105A	Middle Eastern capital once called Philadelphia
106A	Bit of a shock?
109A	Superhero with the catchphrase “Tra-la-laaaa!” (and a hint to the circled letters)
116A	Handle
119A	Hold in contempt
120A	Pressing concern for astronauts?
122A	Kooky
123A	Frozen Four org.
124A	“Well, then I have to go”
125A	Financially solvent
126A	Since, slangily
127A	“Life of Pi” author Martel
128A	Figure (out)
129A	If tripled, “you get the picture”
1D	You might trip on it
2D	“That hurt!”
3D	Progress slowly
4D	Brand named for a goddess
5D	Ohioan who orbited Earth at age 40 and age 77
6D	“See ya, dude!”
7D	“There oughta be ___!”
8D	Old newspaper photo section
9D	Ukraine’s second-largest city
10D	“___ Fideles”
11D	Did a farrier’s job
12D	It may contain carne asada
13D	___ Good Feelings (early 19th-century period)
14D	Really irk
15D	“For the People Who Serve” grp.
16D	Perfecta, for one
18D	James in the Blues Hall of Fame
20D	Longtime “What’s My Line?” panelist Francis
26D	“Citizen Kane” studio
28D	Classic shout-out
29D	Textile worker
33D	Surrealist Joan
34D	Layered treat
35D	Baryshnikov nickname
36D	Starting squad
37D	Bolshevik foe
38D	Piece of cake
40D	Paquin of “The Piano”
42D	Words to the audience
44D	Invite
46D	Lennon’s love
47D	Make (one’s way)
48D	“___ as the green-growing bud unfolds”: Longfellow
50D	Range whose name means “gold mountain” in Mongolian
51D	Aligned groups
53D	Went astray
54D	“Otello” composer
57D	One of two found in Georgia
58D	Monongahela Natl. Forest location
59D	Common Market inits.
62D	Political attack, of a sort
63D	Brunch cocktail
65D	Nickname for Angel Stadium
67D	Bungle
68D	Out-and-out
70D	“Well, what have we here!”
71D	Neither go-with
74D	Sierra ____
76D	Smooth-talking
78D	“Tiny Bubbles” singer
79D	Some Army NCOs
81D	Rhine whine
82D	Dornoch denials
84D	Night school subj.
85D	Revue segment
86D	Criticize harshly
87D	Mosque figure
88D	Director Preminger
90D	Ljubljana residents
91D	Pay tribute to
93D	“La Bohème” heroine
94D	“Just watch me!”
95D	They play across the border from the Kraken
98D	Wicker material
99D	Fred Astaire, by birth
103D	Knee injury initials
104D	Yellowish-brown
107D	Nelly Korda’s org.
108D	Chewy candy
110D	Layout measure
111D	Chef Matsuhisa with a chain of namesake restaurants
112D	Prohibition backers
113D	Mardi Gras city, familiarly
114D	Stomped (on)
115D	Horse mackerel
116D	Gooden of the Mets
117D	NYU extension
118D	Wood-shaping tool
121D	Athenian vowel