WSJ Crossword hints and answers for September 4, 2026
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Clues140
Across67
Down73
TitleAI Slop
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
Music genre for Tokyo’s Yoasobi and Nogizaka46 (4)
Starts with J, ends with PJPOP→
5A
Speaks for, briefly (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREPS→
9A
Motrin alternative (5)
Starts with A, ends with LADVIL→
14A
Corkscrews on tables, e.g. (5)
Starts with P, ends with APASTA→
19A
Brand for Brussels griffons (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALPO→
20A
Westernmost D-Day beach (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUTAH→
21A
They fly in an 11-Down (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGEESE→
22A
Abstractions (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIDEAS→
23A
Dieting and exercising to avoid needing to buy a bigger belt? (15)
Starts with W, ends with TWAISTMANAGEMENT→
26A
Disinclined (5)
Starts with L, ends with HLOATH→
27A
Eurythmics singer Lennox (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANNIE→
28A
Ceremonial basin (6)
Starts with L, ends with OLAVABO→
29A
At most (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOPS→
31A
Cow chow (3)
Starts with H, ends with YHAY→
32A
Designer’s draft (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSKETCH→
34A
Deserves (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMERITS→
36A
Maker of licensed vinyl toy figures (5)
Starts with F, ends with OFUNKO→
38A
Common name for a herding dog (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSHEP→
40A
Fear-inducing thunderstorm? (12)
Starts with R, ends with RRAINOFTERROR→
44A
Asian honorific (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
47A
Ill-suited (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINAPT→
50A
Make out, in Bath (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSNOG→
51A
Frolicsome (6)
Starts with F, ends with YFRISKY→
52A
Astonishingly awesome shriek? (10)
Starts with K, ends with LKILLERWAIL→
55A
Astronaut Cooper, familiarly (5)
Starts with G, ends with OGORDO→
57A
Lab liquids (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASERA→
58A
“Freeze the Feeling” beverage brand (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
59A
Happening place (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINSPOT→
61A
Iridescent gem (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPEARL→
63A
Asian honorific (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSAN→
64A
“The Commitments” writer Doyle (5)
Starts with R, ends with YRODDY→
66A
Bacteria-infected (6)
Starts with S, ends with CSEPTIC→
68A
Place under the seat, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSTOW→
70A
77A
Ancient music halls (4)
Starts with O, ends with AODEA→
78A
Goddess of the dawn (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAURORA→
79A
Carried (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBORNE→
80A
Flimflam (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCON→
83A
Opposite of avant (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAPRES→
86A
Bomb in an idiom about backfiring plans (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPETARD→
88A
With 44-Down, modest garment (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMIDI→
89A
Mimicked (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAPED→
91A
Replies to a host (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRSVPS→
93A
What a bird feels after crashing into a sheet of glass? (10)
Starts with W, ends with NWINDOWPAIN→
95A
Piedmontese wine (6)
Starts with B, ends with OBAROLO→
99A
Nick of “Tropic Thunder” (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOLTE→
100A
___ Islas Filipinas (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLAS→
101A
Spy tasked with following spouses in their golden years? (12)
Starts with O, ends with LOLDWIVESTAIL→
104A
Crowd-sourced review site (4)
Starts with Y, ends with PYELP→
107A
Antarctic explorer Shackleton (6)
Starts with E, ends with TERNEST→
110A
Unsavory (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSORDID→
114A
Nothing at all (3)
Starts with N, ends with LNIL→
116A
Taylor Swift’s “___ Something Bad” (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIDID→
118A
Auto correction (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTUNEUP→
120A
City of Tuscany (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASIENA→
121A
Ivy in Philly (5)
Starts with U, ends with NUPENN→
123A
Crew members tending to spinnakers and jibs? (15)
Starts with S, ends with TSAILSDEPARTMENT→
126A
Tight headwear (5)
Starts with D, ends with GDORAG→
127A
A crowd, they say (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHREE→
128A
Ivy in New Haven (4)
Starts with Y, ends with EYALE→
129A
One of a geographic quintet (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
130A
Operatic bass-baritone Simon (5)
Starts with E, ends with SESTES→
131A
Iditarod vehicles (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLEDS→
132A
Passed easily (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACED→
133A
Property paper (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEED→
Down
1D
Scavengers who sell C-3PO and R2-D2 to Luke’s uncle (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJAWAS→
2D
Core exercise (5)
Starts with P, ends with KPLANK→
3D
Think out loud (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOPINE→
4D
Hypothesizes (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSITS→
5D
Dark ’n’ Stormy part (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRUM→
6D
List wrap-up (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
7D
Yankee Clipper carrier (5)
Starts with P, ends with MPANAM→
8D
Wax alternative (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHAVE→
9D
Problem for job-seeking seniors (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAGEBIAS→
10D
Lowering in rank (8)
Starts with D, ends with GDEMOTING→
11D
See 21-Across (3)
Starts with V, ends with EVEE→
12D
“Freedom ___ free” (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISNT→
13D
Acquitted (6)
Starts with L, ends with FLETOFF→
14D
Hoppy lager (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPILSNER→
15D
Hubbub (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
16D
Members of the genus Hippocampus (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSEAHORSES→
17D
“So long!” (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATATA→
24D
Helper after a crash (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETECHIE→
25D
Teri of “Young Frankenstein” (4)
Starts with G, ends with RGARR→
30D
Hypothesize (8)
Starts with P, ends with HPUTFORTH→
33D
Mathematician Poincaré (5)
Starts with H, ends with IHENRI→
35D
Inquisitive sort (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSNOOP→
37D
Mr. Kringle (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKRIS→
39D
History Channel’s highest-rated show (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPAWNSTARS→
41D
Grimm monster (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGRE→
42D
Vegetable called bhindi in Pakistan (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOKRA→
43D
Gosling in Hollywood (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRYAN→
44D
See 88-Across (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSKIRT→
45D
Big name in copiers (5)
Starts with R, ends with HRICOH→
46D
___ la Cité (site of Notre Dame cathedral) (5)
Starts with I, ends with EILEDE→
48D
Leisurely stroll, in Spanish-speaking areas (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPASEO→
49D
Hedren of “The Birds” (5)
Starts with T, ends with ITIPPI→
53D
Resulted in (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLEDTO→
54D
“___ luck!” (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALOTSA→
56D
Villainous (9)
Starts with D, ends with YDASTARDLY→
62D
“Stay (I Missed You)” singer Lisa (4)
Starts with L, ends with BLOEB→
65D
Member of the Jedi High Council (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYODA→
67D
Seven-time AL batting champ (5)
Starts with C, ends with WCAREW→
69D
Clobber (5)
Starts with W, ends with PWHOMP→
71D
Admonished (8)
Starts with R, ends with DREPROVED→
73D
Pipe-clearing brand (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODRANO→
74D
Common neo-grotesque font (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIAL→
75D
Most populous country (5)
Starts with I, ends with AINDIA→
76D
Coach controls (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREINS→
80D
Baja resort (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCABO→
81D
Iridescent gem (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOPAL→
82D
“Get a load of this dweeb!” (9)
Starts with N, ends with TNERDALERT→
84D
Nights before (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEVES→
85D
Flurry (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPATE→
87D
Lavishes affection (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDOTES→
92D
Hit with a jump scare (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSTARTLED→
94D
Lament of the vanquished (6)
Starts with W, ends with TWELOST→
96D
Jacket parts (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLININGS→
98D
Cranial cavities (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSINUSES→
102D
Is real (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXISTS→
103D
Advance (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEND→
108D
“So long!” (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASEEYA→
109D
“Dear Mama” rapper (5)
Starts with T, ends with CTUPAC→
111D
Steel plow inventor (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDEERE→
112D
Navel type (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINNIE→
113D
Out of fashion (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDATED→
114D
Botticelli’s Venus, e.g. (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENUDE→
115D
NYSE debuts (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPOS→
117D
Willy Wonka’s creator (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDAHL→
122D
Scottish refusal (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENAE→
125D
Like diamonds (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRED→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for September 4, 2026?+
140 clues: 67 Across and 73 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Christopher Youngs and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Music genre for Tokyo’s Yoasobi and Nogizaka46 (JPOP); Speaks for, briefly (REPS); Motrin alternative (ADVIL).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
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