WSJ Crossword hints and answers for August 14, 2026
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Clues140
Across65
Down75
TitleIf I Were You
Today’s WSJ Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Bad guy (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPERP→
5A
Buyer be where? (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMALL→
9A
Rugged cliff (4)
Starts with C, ends with GCRAG→
13A
Whodunit discovery (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECORPSE→
19A
Garden worker (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHOER→
20A
Cor anglais kin (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
21A
Expressive dance (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHULA→
22A
Tickled (6)
Starts with A, ends with DAMUSED→
23A
Censorship-fighting org. (4)
Starts with A, ends with UACLU→
24A
Give the cold shoulder to Dr. McCoy? (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSHUNBONES→
26A
Butterfly, e.g. (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMADAME→
27A
Top competitors, often (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEDS→
29A
Baseball great Lefty with a namesake bridge near Oracle Park (5)
Starts with O, ends with LODOUL→
30A
Pays attention (7)
Starts with T, ends with NTUNESIN→
31A
Something usually doubled (8)
Starts with E, ends with EENTENDRE→
33A
Revenuers, e.g. (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFEDS→
36A
Garage sale caveat (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASIS→
37A
Loses heart (8)
Starts with D, ends with SDESPAIRS→
38A
Cowled contingent (6)
Starts with F, ends with SFRIARS→
40A
Aristotle’s “waking dream” (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOPE→
44A
Will of “Arrested Development” (6)
Starts with A, ends with TARNETT→
46A
Use a Shop-Vac instead of a rake? (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSUCKLEAVES→
49A
“Walk on the Wild Side” singer (7)
Starts with L, ends with DLOUREED→
55A
Fascinated (6)
Starts with E, ends with TENRAPT→
56A
Places for vows (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALTARS→
57A
Toe treatment, familiarly (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPEDI→
58A
Trilled in the heights (7)
Starts with Y, ends with DYODELED→
59A
Roles for stars (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEADS→
60A
“No Exit” playwright (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESARTRE→
62A
Without (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSANS→
63A
Tennis great Arthur (4)
Starts with A, ends with EASHE→
64A
Beard for Daffy, e.g.? (11)
Starts with D, ends with EDUCKVANDYKE→
66A
Island nation with a Coral Coast (4)
Starts with F, ends with IFIJI→
70A
Like boars and bucks (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMALE→
71A
Rejects with disdain (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSCORNS→
72A
Group of scouts (5)
Starts with T, ends with PTROOP→
73A
Chilled (7)
Starts with S, ends with KSATBACK→
77A
Author Wiesel (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELIE→
78A
Indian loincloths (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDHOTIS→
79A
Forward surge (6)
Starts with O, ends with HONRUSH→
80A
Country singer Ronnie (6)
Starts with M, ends with PMILSAP→
83A
Neighborhood west of Encino (7)
Starts with T, ends with ATARZANA→
84A
Snippet of a Motown hit used in another song? (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESOULSAMPLE→
86A
Evening event (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESOIREE→
88A
First-year law student (4)
Starts with O, ends with LONEL→
89A
“Nice burn!” (6)
Starts with O, ends with POHSNAP→
92A
Spanish turnover (8)
Starts with E, ends with AEMPANADA→
96A
Talks incessantly (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYAPS→
99A
Bread boxes? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SATMS→
100A
Where cell phones don’t work (8)
Starts with D, ends with TDEADSPOT→
101A
Fairbanks in films (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDOUGLAS→
104A
Place for a barbecue (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPATIO→
106A
Backgammon piece (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTONE→
107A
Skillful (6)
Starts with A, ends with TADROIT→
108A
“Drive carefully—90% of humans are caused by accident,” e.g.? (9)
Starts with S, ends with NSAFETYPUN→
112A
Sheepskin boots (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUGGS→
113A
Threaten (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMENACE→
114A
Boris Godunov, e.g. (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
116A
Fedora material (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFELT→
117A
Many a Degas (6)
Starts with P, ends with LPASTEL→
118A
French door part (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPANE→
119A
Otherwise (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
120A
Phone bill listing (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFEES→
Down
1D
Discontinued, with “out” (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPHASED→
2D
Epoch that saw the first early primates (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEOCENE→
3D
Finds new tenants for (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRELETS→
4D
Moral Majority march? (11)
Starts with P, ends with EPRUDEPARADE→
5D
Criminal patterns, for short (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMOS→
6D
Couldn’t stand (8)
Starts with A, ends with DABHORRED→
7D
Registering the most decibels (7)
Starts with L, ends with TLOUDEST→
8D
Carson’s successor (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLENO→
11D
Pub potable (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
12D
Krypton, e.g. (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
13D
“The Myth of Sisyphus” writer (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCAMUS→
14D
Emirati’s neighbor (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOMANI→
15D
Impertinent remark at a 12-step meeting? (9)
Starts with R, ends with ERUDESHARE→
16D
Ad Council ads, briefly (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPSAS→
17D
Trucker’s rig (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
18D
Ideal site (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
25D
In shape (4)
Starts with B, ends with FBUFF→
28D
Trap setters (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSNARERS→
30D
Item on a to-do list (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTASK→
32D
Uses the good china (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDINES→
34D
Puck, e.g. (4)
Starts with D, ends with CDISC→
35D
Algonquian tribe (4)
Starts with S, ends with KSAUK→
39D
Some colas, briefly (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRCS→
41D
Almond outline (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
42D
Le Pew of cartoon fame (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPEPE→
43D
Abbr. on a town’s welcoming sign (4)
Starts with E, ends with DESTD→
45D
Bounce your booty (5)
Starts with T, ends with KTWERK→
47D
Currency of (and part of the name of) a West African nation (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEONE→
49D
Refrain bit (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALALA→
50D
Flamenco cries (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOLES→
51D
Jazz setting (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUTAH→
53D
Many flat screens (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHDTVS→
54D
Snoopy and the Red Baron, say (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRACES→
58D
Bhutan bovines (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYAKS→
60D
Do some pouting (4)
Starts with S, ends with KSULK→
61D
Name on a WWII bomber (5)
Starts with E, ends with AENOLA→
62D
“Auld Lang ___” (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESYNE→
64D
Russian country house (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADACHA→
65D
Faucet faults (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDRIPS→
66D
Glaciers and icebergs? (11)
Starts with F, ends with FFROZENSTUFF→
67D
Tiny bit (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
68D
Enlist in (4)
Starts with J, ends with NJOIN→
69D
Res ___ loquitur (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIPSA→
70D
Assemble in great numbers (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMASS→
72D
Attire, informally (7)
Starts with T, ends with STHREADS→
73D
Middling (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOSO→
74D
Soon, to a bard (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
75D
In alignment (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUE→
76D
Top-notch tyrant? (9)
Starts with B, ends with TBULLYGOAT→
78D
Agcy. that pioneered the internet and GPS (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADARPA→
80D
Dash abbr. (3)
Starts with M, ends with HMPH→
81D
“Casablanca” role (4)
Starts with I, ends with AILSA→
82D
Mardi Gras follower (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLENT→
83D
Play breaks (8)
Starts with T, ends with STIMEOUTS→
85D
Forest growth (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOSS→
87D
Like some unhealthy attachments (7)
Starts with O, ends with LOEDIPAL→
90D
Current amount (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAMPERE→
91D
H.S. exam (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSAT→
93D
Orbital extreme (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAPOGEE→
94D
Widget plugged into a computer (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDONGLE→
95D
Bikini trials, informally (6)
Starts with A, ends with SATESTS→
97D
Rabbit chaser of fiction (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALICE→
98D
Dev of “Slumdog Millionaire” (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPATEL→
101D
Like many a cellar (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDAMP→
102D
Ancient theaters (4)
Starts with O, ends with AODEA→
103D
Coffee dispensers (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURNS→
105D
Category (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETYPE→
108D
“The Racer’s Edge” (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSTP→
109D
Botanist Gray (3)
Starts with A, ends with AASA→
111D
Born, in Bordeaux (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for August 14, 2026?+
140 clues: 65 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Bad guy (PERP); Buyer be where? (MALL); Rugged cliff (CRAG).
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