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Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 31, 2026

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October 31, 2026

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Across

1.It might put you in a tight squeeze8 letters9.Carrying capacity6 letters15.Terrier in the 1940s White House4 letters19.Comment after a heated exchange?8 letters20.Qualification in a Google Maps search6 letters21.Astronaut Baker or Ochoa5 letters22.Almond-flavored liqueur8 letters23.Patronize, as a bistro6 letters24.Noggin5 letters25.85-Across, in France3 letters26.Drill leaders6 letters28.It could be anybody7 letters30.Tequila-and-grapefruit-soda cocktails7 letters35.Prevailed9 letters37.Pampers in Paddington7 letters39.Equitable portion9 letters44.Spicy condiments8 letters47.Ends6 letters49.Gusto4 letters50.Kinks song set in “a club down in old Soho”4 letters51.Account amount7 letters54.Connect with5 letters55.Restless5 letters57.Hopping mad8 letters58.Song section5 letters59.Hive group7 letters61.Lucky strike?4 letters62.Warning signs5 letters64.Mrs. in Managua3 letters65.Big blow4 letters67.Citi Field team, in sports tickers3 letters68.Comedian Bargatze4 letters69.Printer problem3 letters72.Aspirations5 letters73.“Voulez-Vous” group4 letters75.Contrary to good manners7 letters77.Eggs on5 letters79.Effect used to measure the distance to close stars8 letters82.Lightly burn5 letters83.Scholarship benefactors, at times5 letters84.Browser input7 letters85.Shaker fill4 letters86.Spa treatment, for short4 letters87.Aquino’s predecessor6 letters89.They help you choose a new hue8 letters93.Sign, as an agreement9 letters95.Cyclist van der Poel, nicknamed “The Flying Dutchman”7 letters97.Beyond question9 letters100.2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi film7 letters104.Cover names7 letters108.Without an owner6 letters110.Brainless automaton3 letters111.Bit of color5 letters112.Put onto the supermarket checkout counter, maybe6 letters114.___ Plaza (“Die Hard” setting)8 letters119.Pitch perfect5 letters120.“The Count of Monte ___”6 letters121.Novel8 letters122.Legendary loch4 letters123.Summertime top6 letters124.Crowded housing8 letters

Down

1.In shock5 letters2.Where Hercules slew a lion5 letters3.Even a little5 letters4.Deck item3 letters5.Lunchbox goody3 letters6.Timeout penalty, perhaps3 letters7.Show fondness3 letters8.Singer Tori4 letters9.Northernmost of Greece’s Cyclades archipelago6 letters10.Hold power5 letters11.“Music in the Tuileries” painter5 letters12.Aspiring newcomer9 letters13.Thurman of “Kill Bill”3 letters14.Doesn’t add fuel to, say7 letters15.Admiral’s concern4 letters16.Permit4 letters17.Téa of “Jurassic Park III”4 letters18.Subsume, as land4 letters21.RuPaul has 14 of them5 letters27.Impress immensely3 letters29.Two in a row?4 letters31.“It’s better left unsaid”6 letters32.Oldest independent state in the Arab world3 letters33.Satisfy a nicotine craving, in a way3 letters34.Award for Best Play, e.g.3 letters36.Pressed lightly, as the brakes7 letters38.ID found on a jacket4 letters40.Belonging to neither you nor me, maybe5 letters41.Land on the Irish Sea4 letters42.Hopping mad4 letters43.Foreign: Prefix3 letters44.Persian weapons5 letters45.Pay tribute to5 letters46.Extreme5 letters47.Treats illustrated literally four times in this puzzle9 letters48.Group with play dates?8 letters52.Common sports injury site, for short3 letters53.Turtle with a blue headband8 letters54.Core beliefs6 letters56.“Zounds!”6 letters57.9-Down, e.g.4 letters58.Nix4 letters60.Travis Scott performances4 letters63.Cat o’ no tail4 letters66.Grass used to make high-quality paper7 letters69.Hill of Hollywood5 letters70.A matter of degrees?5 letters71.Sports competitions5 letters72.More comfy-cozy5 letters74.Lou Gehrig’s disease, for short3 letters76.Hash out6 letters77.One’s path to going overboard?4 letters78.Cost as much as4 letters80.Nonprofit org. that promotes public service announcements9 letters81.CEO’s helper4 letters83.Iowa State setting3 letters87.Vein setting4 letters88.With more things of that sort7 letters90.“Kapow!”3 letters91.Operatic slave3 letters92.Pull apart3 letters94.Out of practice5 letters95.Trusted teacher6 letters96.Drink suffix3 letters98.Speak with swagger5 letters99.Rich dessert5 letters101.Side-impact collision, familiarly5 letters102.Centurion, say5 letters103.Leaning5 letters104.Held back, as a news story4 letters105.Kevin of “A Fish Called Wanda”4 letters106.Communication between pen pals?4 letters107.Hurries4 letters109.Insolent brat4 letters113.Org. opposed to background checks3 letters115.Mustang mom3 letters116.Comparable3 letters117.Hopping mad feeling3 letters118.Fidgeting with toys or rings, say3 letters

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