WSJ Crossword January 17 2026 Answers (1/17/26)

Our WSJ Crossword January 17, 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 January 17, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 1/17/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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« January 15 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Artificially engineered plants, for short
5A	Just beat
9A	Bears quarterback Williams
14A	Responsibility
19A	Go on and on
20A	Circular focus
21A	“Shrine of Texas Liberty”
22A	First full month of Major League Baseball’s season
23A	Not docked
24A	Furious with Big Tobacco?
26A	Flora and fauna
27A	Apparition
29A	Component of an annoying cloud
30A	Bamboozled
31A	Like parking garage rates, sometimes
32A	Layer of Charmin, e.g.
33A	Like Ramadan
36A	Acknowledge
37A	Appropriate farewell for a chef?
39A	Concealed from the cops, say
42A	Intimate intimacy with the rich and famous
45A	Shrewdness
46A	Response to the Little Red Hen
47A	Place for buds to hang
50A	Milano of “Charmed”
51A	Opposed to
52A	Digits with dashes, for short
53A	Blasé about one’s stamina?
55A	Braking sound
58A	Anatomic pouch
59A	Oregon city near the Columbia River’s mouth
60A	Famous last words?
62A	Invited
64A	Ostentatious
65A	Exam whose primary question is “Better or worse?”
67A	Tiny amounts
71A	High country
74A	Make over
75A	Relieve
77A	Roll of bills
80A	What a trash talker may do after a victory
82A	Suffering from seasonal affective disorder?
84A	Oscar winner Guinness
86A	Indian bread
87A	Moocher or quick learner
89A	Clue for a detective
90A	Big furniture retailer
91A	Strait-laced
92A	“Spamalot” creator
94A	Airplane seat features
96A	Tennis icon Arthur
97A	Dazzling images
101A	Branch offices?
103A	In shape
104A	Tom Canty, in a Twain novel
105A	Members of the nobility
107A	Potpie bits
109A	Tablet that weighs less than 11 ounces
111A	Line to the audience
112A	Sympathetic about other people’s hopes and dreams?
115A	Organic fuel
116A	Physics Nobelist Bohr
117A	Become apparent
118A	Junk, say
119A	Prefix with plasm or parasite
120A	West Pointer
121A	Pool contents
122A	Friendly state
123A	Campus VIP
1D	Italian brandy
2D	Potato choice
3D	Distinguishing feature of the villain in “The Fugitive”
4D	Bummed out about one’s social status?
5D	English assignment
6D	Blocks
7D	Latch (onto)
8D	Comics shriek
9D	Shrewd
10D	Simple pond plant
11D	Christine of “Chicago Hope”
12D	Broody music
13D	Spam generator, perhaps
14D	Wicked cool
15D	Fodder for pollsters
16D	Upset over anemic bloodwork results?
17D	Dark time in the ad world
18D	Pleased as punch
25D	Dome homes
28D	“Bye!”
30D	Having a bad trip, maybe
32D	Tabbouleh component
34D	Have a real talent for
35D	Foamy cupfuls
37D	Rosalind’s cousin in “As You Like It”
38D	Tranquil scene
40D	Sicilian volcano
41D	Tiddlywink, e.g.
43D	When said twice, a Polynesian food fish
44D	Anxious about a background check?
45D	Field for Mars
47D	First word of “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
48D	One might be well-made
49D	A big fan of
54D	Official town gossip?
56D	Tipped off
57D	Bank job
61D	Hatcher of TV
63D	Enthusiastic about extra-strong cocktails?
65D	Snob
66D	Diva, often
68D	Yarn
69D	Orinoco flow
70D	Bit of finch food
72D	Orchid and thistle, e.g.
73D	Cancels, as a mission
75D	Longhorn rival
76D	Get rid of
77D	Make like an unhappy baby
78D	___-Seltzer
79D	Burned out on philosophy?
81D	Kaine who ran with Hillary Clinton
83D	Ruler unit
85D	It usually comes with a kit
88D	Put in a good word for
93D	Laundry unit
95D	“Ready Player One” writer Cline
98D	For each
99D	Soprano Scotto
100D	Neptune’s largest moon
102D	1992 Olympics host
103D	Mythological trio
104D	Present time?
105D	Judges’ seat
106D	Where the Indus and Irtysh flow
108D	It may follow something
109D	Pop star
110D	Ring out
112D	Funny bit
113D	Rock metal
114D	Wizards’ org.

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