WSJ Crossword hints and answers for June 27, 2026
A hint and the answer for every clue, each behind its own button. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues140
Across57
Down83
TitleHappy Birthday, USA!
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
Things we complain about (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPEEVES→
7A
It’s about 2,000 miles east of LAX (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
10A
Firm figures, for short (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATTYS→
15A
Embargo (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBAN→
18A
Cry for help (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESAVEME→
19A
Third-rate (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPOOR→
21A
Broadcast in installments (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESERIALIZE→
23A
Canio, in “Pagliacci,” e.g. (11)
Starts with T, ends with NTRAGICCLOWN→
25A
Camus novel (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEPLAGUE→
26A
Prize whose first winner was “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in 1987 (18)
Starts with A, ends with DARTHURCCLARKEAWARD→
28A
Legend of music (4)
Starts with J, ends with NJOHN→
31A
Bring to bear (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
32A
Victorian, e.g. (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
33A
Unguarded on the court (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOPEN→
34A
Diva, stereotypically (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEGOIST→
37A
Jessica of “Sin City” (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALBA→
40A
“Jeopardy!” reunion, to some uninvited, say (8)
Starts with N, ends with TNERDFEST→
44A
48A
Romania’s currency (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULEU→
49A
Made arrangements, in a way (8)
Starts with P, ends with DPERMUTED→
50A
Site of many sweaters (12)
Starts with A, ends with BATHLETICCLUB→
56A
Medea, to Circe (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENIECE→
58A
Where the action is (9)
Starts with F, ends with EFRONTLINE→
59A
“Halt, salt!” (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAVAST→
63A
Show stopper (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTVAD→
67A
Grande, familiarly (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
68A
Tex. neighbor (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOKLA→
69A
“Goldberg Variations” composer (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBACH→
70A
Grammy winner for “Tears in Heaven” (11)
Starts with E, ends with NERICCLAPTON→
74A
Düsseldorf denial (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEIN→
75A
Comics canine (4)
Starts with O, ends with EODIE→
76A
Back muscle, briefly (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLAT→
77A
First name in country music (4)
Starts with R, ends with AREBA→
78A
Natural inclinations (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBENTS→
79A
Put down again (9)
Starts with R, ends with TREDEPOSIT→
82A
Heart of Paris (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCOEUR→
86A
Times of London puzzle solvers figure them out (12)
Starts with C, ends with SCRYPTICCLUES→
90A
Flinched (8)
Starts with R, ends with DRECOILED→
95A
Simile center (3)
Starts with A, ends with AASA→
96A
It’s characterized by long, cold winters (13)
Starts with A, ends with EARCTICCLIMATE→
98A
Aggressive pitch (8)
Starts with H, ends with LHARDSELL→
103A
Pigeonhole (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSORT→
104A
Like northern Italy (6)
Starts with A, ends with EALPINE→
105A
Moisturizer brand (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOLAY→
106A
Hockey’s Tikkanen (3)
Starts with E, ends with AESA→
108A
Torque symbol (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTAU→
111A
JFK guesses (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETAS→
112A
Benchmark U.S. birthday celebrated in eight of this puzzle’s Across answers (18)
Starts with S, ends with LSEMIQUINCENTENNIAL→
120A
Clear (9)
Starts with E, ends with EEXONERATE→
121A
Laundry annoyance (11)
Starts with S, ends with GSTATICCLING→
125A
Welcoming, as a new year (9)
Starts with R, ends with NRINGINGIN→
126A
Dot-___ (web businesses) (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCOMS→
127A
Romanian composer George (6)
Starts with E, ends with UENESCU→
128A
FICA funds it (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASSA→
129A
La Sicilia e la Sardegna (5)
Starts with I, ends with EISOLE→
130A
“Gangnam Style” rapper (3)
Starts with P, ends with YPSY→
Down
1D
SFO setting (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPST→
2D
Canal site (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
3D
Green of “Casino Royale” (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEVA→
4D
Al Gore and Cory Booker practice it (8)
Starts with V, ends with MVEGANISM→
5D
Dubai dignitary (4)
Starts with E, ends with REMIR→
6D
Breakaway group (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSECT→
7D
Perfect mark (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAPLUS→
8D
Honest to a fault (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTOOREAL→
9D
A standard musical reference point is two octaves above it (4)
Starts with L, ends with CLOWC→
10D
“___ Is Born” (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTAR→
11D
Capital south of the Caspian Sea (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTEHRAN→
12D
Long haul (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTREK→
13D
“Holy moly!” (4)
Starts with Y, ends with EYIPE→
14D
Hacienda room (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASALA→
15D
Galoot (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBIGAPE→
16D
Blue shades (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAZURES→
17D
Has no requirement to (6)
Starts with N, ends with TNEEDNT→
20D
GOP fundraiser (3)
Starts with R, ends with CRNC→
22D
Words before averages or the jungle (5)
Starts with L, ends with FLAWOF→
24D
“Wicked” director Jon (3)
Starts with C, ends with UCHU→
27D
Lab connection (5)
Starts with L, ends with HLEASH→
28D
Gladiator maker (4)
Starts with J, ends with PJEEP→
29D
Lecher’s look (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGLE→
30D
Cold coating (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHOAR→
35D
Double duty? (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTUNT→
36D
South American monkey (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITITI→
38D
Angels, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with L, ends with ALAA→
39D
Nonetheless (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBUT→
41D
Sign for one born on Cinco de Mayo (6)
Starts with E, ends with OELTORO→
42D
Get under control (6)
Starts with R, ends with NREININ→
43D
Water carrier (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDUCT→
45D
Bee follower (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECEE→
46D
Agcy. monitoring outbreaks (3)
Starts with C, ends with CCDC→
47D
Grimm character (3)
Starts with E, ends with FELF→
51D
Part of Q.E.D. (4)
Starts with E, ends with TERAT→
52D
Exact copy (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECLONE→
53D
Compare (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLIKEN→
55D
Campfire chow (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBEANS→
57D
Catchall abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
59D
Multiple choices (5)
Starts with A, ends with CABORC→
60D
Dark Lord of the Sith (5)
Starts with V, ends with RVADER→
61D
Tough on the stomach (5)
Starts with A, ends with YACIDY→
62D
Blind followers (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSHEEP→
64D
Old show shifter (3)
Starts with V, ends with RVCR→
65D
Bass, e.g. (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
66D
Apply gently (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDAB→
70D
Kay Thompson character (6)
Starts with E, ends with EELOISE→
71D
Mischievous one (6)
Starts with R, ends with LRASCAL→
72D
Suffix for meteor or magnet (4)
Starts with I, ends with CITIC→
73D
Fundraiser for pols (3)
Starts with P, ends with CPAC→
78D
Swelter (5)
Starts with B, ends with LBROIL→
80D
H.S. supporters (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPTAS→
81D
OMG or LOL, e.g. (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATLA→
83D
Hobbit’s foe (3)
Starts with O, ends with CORC→
84D
Common Market inits. (3)
Starts with E, ends with CEEC→
85D
The Bruins’ sch. (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUCLA→
87D
Bruins, to Brutus (5)
Starts with U, ends with EURSAE→
89D
Cellos and violas, in mus. (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSTR→
91D
Drove ahead (8)
Starts with I, ends with DIMPELLED→
92D
Café additive (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLAIT→
93D
Sicilian erupter (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
94D
Civil rights activist Morris (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDEES→
97D
Tech squads (7)
Starts with I, ends with SITTEAMS→
98D
Bozos, in Canadian slang (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHOSERS→
99D
Lafrenière of the New York Rangers (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALEXIS→
100D
Beverly Cleary character (6)
Starts with R, ends with ARAMONA→
101D
Conking out (5)
Starts with D, ends with GDYING→
102D
Protein-rich legume (6)
Starts with L, ends with LLENTIL→
107D
Public argument (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCENE→
109D
Impatient (5)
Starts with A, ends with YANTSY→
110D
School in the U.K. (3)
Starts with U, ends with IUNI→
113D
Cruise ship retired and converted into a floating UAE hotel (4)
Starts with Q, ends with IQEII→
114D
Coffee dispensers (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURNS→
115D
“Othello” fellow (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIAGO→
116D
White House advisory grp. (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNSC→
117D
Sporty car roof (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTTOP→
118D
Cake shop worker (4)
Starts with I, ends with RICER→
119D
Retinoid target (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACNE→
122D
“Kinda” (3)
Starts with I, ends with HISH→
123D
Sgt., e.g. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONCO→
124D
Crunch target (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGUT→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for June 27, 2026?+
140 clues: 57 Across and 83 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Randolph Ross and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Things we complain about (PEEVES); It’s about 2,000 miles east of LAX (ATL); Firm figures, for short (ATTYS).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
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