Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers

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Latest answers — November 3, 2026

All clues for the Tuesday, November 3, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Hot Leads” by Sam Koperwas.

PuzzleHot Leads

ConstructorSam Koperwas

Clues76

Grid15×15

Across

1Needing more time in the dryer4 Letters

5End-of-week initialism4 Letters

9FDR or JFK, e.g.3 Letters

12Fish market features5 Letters

14One meaning of “aloha”5 Letters

15Tool for Paul Bunyan3 Letters

16Ran out of patience5 Letters

17Stylish military bigwig?9 Letters

19Glossy alternative5 Letters

21Take steps, perhaps5 Letters

22Stylish group of soldiers on guard duty?10 Letters

27Quinceañera, e.g.4 Letters

28Brunch cocktail6 Letters

29Bank jobs6 Letters

31High lights, sometimes4 Letters

32Miser’s cache5 Letters

34Stylish golf shot?13 Letters

40They may be made of pillows or snow5 Letters

41Oversupply4 Letters

43Military propaganda efforts, for short6 Letters

46NOLA cuisine6 Letters

48Savory spread4 Letters

49Stylish viewpoint?10 Letters

52Curious sort5 Letters

54Fluted column order5 Letters

55Stylish offerer of comfort?9 Letters

58Building with more than four sides, maybe5 Letters

62Hollywood’s de Armas3 Letters

63Marked by melodrama5 Letters

64“Later!”5 Letters

65It can be dry or sparkling3 Letters

66Award show role4 Letters

67Slow-cooked meal4 Letters

Down

1Shout heard in Springfield3 Letters

2Computing pioneer Lovelace3 Letters

3Chic, ’60s-style3 Letters

4Bloomer in early spring8 Letters

5Core belief5 Letters

6Prankster’s bit3 Letters

7Zamboni’s target3 Letters

8Ward (off)4 Letters

9“Phooey!”6 Letters

10Demands and obtains, as revenge6 Letters

11Confused scuffle5 Letters

13Fantasy league figures5 Letters

14Falafel container4 Letters

18Basset hound’s floppers4 Letters

20Onetime Pan Am rival3 Letters

22George W. Bush Presidential Ctr. site3 Letters

23Rub the wrong way4 Letters

24Theme of many a telenovela4 Letters

25Dude ranch duds5 Letters

26München mister4 Letters

30Union agreement3 Letters

32Grating5 Letters

33Be decisive3 Letters

35Bay Area airport code3 Letters

36Brewer’s supply4 Letters

37Business branches8 Letters

38Snake target4 Letters

39One of two on a catamaran4 Letters

42Ball-bearing item3 Letters

43Grilled sandwich6 Letters

44Visit, as a rest area6 Letters

45Michelle of “Everything Everywhere All at Once”4 Letters

46EMT skill3 Letters

47Commando actions5 Letters

48“What a load of hooey!”5 Letters

50Skilled5 Letters

51Golfer McIlroy4 Letters

53Delivery room directive4 Letters

56Gummy ooze3 Letters

57Chlorine or fluorine, e.g.3 Letters

59Court divider3 Letters

60Size up3 Letters

61Unpolished3 Letters

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