WSJ Crossword hints and answers for October 23, 2026
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Clues134
Across65
Down69
TitleIn and Out
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
7A
Far from gregarious (5)
Starts with A, ends with FALOOF→
12A
Iga who’s won the U.S. Open, French Open and Wimbledon (7)
Starts with S, ends with KSWIATEK→
19A
Hook’s field (6)
Starts with P, ends with YPIRACY→
20A
Stripe-shirted character found in kids’ books (5)
Starts with W, ends with OWALDO→
21A
Graceful entry into the pool (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESWANDIVE→
22A
Fall beverage only available to those in the know? (12)
Starts with I, ends with RINSIDERCIDER→
24A
Rides with toes off the board (8)
Starts with H, ends with NHANGSTEN→
25A
Play around, so to speak (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTOUR→
26A
Mobile CPR pro (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
27A
Out of the ordinary (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESTRANGE→
29A
Body art, informally (3)
Starts with I, ends with KINK→
30A
Link letters (3)
Starts with U, ends with LURL→
31A
Pewter, e.g. (5)
Starts with A, ends with YALLOY→
33A
Biscotti flavoring (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANISE→
34A
Blade for an Olympian (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
37A
Chance for the comic’s apprentice to perform? (10)
Starts with I, ends with NINTERNTURN→
40A
Writers Beattie and Patchett (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANNS→
41A
Legal drama fig. (6)
Starts with A, ends with AASSTDA→
44A
One may be bonded (3)
Starts with I, ends with NION→
45A
Oracle’s temple? (11)
Starts with I, ends with EINSIGHTSITE→
48A
Canaries, for example (7)
Starts with I, ends with SISLANDS→
52A
Tickle (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMUSE→
53A
Physician Virginia, for whom a newborn test is named (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAPGAR→
54A
Half of Popeye’s adopted baby’s name (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESWEE→
55A
Braz. neighbor (3)
Starts with U, ends with UURU→
56A
Plant with starchy corms (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTARO→
57A
Like the start of knighthood (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSILENT→
59A
Phone screen array (5)
Starts with I, ends with SICONS→
60A
Inner ear, of a sort (3)
Starts with C, ends with BCOB→
61A
Have a mortgage, say (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOWE→
62A
Things smelled in some churches? (13)
Starts with I, ends with SINCENSESCENTS→
64A
High return (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLOB→
65A
Dissenting vote (3)
Starts with N, ends with YNAY→
66A
Düsseldorf dissents (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEINS→
67A
Simple shack (6)
Starts with L, ends with OLEANTO→
68A
Relinquish (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECEDE→
69A
Before, in ballades (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
70A
Casino table covering (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFELT→
71A
Guy who cooks (5)
Starts with F, ends with IFIERI→
72A
Pediatric patient (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCHILD→
73A
Carousal (7)
Starts with R, ends with YREVELRY→
75A
Come back from a 30-40 score in tennis? (11)
Starts with I, ends with EINDUCEDEUCE→
78A
Word on a bill (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDUE→
79A
Italicize, e.g. (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTRESS→
81A
Charger unit (4)
Starts with V, ends with TVOLT→
82A
Make a list of all of the cards in packs of tarot? (10)
Starts with I, ends with SINDEXDECKS→
86A
Stop fretting (8)
Starts with R, ends with YRESTEASY→
90A
Day divider (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNOON→
91A
Harness races (5)
Starts with T, ends with STROTS→
93A
Frees of skin (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPARES→
94A
Name after Sallie, Fannie or Ginnie (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
95A
Home base? (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
96A
Twitter/X alternative with a butterfly logo (7)
Starts with B, ends with YBLUESKY→
98A
Early hrs. (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAMS→
99A
Another name for broad bean (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFAVA→
100A
Capital of South Australia (8)
Starts with A, ends with EADELAIDE→
102A
A dentist’s Boley gauge, e.g.? (12)
Starts with I, ends with RINCISORSIZER→
106A
Inconvenient, in a way (8)
Starts with I, ends with DILLTIMED→
107A
Tea treat (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCONE→
108A
Officially prohibit (6)
Starts with E, ends with NENJOIN→
109A
Takes out (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDELETES→
110A
Round at the bar, perhaps (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOTS→
111A
Loyalty program accrual (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPOINTS→
Down
1D
Prove the practicality of a bib (6)
Starts with S, ends with PSPITUP→
2D
Cassiterite, notably (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETINORE→
3D
“The Little Mermaid” villainess (6)
Starts with U, ends with AURSULA→
4D
Birkenstock buy (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPAIR→
5D
Cause of some tics, in brief (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOCD→
6D
Reuben base (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERYE→
7D
“You’ve gotta be kidding!” (6)
Starts with A, ends with NAWCMON→
8D
Pew group (5)
Starts with L, ends with YLAITY→
9D
Creaky, maybe (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOLD→
10D
Ukraine’s main port (5)
Starts with O, ends with AODESA→
11D
Internet gamer who may spend V-Bucks (9)
Starts with F, ends with RFORTNITER→
12D
1919 George Gershwin composition (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESWANEE→
13D
Designer Vera (4)
Starts with W, ends with GWANG→
14D
“The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” playwright (4)
Starts with I, ends with EINGE→
15D
Billboard displays (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
16D
“The Mikado” town (6)
Starts with T, ends with UTITIPU→
17D
Leveling tool (6)
Starts with E, ends with REVENER→
18D
Math logic puzzle invented by Tetsuya Miyamoto (6)
Starts with K, ends with NKENKEN→
21D
Second-highest mount in the Cascade Range (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASHASTA→
23D
Dog topper (6)
Starts with R, ends with HRELISH→
28D
Orange coat (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRIND→
31D
Nickname for the Governator (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARNIE→
32D
“Metropolis” director Fritz (4)
Starts with L, ends with GLANG→
34D
Europe’s highest volcano (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
36D
The title role in Verdi’s “Attila,” e.g. (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBASSO→
38D
Met, as a challenge (7)
Starts with R, ends with ORISENTO→
39D
Phrase tacked on for emphasis (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOLESS→
41D
Trembly trees (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASPENS→
42D
2002 M. Night Shyamalan film (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSIGNS→
43D
Escapee’s destination, maybe (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESTATELINE→
45D
“You don’t need to remind me” (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIMAWARE→
46D
Noted defector of 1961 (7)
Starts with N, ends with VNUREYEV→
47D
Scout’s discovery (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTALENT→
48D
“You can’t make me!” (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIWONT→
49D
One of the letters of DNA stands for it (7)
Starts with N, ends with CNUCLEIC→
50D
“What is it?” drawing created by Roger Price (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDROODLE→
51D
Filled in (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSUBBED→
52D
Penitent person (6)
Starts with A, ends with RATONER→
54D
Overlook description (6)
Starts with S, ends with CSCENIC→
57D
Displayed derision (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSNEERED→
58D
How an unwelcome guest may be received (5)
Starts with I, ends with YICILY→
59D
Fallen flier (6)
Starts with I, ends with SICARUS→
62D
Surge of new arrivals (6)
Starts with I, ends with XINFLUX→
63D
Buy from Burpee (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEDS→
68D
Spot for garbage or laundry, in some buildings (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECHUTE→
71D
Romantic milestone (9)
Starts with F, ends with SFIRSTKISS→
72D
Samhain celebrators (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCELTS→
74D
Unspoiled spot (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
76D
Extremely (6)
Starts with E, ends with OEVERSO→
77D
Two tablets, perhaps (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOSE→
79D
Bitter rant (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSCREED→
80D
Ring decisions (4)
Starts with T, ends with STKOS→
82D
Like marquetry (6)
Starts with I, ends with DINLAID→
83D
Melon or bean (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOODLE→
84D
“Spill!” (6)
Starts with D, ends with LDOTELL→
85D
Piano pieces (6)
Starts with E, ends with SETUDES→
86D
Subject of Abu Simbel statues (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRAMSES→
87D
Manaus’s river (6)
Starts with A, ends with NAMAZON→
88D
“I don’t want to hear your excuses!” (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSAVEIT→
92D
Coordinate (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSYNCH→
93D
Coat on a bench, say (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPAINT→
96D
Torment with nasty remarks (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAIT→
97D
Green shade (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELIME→
99D
Evian alternative (4)
Starts with F, ends with IFIJI→
101D
Pre-5G mobile tech letters (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELTE→
103D
Rooftop sound (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCOO→
104D
Call center worker, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with PREP→
105D
Start for Cat or Caps (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSNO→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for October 23, 2026?+
134 clues: 65 Across and 69 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Daze (STUPOR); Far from gregarious (ALOOF); Iga who’s won the U.S. Open, French Open and Wimbledon (SWIATEK).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
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