WSJ Crossword July 16 2026 Answers (7/16/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle for July 16 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our WSJ Crossword July 16, 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 July 16, 2026 Answers

This puzzle is officially the WSJ Crossword for July 16, 2026. However, the online WSJ crossword interface lists it as July 15, 2026. All clues and answers below correspond to the 7/16/26 print puzzle. 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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# Clue
1A Reaches out with one’s fingers
6A Royal forest grazers
11A Actors Helms and Harris, for two
14A “Schitt’s Creek” matriarch
15A Welcome at Daniel K. Inouye International
16A Works on walls
17A What Billy Joel claimed to be, in a 1984 Top 10 hit
19A Twins pitcher Bradley
20A “You went there!”
21A Bro
23A Guadalajara greeting
26A Dirty stuff
27A Two-wheel sport
28A Casual affirmative
31A Obsessive fan, in slang
32A Give away the twist, say
35A Construction crew
37A Columbus sponsor
40A Restaurant workers’ assignments
43A Dynamite inventor
47A Addams family nickname
48A Courtroom statements
51A Nickname on 1952 posters
52A Venerated objects
54A Like much salt
57A Playground retort
58A Reap
60A “What’s your plan?”
61A Encampment site of 1778, and a hint to what was done three times in this puzzle
66A Busy bother
67A Duck, maybe
68A Cocky way to solve a crossword puzzle
69A Bounced check abbr.
70A Shankar pieces
71A “So help me!”
1D “OMG, enough!”
2D Ages upon ages
3D Mark, as a survey
4D Brownies bunch
5D Borat portrayer’s first name
6D Montana moniker
7D Resort near Park City
8D Easy victory
9D Article in many rap song titles
10D Yemen’s largest city
11D Destroy gradually
12D Strip speeder
13D Canada’s easternmost provincial capital
18D “Mi casa ___ casa”
22D High-priority task
23D Many early picks in the NFL draft
24D Worker at home
25D Start for biology or skeleton
26D Flightless bird
29D Big holdup
30D Catering container
33D Words before “Isn’t Love” and “Was a Movie” in song titles
34D Gift at Daniel K. Inouye International
36D “Anderson Cooper 360” network
38D Hopping herbivores
39D Cold case aid
40D Michael with a Super Bowl ring and Daytime Emmys
41D Steering system bars
42D Very many
44D Profession, informally
45D Scratch (out)
46D Was in front
49D Staff additions
50D Maker of Bravia TVs
53D Cabaret cost
55D Shocking treatment by an ER doc
56D Poetic justice
58D Swigging sound
59D Hawkeye portrayer
62D Copying
63D D&D, for one
64D Earth, in combinations
65D Close

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  1. Euthyphro

    I think the WSJ Crossword July 15, 2026 Answers posted above are actually for Thursday, July 16, 2026.

    1. Nick Long (Admin)

      You’re right they are. We were going off the display date from the updated design that WSJ is using, but I get that it’s confusing. We will change it to hopefully make it more clear.