WSJ Crossword hints and answers for September 22, 2026
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Clues78
Across36
Down42
TitleCar Talk
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
Sacred song (5)
Starts with P, ends with MPSALM→
6A
Business offering wraps (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
9A
Page near the front of many fantasy novels (3)
Starts with M, ends with PMAP→
12A
Expire (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRUNOUT→
14A
Word beside a harp on some euro coins (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEIRE→
16A
Red Sox outfielder White (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
17A
Heir’s concern (6)
Starts with E, ends with EESTATE→
18A
Unruffled (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCALM→
19A
Paycheck deduction (3)
Starts with T, ends with XTAX→
20A
Change gears in a Ford? (13)
Starts with S, ends with SSHIFTTHEFOCUS→
23A
Clarification on a misspelling (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSIC→
24A
Retinal receptor (3)
Starts with R, ends with DROD→
25A
Encourage (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEGGON→
28A
Exit the Subaru? (12)
Starts with L, ends with YLEAVEALEGACY→
32A
Unlikely, as chances go (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSLIM→
34A
Conk out (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDIE→
35A
Letters on Broadway buses (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMTA→
36A
Prepared for print (7)
Starts with L, ends with TLAIDOUT→
39A
Evil act (7)
Starts with M, ends with DMISDEED→
42A
Planet, poetically (3)
Starts with O, ends with BORB→
43A
Beatles descriptor (3)
Starts with F, ends with BFAB→
45A
Lab procedure (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTEST→
46A
Unveil a Kia? (12)
Starts with B, ends with LBAREYOURSOUL→
51A
Barbershop offering (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHAVE→
52A
Corn unit (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
53A
Anaheim team, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with L, ends with ALAA→
56A
Catch up to the Honda? (13)
Starts with R, ends with DREACHANACCORD→
61A
Cannes consent (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOUI→
63A
Cheer (for) (4)
Starts with R, ends with TROOT→
64A
Lamented loudly (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMOANED→
65A
Double helix stuff (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
66A
Nibble (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOSH→
67A
Enchanting quality (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAPPEAL→
68A
Dress in (3)
Starts with D, ends with NDON→
69A
Peg for Pebble Beach (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
70A
Hardly loquacious (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETERSE→
Down
2D
Fish dish (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISUSHI→
3D
Bit of high jinks (5)
Starts with A, ends with CANTIC→
4D
Bakery unit (4)
Starts with L, ends with FLOAF→
5D
Pound pick (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMUTT→
6D
Broke away (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSECEDED→
7D
Singer Edith (4)
Starts with P, ends with FPIAF→
8D
Folk singer Guthrie (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARLO→
9D
Citi Field doings (9)
Starts with M, ends with SMETSGAMES→
10D
Copying (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
11D
Selfies, slangily (3)
Starts with P, ends with XPIX→
13D
Aquarium fish (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATETRA→
15D
Quiz show VIP (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMCEE→
21D
Carpool lane, in brief (3)
Starts with H, ends with VHOV→
22D
Big name in Australian footwear (3)
Starts with U, ends with GUGG→
26D
Smallish a cappella group, perhaps (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOCTET→
27D
Long-distance swimmer Diana (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNYAD→
28D
Pot part (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLID→
29D
Moody music (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
30D
Aspiration (3)
Starts with A, ends with MAIM→
31D
Island adornment (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILEI→
32D
Jazz great Vaughan (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSARAH→
33D
One for the books? (9)
Starts with L, ends with NLIBRARIAN→
36D
High tennis hits (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLOBS→
37D
Enigmatic hoverer (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUFO→
38D
Frat letter (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTAU→
40D
Disco ___ (“The Simpsons” character) (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
41D
E. Coast state (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDEL→
44D
Midwife’s instruction (7)
Starts with B, ends with EBREATHE→
47D
Eden evictee (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
48D
Long (for) (5)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEARN→
49D
Japanese honorific (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSAN→
50D
Ad suffix akin to -palooza (5)
Starts with O, ends with AORAMA→
53D
Solitary sort (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLONER→
54D
Regions (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAREAS→
55D
Confuse greatly (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADDLE→
57D
Aquatic bird (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCOOT→
58D
Radiator attachment (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOSE→
59D
Egyptian Christian (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCOPT→
60D
Superhero accessory (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAPE→
61D
Out of the ordinary (3)
Starts with O, ends with DODD→
62D
Cancún count start (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUNO→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for September 22, 2026?+
78 clues: 36 Across and 42 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Fred Raker & Jeremy Lieberman and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Sacred song (PSALM); Business offering wraps (SPA); Page near the front of many fantasy novels (MAP).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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