WSJ Crossword hints and answers for August 28, 2026
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Clues138
Across69
Down69
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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
“Slaves of New York” author Janowitz (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATAMA→
5A
Agitated state (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSNIT→
9A
Iconic 1980s burger (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMCDLT→
14A
Dramatic singer (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADIVA→
18A
Caravan stops (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOASES→
19A
Burner setting (4)
Starts with H, ends with HHIGH→
20A
Loud, as a crowd (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAROAR→
21A
Big times (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
22A
Fan club devoted to president George W.? (10)
Starts with B, ends with EBUSHLEAGUE→
24A
Fan club devoted to disco legend Donna? (10)
Starts with S, ends with PSUMMERCAMP→
26A
Shapiro of NPR (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
27A
Crocheter’s creation (6)
Starts with A, ends with NAFGHAN→
29A
Some singers (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALTOS→
30A
Should really not (6)
Starts with M, ends with TMUSTNT→
32A
Hardy works (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOVELS→
34A
Jimmies (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRIES→
35A
Italian wine region (4)
Starts with A, ends with IASTI→
36A
Headley of “Coming to America” (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISHARI→
38A
Hammer part (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPEEN→
39A
String quartet instrument (5)
Starts with V, ends with AVIOLA→
42A
Verizon acquisition of 2006 (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMCI→
44A
Without wheels, in a way (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCARLESS→
47A
Fan club devoted to “Succession” actor Jeremy? (9)
Starts with S, ends with MSTRONGARM→
51A
“Works for me” (7)
Starts with I, ends with YIMHAPPY→
53A
Brave opponent (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRED→
55A
Acapulco gold (3)
Starts with O, ends with OORO→
56A
Clothesline alternative (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDRYER→
57A
Met expectations? (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOPERAS→
59A
Scottish misses (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLASSIES→
61A
Gold mining troughs (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSLUICES→
63A
Mediterranean island nation (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMALTA→
64A
You can RSVP to them by clicking (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEVITES→
65A
Loser to Fischer in 1972 (7)
Starts with S, ends with YSPASSKY→
66A
President before Jimmy (6)
Starts with G, ends with DGERALD→
67A
Ladies of Spain (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDONAS→
68A
Like faces on cold days, sometimes (7)
Starts with B, ends with YBLOTCHY→
69A
New staffer (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETRAINEE→
70A
Trebek of “Jeopardy!” (4)
Starts with A, ends with XALEX→
71A
Practice that strives to harmonize yin and yang (6)
Starts with T, ends with ITAICHI→
72A
Pentathletes use them (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEPEES→
74A
Connections (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKIN→
75A
Some NFL sackers (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDTS→
76A
One in it for the long haul (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTRUCKER→
77A
Fan club devoted to romance writer Danielle? (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSTEELBAND→
79A
On both banks of (7)
Starts with A, ends with EASTRIDE→
81A
Rank for PBS’s Morse or Tennison (3)
Starts with D, ends with IDCI→
83A
Tennis’s Murray and Roddick (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANDYS→
85A
Fertile soil (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOESS→
87A
Bakery stock (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGGS→
91A
Convenience stores (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMARTS→
93A
Monopoly octet (6)
Starts with T, ends with STOKENS→
96A
Bunch of scoundrels (6)
Starts with B, ends with TBADLOT→
98A
Swaggering, maybe (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMACHO→
99A
Libertine (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROUE→
100A
Bakery buy (6)
Starts with E, ends with RECLAIR→
103A
Driller’s org. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
104A
Fan club devoted to “Casino Royale” actress Eva? (10)
Starts with G, ends with YGREENPARTY→
106A
Fan club devoted to “Only Murders in the Building” actor Martin? (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSHORTORDER→
108A
Provoke (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERILE→
109A
Blazing (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAFIRE→
110A
Formally surrender (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECEDE→
111A
Buddies (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMATES→
112A
Bull by the sea (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSEAL→
113A
Joined the 10K (5)
Starts with R, ends with DRACED→
114A
Has a mortgage (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOWES→
Down
1D
Bull in the sky (6)
Starts with T, ends with STAURUS→
2D
Back up (6)
Starts with A, ends with TASSIST→
3D
Unimpressed response (3)
Starts with M, ends with HMEH→
4D
Only character in all seven Narnia books (5)
Starts with A, ends with NASLAN→
5D
Catch, as flies (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSHAG→
6D
Approaching (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNIGH→
7D
Crested lizard (6)
Starts with I, ends with AIGUANA→
8D
Accepted standard (7)
Starts with T, ends with MTHENORM→
9D
Tricky billiards shot (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMASSE→
10D
Barbaric (5)
Starts with C, ends with LCRUEL→
11D
Some stadium features (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDOMES→
12D
Bed table item (4)
Starts with L, ends with PLAMP→
13D
Amount past due (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETRE→
14D
Taper off (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDECLINE→
15D
About to explode (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRATE→
16D
“Come on!” in La Paz (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVAMOS→
17D
Death on the Nile causes, perhaps (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASPS→
18D
President born on an island (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOBAMA→
23D
Small salamander (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEFT→
25D
Once in a blue moon (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRARELY→
31D
Pioneering DVR (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTIVO→
33D
Fan club devoted to Sex Pistols bassist Sid? (13)
Starts with V, ends with EVICIOUSCIRCLE→
34D
They may be collared (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPERPS→
36D
Kills, as a dragon (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLAYS→
37D
Fabled also-ran (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHARE→
38D
John and Denny, in a 1960s rock foursome (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPAPAS→
40D
Nonstudio films (6)
Starts with I, ends with SINDIES→
41D
Shrek and Fiona, e.g. (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOGRES→
43D
Mischievous (6)
Starts with I, ends with HIMPISH→
44D
Singer Mariah (5)
Starts with C, ends with YCAREY→
45D
“Teardrop of India” (8)
Starts with S, ends with ASRILANKA→
46D
Make oneself at home (8)
Starts with S, ends with NSETTLEIN→
47D
City in California’s Monterey County (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLEDAD→
48D
John of “Face/Off” (8)
Starts with T, ends with ATRAVOLTA→
50D
“Live long and prosper” speaker (7)
Starts with M, ends with KMRSPOCK→
52D
Eager agreement (7)
Starts with H, ends with SHECKYES→
54D
Maze stopper (7)
Starts with D, ends with DDEADEND→
58D
Bollywood garment (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISARI→
60D
Label for Booker T. & the M.G.’s and the Staple Singers (4)
Starts with S, ends with XSTAX→
62D
Shaped in a shop, in a way (6)
Starts with L, ends with DLATHED→
63D
Far from sufficient (6)
Starts with M, ends with YMEASLY→
65D
It’s a piece of cake (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESLICE→
66D
Avarice (5)
Starts with G, ends with DGREED→
68D
Modem measures (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBAUDS→
69D
Some first-time voters (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEENS→
71D
Cuts back (5)
Starts with T, ends with STRIMS→
73D
Sch. support groups (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPTAS→
76D
Neptune’s largest moon (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTRITON→
78D
Teacher’s deg. (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBSED→
80D
Chapel Hill athlete (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTARHEEL→
82D
“The Bald Soprano” playwright (7)
Starts with I, ends with OIONESCO→
86D
Forswear (6)
Starts with E, ends with WESCHEW→
88D
“My pleasure” (6)
Starts with G, ends with OGLADTO→
89D
Hail Mary instruction (6)
Starts with G, ends with PGODEEP→
90D
Milky Way ingredients (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTARS→
91D
Organizing expert Kondo (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMARIE→
92D
Express through eight states (5)
Starts with A, ends with AACELA→
93D
Bagel-shaped (5)
Starts with T, ends with CTORIC→
94D
Startlingly odd (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTRE→
95D
Excited, with “up” (5)
Starts with K, ends with DKEYED→
96D
Fragment (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBIT→
97D
Bakery enticement (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAROMA→
98D
MLB team VIPs (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMGRS→
99D
Tennis’s Nadal, familiarly (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARAFA→
101D
Ore source (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELODE→
102D
“Iliad” warrior (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
105D
Round number, of a sort (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPAR→
107D
Traitorous singer (3)
Starts with R, ends with TRAT→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for August 28, 2026?+
138 clues: 69 Across and 69 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: “Slaves of New York” author Janowitz (TAMA); Agitated state (SNIT); Iconic 1980s burger (MCDLT).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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