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Latest answers — July 22, 2026
All clues for the Wednesday, July 22, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Sitting Around” by Mike Shenk.
Across
1Diet target4 Letters
5Heating option3 Letters
8Like rawhide bones6 Letters
16State of southern Mexico6 Letters
17Leap while snowboarding8 Letters
18Millionth of a meter6 Letters
19“Whine Up” singer DeLuna3 Letters
20River past Balmoral Castle3 Letters
22“So Big” writer Ferber4 Letters
23Help the chef4 Letters
25“The Caretaker” playwright6 Letters
32Lends support4 Letters
33Title before Fox or Rabbit4 Letters
34Curling need5 Letters
35Smelter supply3 Letters
36Faith Hill song “Take Me ___ Am”3 Letters
37Nondairy milk option3 Letters
39Quote the raven?3 Letters
40Henhouse sight5 Letters
42Stout-bodied fish4 Letters
44Sgt.’s superior4 Letters
45“You missed your opportunity”10 Letters
47Wasatch Range tribe4 Letters
48Hold back6 Letters
49Harbor, say4 Letters
50Choose not to sip4 Letters
53“Patience ___ virtue”3 Letters
54Cannes companion3 Letters
62Mysterious6 Letters
63Simple, as a rocket8 Letters
64Creatures6 Letters
65Go a round3 Letters
66Treat for a chickadee4 Letters
Down
1Media monitor, for short3 Letters
2Mauna ___3 Letters
3Opera division3 Letters
4Producers of pastries7 Letters
5Acquired4 Letters
6Green with Grammys3 Letters
7“Sexy” Beatles girl7 Letters
8Astronomer’s sighting6 Letters
9Yes, in Yokohama3 Letters
10Book bit7 Letters
11City section4 Letters
12Bus. sch. subject4 Letters
13Comical Carvey4 Letters
15Topper4 Letters
21Between stops8 Letters
23“The A.B.C. Murders” sleuth6 Letters
24Drive in Beverly Hills6 Letters
25Numbers on tags8 Letters
26Marco Polo’s heading4 Letters
28Common undergrad deg.3 Letters
29Pinpoint6 Letters
30Peevishly sulking6 Letters
31Small amphibians5 Letters
36Dispenser of dollars4 Letters
38Teddy’s neighbor on Mount Rushmore3 Letters
41Summation signs, in math7 Letters
43Worked7 Letters
44Ark-measuring units7 Letters
46Needle sources6 Letters
49Band boosters4 Letters
50Wild guess4 Letters
51Undercover cop’s wear4 Letters
52Cuzco people4 Letters
54Visa rival, familiarly4 Letters
56Crumb bearer3 Letters
58Italian count’s start3 Letters
59Gold, to chemists3 Letters
61Visitor in a 1982 Spielberg movie3 Letters
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