WSJ Crossword September 5 2026 Answers (9/5/26)

Our WSJ Crossword September 5, 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 September 5, 2026 Answers

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« September 4 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Music genre for Tokyo’s Yoasobi and Nogizaka46
5A	Speaks for, briefly
9A	Motrin alternative
14A	Corkscrews on tables, e.g.
19A	Brand for Brussels griffons
20A	Westernmost D-Day beach
21A	They fly in an 11-Down
22A	Abstractions
23A	Dieting and exercising to avoid needing to buy a bigger belt?
26A	Disinclined
27A	Eurythmics singer Lennox
28A	Ceremonial basin
29A	At most
31A	Cow chow
32A	Designer’s draft
34A	Deserves
36A	Maker of licensed vinyl toy figures
38A	Common name for a herding dog
40A	Fear-inducing thunderstorm?
44A	Asian honorific
47A	Ill-suited
50A	Make out, in Bath
51A	Frolicsome
52A	Astonishingly awesome shriek?
55A	Astronaut Cooper, familiarly
57A	Lab liquids
58A	“Freeze the Feeling” beverage brand
59A	Happening place
61A	Iridescent gem
63A	Asian honorific
64A	“The Commitments” writer Doyle
66A	Bacteria-infected
68A	Place under the seat, say
70A	Story of Earth’s longest-living land animal trying to hide its years with a wig?
77A	Ancient music halls
78A	Goddess of the dawn
79A	Carried
80A	Flimflam
83A	Opposite of avant
86A	Bomb in an idiom about backfiring plans
88A	With 44-Down, modest garment
89A	Mimicked
91A	Replies to a host
93A	What a bird feels after crashing into a sheet of glass?
95A	Piedmontese wine
97A	Grub
99A	Nick of “Tropic Thunder”
100A	___ Islas Filipinas
101A	Spy tasked with following spouses in their golden years?
104A	Crowd-sourced review site
106A	Wing
107A	Antarctic explorer Shackleton
110A	Unsavory
114A	Nothing at all
116A	Taylor Swift’s “___ Something Bad”
118A	Auto correction
120A	City of Tuscany
121A	Ivy in Philly
123A	Crew members tending to spinnakers and jibs?
126A	Tight headwear
127A	A crowd, they say
128A	Ivy in New Haven
129A	One of a geographic quintet
130A	Operatic bass-baritone Simon
131A	Iditarod vehicles
132A	Passed easily
133A	Property paper
1D	Scavengers who sell C-3PO and R2-D2 to Luke’s uncle
2D	Core exercise
3D	Think out loud
4D	Hypothesizes
5D	Dark ’n’ Stormy part
6D	List wrap-up
7D	Yankee Clipper carrier
8D	Wax alternative
9D	Problem for job-seeking seniors
10D	Lowering in rank
11D	See 21-Across
12D	“Freedom ___ free”
13D	Acquitted
14D	Hoppy lager
15D	Hubbub
16D	Members of the genus Hippocampus
17D	“So long!”
18D	Wan
24D	Helper after a crash
25D	Teri of “Young Frankenstein”
30D	Hypothesize
33D	Mathematician Poincaré
35D	Inquisitive sort
37D	Mr. Kringle
39D	History Channel’s highest-rated show
41D	Grimm monster
42D	Vegetable called bhindi in Pakistan
43D	Gosling in Hollywood
44D	See 88-Across
45D	Big name in copiers
46D	___ la Cité (site of Notre Dame cathedral)
48D	Leisurely stroll, in Spanish-speaking areas
49D	Hedren of “The Birds”
53D	Resulted in
54D	“___ luck!”
56D	Villainous
60D	Bind
62D	“Stay (I Missed You)” singer Lisa
65D	Member of the Jedi High Council
67D	Seven-time AL batting champ
69D	Clobber
71D	Admonished
72D	Away
73D	Pipe-clearing brand
74D	Common neo-grotesque font
75D	Most populous country
76D	Coach controls
80D	Baja resort
81D	Iridescent gem
82D	“Get a load of this dweeb!”
84D	Nights before
85D	Flurry
87D	Lavishes affection
90D	Sad
92D	Hit with a jump scare
94D	Lament of the vanquished
96D	Jacket parts
98D	Cranial cavities
102D	Is real
103D	Advance
105D	Ready
108D	“So long!”
109D	“Dear Mama” rapper
111D	Steel plow inventor
112D	Navel type
113D	Out of fashion
114D	Botticelli’s Venus, e.g.
115D	NYSE debuts
117D	Willy Wonka’s creator
119D	Wan
122D	Scottish refusal
124D	Fury
125D	Like diamonds

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