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Latest answers — August 23, 2026
All clues for the Sunday, August 23, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “C-llectively Speaking” by Andrea Carla Michaels & Kevin Christian.
Across
1Spoil the appearance of3 Letters
4Tot’s “choo-choo”5 Letters
9Pride initials4 Letters
13Miners mine it3 Letters
14___-Saxon5 Letters
15Vowel set5 Letters
17Minor criticism3 Letters
18Demand a seat up front11 Letters
20Korea’s continent4 Letters
22New York theater awards5 Letters
23Richie’s dad, to the Fonz3 Letters
24Phones ping off of them10 Letters
27Slinky’s shape4 Letters
28Feature of a Vegas “bandit”6 Letters
29Pickling liquid5 Letters
30Film festival film, often5 Letters
34Strokes on the green5 Letters
35Star of “Oppenheimer”13 Letters
39Pose for a photographer5 Letters
40Playfully impertinent5 Letters
41Openly asserts5 Letters
42High-protein legume6 Letters
47Rip apart4 Letters
48Clavicle, more familiarly10 Letters
52Paintings and sculptures3 Letters
53Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny”5 Letters
54Spot for a spelunker4 Letters
59Make a hem3 Letters
60Bee-related5 Letters
61Sister’s daughter5 Letters
62Org. with wands and scanners3 Letters
63Send a racy phone message to4 Letters
64Close-up on a map5 Letters
65Hog’s hangout3 Letters
Down
1Monte Carlo’s setting6 Letters
2Out of bed6 Letters
3Fix, as a bathroom floor6 Letters
4Tic-___-toe3 Letters
5Gene messenger3 Letters
6Radiant5 Letters
7“Would you look at that!”5 Letters
8Soldier’s denial5 Letters
9Vientiane’s setting4 Letters
10Obtain3 Letters
11Sort who can’t keep a secret8 Letters
16Mother’s brothers6 Letters
19“___ a real nowhere man...”3 Letters
21In the style of3 Letters
25Sings like a bird6 Letters
26Upscale hotel chain4 Letters
27Government overthrow4 Letters
29More agile6 Letters
31Govt. prosecutors3 Letters
32“Not ___ million years!”3 Letters
33Bird on Australian coins3 Letters
35Scandal-avoiding ploys8 Letters
36“That’s the truth”8 Letters
37Bawdy4 Letters
38Bruins’ sch.4 Letters
39Salsa music shaker6 Letters
43“SNL” airer3 Letters
44Glass-raising tributes6 Letters
45Play the market6 Letters
46Wiggle room6 Letters
48Machinery part3 Letters
49Muscat resident5 Letters
50His tomb is in Red Square5 Letters
51Bartender’s wedges5 Letters
53Salon coloring4 Letters
56Lenient3 Letters
57Good card in blackjack3 Letters
58Pickleball court divider3 Letters
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