WSJ Crossword October 21 2026 Answers (10/21/26)

Our WSJ Crossword October 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 October 21, 2026 Answers

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About the date: The Wall Street Journal now publishes each crossword online the afternoon before it runs in the print edition, so WSJ's site may list this puzzle under Tuesday, October 20. We go by the print date, Wednesday, October 21, 2026, since that's the date most solvers know it by. The date at the top of this page is when we posted these answers.

« October 20 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	One of the components of Einstein’s equation
5A	Hand makeup
10A	Tears
14A	Working hard
15A	“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright
16A	Creative flash
17A	Passport info
18A	Smelling salts?
20A	Monotonous sound
22A	“Yeah, that’s better”
23A	Problems with young’uns?
27A	Many a middle schooler
28A	Press into service
31A	Crowning point
35A	Play adapted from the works of Capote
36A	Official timekeeper of tennis’s U.S. Open
38A	Irritation resulting from an insult?
42A	Dance akin to the maxixe
43A	Joke around
44A	“Shoot!”
45A	Make a choice
46A	Jackson who sang at JFK’s inaugural ball
50A	Under the couch cushions, maybe?
55A	Shoulder adornment
58A	Like doves and hawks
59A	What got rocker Tom a record?
63A	“Ars Amatoria” poet
64A	Entertaining awards feat
65A	Squalid dwelling
66A	“Those ___ the days”
67A	Catch sight of
68A	Peaceful places
69A	Zen garden stuff
1D	Chocolate candy with a shell
2D	Missile Command company
3D	Who says?
4D	Court recorder
5D	High school eatery, informally
6D	In the style of
7D	Hitter’s stat
8D	Stuart’s love on “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe”
9D	Avoid a trial
10D	Carnival attractions
11D	Revered one
12D	Crook, in cop show lingo
13D	Lip
19D	Literary master of irony
21D	Triage sites
24D	Sluglike race in the “Star Wars” galaxy
25D	“___-Ca-Dabra” (1974 pop hit)
26D	Had absolutely no talent for
28D	Wrist-to-elbow bone
29D	Breakaway group
30D	Past dates?
31D	Concerning
32D	Thunder sound
33D	Change source
34D	Early bird holder
37D	Sculling tool
39D	Not much to look at
40D	Khartoum’s river
41D	Like “To a Skylark”
47D	Don of “Trading Places”
48D	Drag performer?
49D	“That’s it!”
50D	Like dirt roads, often
51D	Maintains
52D	Maker of Botanical Blossom body wash
53D	Memorial mound of stones
54D	Broke off
55D	Saber’s kin
56D	Cribbage pieces
57D	On
60D	“Now ___ seen everything!”
61D	Chess pieces
62D	Movers on high tracks

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