Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers
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Latest answers — October 18, 2026
All clues for the Sunday, October 18, 2026 WSJ Crossword, titled “Hard Finishes” by Mike Shenk.
Across
6Strongly bitter5 Letters
11“The butler ___ it”3 Letters
14Nixon’s first vice president5 Letters
15Selected5 Letters
16Ambient music’s Brian3 Letters
17Basil-based sauce5 Letters
18Geyser’s kin9 Letters
20Holier-than-___4 Letters
23Stingy sort10 Letters
28Get better4 Letters
29Spice in pumpkin pie4 Letters
30Batter in a classic poem5 Letters
31Help3 Letters
32Shaker stuff4 Letters
33Camel color3 Letters
34Use a crowbar3 Letters
35Clasp for a cravat7 Letters
37Gift-wrapping adornment3 Letters
40Baseball’s Ripken3 Letters
41A double play results in two4 Letters
42Gorilla, for example3 Letters
43Eye-popping images5 Letters
46___ sci (government study)4 Letters
47Spoken4 Letters
48Smell sensor4 Letters
49Buck10 Letters
51Essentially7 Letters
53Pecans and pistachios4 Letters
57Silences with the remote5 Letters
60Greek’s H3 Letters
61Fury5 Letters
62Japanese port5 Letters
63Cargo unit3 Letters
64Robustly muscular5 Letters
65Stopwatch button5 Letters
Down
1Opening3 Letters
2Get older3 Letters
3Wobbling8 Letters
4Deadly6 Letters
5Eagle’s attack move5 Letters
6German exclamation3 Letters
7John of “Star Trek Beyond”3 Letters
8Turn6 Letters
9Debate topic5 Letters
10Corp. division4 Letters
11Smaller of the two moons of Mars6 Letters
12Unlearned6 Letters
13Old tennis ball, maybe6 Letters
19Kind of bath or numeral5 Letters
21Label on a street-side box6 Letters
23British fellow4 Letters
24Recipient of the family fortune4 Letters
25Vitamin-rich salad green4 Letters
26“Tamp down your enthusiasm”7 Letters
30Ballpark souvenirs4 Letters
32ERA or RBI, e.g.4 Letters
3316th-century Venetian painter6 Letters
36Temporary pause4 Letters
37Macchiato makers8 Letters
38Shimmery gemstone4 Letters
39Water source4 Letters
40Small stream5 Letters
43How money might be lost6 Letters
44Chips source6 Letters
45Depth charge, in military slang6 Letters
46Thick soup6 Letters
47Dull-witted6 Letters
49Aerial coverage provider5 Letters
50Bit of gossip5 Letters
52Rhyme scheme of “Purple Cow”4 Letters
55Gridiron official, for short3 Letters
56Like the Dust Bowl3 Letters
58Scratch (out)3 Letters
59Plopped down3 Letters
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