WSJ Crossword March 21 2026 Answers (3/21/26)

Our WSJ Crossword March 21, 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 March 21, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Business that can change your locks
8A	Extremely untaxing, briefly
12A	Bobbing on the waves
18A	Tweak
19A	Wintour of Condé Nast
20A	Closest parking, perhaps
22A	Rat
23A	What element #14 is worth?
25A	Prison that Johnny Cash sang about
26A	Like most Gallaudet University students
28A	Zesty flavor
29A	Right, e.g.
30A	Butterfield of “Hugo”
31A	Hottie trading punches?
34A	Family nickname
35A	Immune system agent
37A	Dear, to Donatello
38A	“Gave it my best shot”
41A	Serial fabulist
43A	“How’s it goin’?”
45A	Beaver unable to speak?
49A	Corruption catcher
51A	Meaningless
54A	Summer’s result
55A	Evasive move on the ice
56A	Load-bearing machines
58A	Cuatro doubled
60A	Edit, say
62A	Turmoil between the Hatfields and McCoys?
65A	Bus. ender
66A	Pointer’s pointer
69A	Co. bailed out in 2008
70A	Reacts to a missed call
71A	It might make you see some unbelievable things
72A	Gin-flavoring fruit
73A	News agcy. since 1958
74A	General who’s part of many orders
75A	Recede
76A	Church seating for a couple of whales?
79A	“The Art of Fugue” composer
81A	Place to get cheap drinks
82A	Rhetorical comparison
83A	“And another thing...”
86A	Predecessor of Messages, on Macs
88A	Slinger of youthspeak, typically
90A	Selects carefully
91A	Harpoon?
94A	Punch sound
96A	Sticky situation
97A	Shower cleaner
98A	Grammarian’s concern
101A	Tower setting
103A	Thickness
104A	Alternative timeline that hasn’t happened yet?
108A	Polar toiler
111A	Mother of Castor and Pollux
113A	Staten Island, e.g., informally
114A	Miles away
115A	Senator Mazie Hirono’s state
117A	Celebration for a homeowner whose house is glowing?
120A	Parts of some gorilla costumes
122A	Extremely slow
123A	County Wicklow land
124A	Budgerigar, e.g.
125A	Takes on
126A	Skeleton need
127A	High-minded folks?
1D	Boozehounds
2D	Small imported car of the ’80s, made much bigger?
3D	Bygone GM compacts
4D	Disco gizmo
5D	Collectible German figurines
6D	What I stood for in ancient times
7D	Pain ___ (French toast, to the French)
8D	Sweet melon
9D	Military outfit
10D	Most Emmy-winning show of all time
11D	Hispaniola half
12D	Included in
13D	Big canine
14D	Tyler of “Ad Astra”
15D	Spouting off
16D	Making subtle references
17D	Play around?
18D	World Cup org.
21D	Bill depicting the U.S. Treasury
24D	Give the boot to
27D	“Need I continue?” letters
32D	Target of donation requests
33D	Strike
34D	Honorific for Jeanne d’Arc
36D	Got all misty
38D	Senator Tammy Duckworth’s state
39D	Spider sighter’s squeal
40D	N.W.A co-founder, casually
41D	Butter or lard, to a dieter
42D	“No kidding!”
44D	Magic show sound effects
46D	Rishi Sunak, e.g.
47D	Season in Soissons
48D	Makes petty objections
50D	Apache and Arapaho
52D	Text-scanning tech, for short
53D	“Gossip Girl” airer
57D	High-and-mighty
59D	“Cross my heart,” in modern slang
61D	Perfect for postcards, say
63D	Head home
64D	“Shush!”
66D	Teacher who makes the class happy?
67D	Famed Harlem theater
68D	Like Houston’s Katy Freeway, of all U.S. roads
72D	Take all the games in a series
76D	Lose one’s cool, perhaps?
77D	Leading woman?
78D	Coax a laugh from
79D	MVP quarterback in 2013’s Super Bowl
80D	Michael of 10-Down
83D	Saddler’s tool
84D	Luang Prabang language
85D	Come to a complete halt
87D	Chinese rival of Amazon
89D	Chef Matsuhisa with a namesake restaurant chain
92D	Starfish arm
93D	Cole Porter song
95D	Bronze Star honoree
99D	Ruffle
100D	Singer Lipa
102D	Macho admonition
104D	Is plenty angry
105D	Middle-earth meanie
106D	Poet Alfred
107D	Critter catchers
109D	Is fond of
110D	Thing to bump or pump
111D	Race segment
112D	Jazzy Fitzgerald
113D	Rotten tot
116D	Come to
118D	Pro’s advice
119D	Link that might be broken
121D	Butter bit