Our WSJ Crossword Hints for September 12, 2026 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a 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 Hints, September 12, 2026
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the WSJ Crossword on 9/12/26. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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1A. Biblical mounts
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6A. Thermometers, barometers, etc.
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13A. Combative frame of mind
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20A. Fingerprint feature
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21A. Windpipe
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22A. Medical condition more common in fiction than in real life
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23A. Like the I-29 and I-94 highways?
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25A. Finds hilarious, perhaps
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26A. "Good enough"
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27A. Strong warning, figuratively
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29A. Forest floor feature
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30A. For fear that
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31A. Faucet attachments
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33A. Hot and dry
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36A. Blackpool bloke
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37A. Year in a Kubrick film, in letters
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40A. Criticized annoyingly
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41A. Repeat mindlessly
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44A. Personality test?
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49A. Secondary emphasis for students majoring in Gorgonzola?
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52A. Savor
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53A. Plainly visible
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55A. Aggrieved feeling
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56A. Bond, say
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57A. Engage in revolution
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58A. Asner and O’Neill
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59A. Puts in the ground?
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60A. Mammal that yields a perfume ingredient
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61A. Decimal fraction
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63A. They may accompany ifs and buts
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64A. Ball holder
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65A. Cause of lip irritation, for some?
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69A. Pump purchase
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72A. Shoreline structure
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74A. Bias
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75A. Bedeck
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77A. Do some book repair
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80A. Crowlike bird
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83A. Bond, say
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84A. “I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way” speaker
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85A. Clementine cousin
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86A. Unyielding
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88A. Photoshop tool
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89A. Cruise for drummers?
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91A. Part of a Latin dance duo?
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93A. "For shame!"
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94A. Tropical starch source
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95A. Ltr. holder
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97A. Harbor sights
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98A. Budding
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101A. Manual audience
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103A. Hand holders?
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107A. Sign of health
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109A. Gourmet chips ingredient
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112A. Ballet need
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114A. Knocking sound
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117A. Kinshasa railroad crossing?
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119A. Womb-related
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120A. River paddler
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121A. Gave an edge to
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122A. Cuts in half
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123A. “I don’t want to hear the details!”
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124A. Pieces of punditry
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1D. Really bad
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2D. Triangle or trapezoid
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3D. Does a mailroom chore
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4D. Crop problem
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5D. Unappealing food
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6D. Juicing juice
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7D. History topic
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8D. Mother-of-pearl
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9D. Major split
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10D. Wheeling's river
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11D. Pay for a pad
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12D. Long stories
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13D. Disney's Pumbaa, e.g
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14D. Latin lover’s word
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15D. Gene messenger
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16D. Prefix suggesting endlessness
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17D. Poet’s not-quite-rhyming technique
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18D. Acapulco aunts
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19D. Boaters, e.g.
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24D. Uncritically enthusiastic
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28D. Diamond figures
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32D. Become harder to climb
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34D. Worshipful
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35D. Place back in custody
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36D. Attack from all sides
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38D. Seething
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39D. Words of understanding
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42D. Somewhat bad
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43D. Goes astray
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44D. Belch
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45D. Bottled spirit
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46D. Savory ovoid
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47D. Ceremony
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48D. Traveling in an Airstream, say
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50D. Neither Rep. nor Dem
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51D. QB mistakes
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54D. A fan of
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57D. Critic’s unit
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62D. “___ a Liar” (song by the Bee Gees)
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63D. Game opener
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65D. Emergency transport
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66D. Bravo preceder
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67D. Gibe
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68D. Like some tuition
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69D. V member
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70D. "As You Like It" forest
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71D. Derisive sound
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72D. Text in hopes of a reply
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73D. Precious bars
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75D. Bushy dos
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76D. Tiresome task
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77D. Bob alternative
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78D. Aphrodite’s offspring
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79D. Folding money
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80D. The beginning
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81D. Coding pioneer Lovelace
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82D. Hourly rate
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87D. Former boys
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88D. Prods
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90D. Brother of Electra
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92D. Care for
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96D. Crass
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99D. In the know
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100D. Carpet securers
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102D. Feed as a fire
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103D. Put ___ to (end)
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104D. Cologne's river
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105D. Took part in a stock exchange?
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106D. Puts in the mail?
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107D. Vittles
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108D. Sol followers
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110D. Suds source
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111D. Taylor-Joy of "Furiosa"
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113D. Repeat mindlessly
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115D. Peculiarity
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116D. Kitchen invader
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118D. Scout’s brother, in “To Kill a Mockingbird”
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