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Latest answers — August 9, 2026
All clues for the Sunday, August 9, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Outward Bound” by Prasanna Keshava.
Across
1Gershon of “Bound”4 Letters
5Substantial5 Letters
10Do some last-minute studying4 Letters
14They sometimes clash4 Letters
16Possess4 Letters
17Lawn mower brand4 Letters
18Disney film of 2016 or 20265 Letters
19Seriously impressed4 Letters
20Composure in the face of adversity13 Letters
23Space visitors, for short3 Letters
24Gorillas and gibbons4 Letters
25Subtle humor5 Letters
28“Star Trek” star George5 Letters
30Org. for an orthodontist3 Letters
32Try to win over3 Letters
33Felonious theft12 Letters
38The Bee Gees, e.g.4 Letters
41Henhouse fixture5 Letters
42Layered treat4 Letters
43Batters’ trainer12 Letters
46Android rival3 Letters
47Sinking signal3 Letters
48“My mistake!”5 Letters
52Be rude, in a way5 Letters
54ExxonMobil brand4 Letters
57Issa of “Insecure”3 Letters
62Deserve4 Letters
64Rocker Turner’s 1986 autobiography5 Letters
65Elevator pioneer4 Letters
66“Sad to say...”4 Letters
67Game wrap-up5 Letters
681990s vice president4 Letters
69Packaging need4 Letters
70Big name in nail color5 Letters
71Bills in tills4 Letters
Down
1Starter’s words6 Letters
2“You must let me!”6 Letters
3Without a downside6 Letters
4Starting from4 Letters
5Alter, as a skirt5 Letters
6Run away to unite5 Letters
7Airplane wing parts5 Letters
8Fork feature4 Letters
9Calendar span4 Letters
10Head, as a meeting5 Letters
11Brute force8 Letters
12Wide st.3 Letters
13Rx item, for short3 Letters
21Inside the foul lines4 Letters
22Teller of tall tales4 Letters
26Less than any4 Letters
27It has its ups and downs4 Letters
30In addition4 Letters
31Facts and figures4 Letters
34River through Florence4 Letters
35Eggy winter drinks4 Letters
36One of Disney’s dwarfs3 Letters
37Pacific salmon4 Letters
38Not that4 Letters
39Hilarious fellow4 Letters
40“We’ve been had!”8 Letters
44“Ah, understood”4 Letters
45Diner employee4 Letters
49Atom nucleus component6 Letters
50Biting writing6 Letters
51Acceptances6 Letters
53Washer stage5 Letters
54Sprawling sagas5 Letters
55Peninsula east of the Suez Canal5 Letters
56One of Potter’s professors5 Letters
59Terrible4 Letters
60Great Basin tribe4 Letters
61Scratched, as a launch4 Letters
62Chow down3 Letters
63In the manner of3 Letters
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