WSJ Crossword hints and answers for August 4, 2026
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
TitleHollywood Ending
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
Fist bump (3)
Starts with D, ends with PDAP→
4A
Full of energy (5)
Starts with V, ends with LVITAL→
9A
Blows off steam (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRANTS→
14A
Commotion (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
15A
Letter on a resistor (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOMEGA→
16A
Old assembly area (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAGORA→
17A
Operate the camera for a 1994 Bullock/Reeves action movie? (9)
Starts with F, ends with DFILMSPEED→
19A
Nickname of Hall of Famer Ernie Banks (5)
Starts with M, ends with BMRCUB→
20A
Spun yarn (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETALE→
21A
Digest founder Eric (4)
Starts with U, ends with EUTNE→
22A
Quiet partner (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPEACE→
23A
Arrange the kliegs and spots for a 1973 Woody Allen movie? (12)
Starts with L, ends with RLIGHTSLEEPER→
29A
The rite answer (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIDO→
30A
Put to the test (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTRIED→
31A
Papers in pots (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIOUS→
34A
Barclays Center ballers (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNETS→
38A
Star pitcher (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
39A
Provide funding for a 2004 James Wan horror movie? (7)
Starts with B, ends with WBACKSAW→
42A
Plumeria product (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILEI→
43A
Kansas or Alabama, e.g. (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBAND→
45A
Planted plots (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBEDS→
48A
Press into service (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
50A
Relaxed (6)
Starts with A, ends with EATEASE→
51A
Helm a 2012 Denzel Washington movie? (12)
Starts with D, ends with TDIRECTFLIGHT→
57A
“Oh My God” singer (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADELE→
58A
Chaplin of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOONA→
59A
Terrible time for a toddler (4)
Starts with T, ends with STWOS→
63A
University of Louisiana’s ___ Cajuns (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAGIN→
64A
Hire actors for a 2008 Meryl Streep movie? (9)
Starts with C, ends with TCASTDOUBT→
66A
1960s United Nations secretary-general (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTHANT→
67A
When many take their coffee break (5)
Starts with A, ends with NATTEN→
68A
Veggie burger protein (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSOY→
69A
Numbers (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSONGS→
70A
Tibet’s capital (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALHASA→
71A
Passport datum (3)
Starts with S, ends with XSEX→
Down
1D
Absurd (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDAFT→
2D
Sarah McLachlan hit (4)
Starts with A, ends with AADIA→
3D
Campaign predictor (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPOLL→
4D
“Veritas ___ liberabit” (“Truth will set you free”) (3)
Starts with V, ends with SVOS→
5D
Call into question (6)
Starts with I, ends with NIMPUGN→
6D
Some of them bear crowns (5)
Starts with T, ends with HTEETH→
7D
Star pitcher? (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAGENT→
8D
Fills with cargo (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLADES→
9D
Ratcheted (up) (6)
Starts with R, ends with DRAMPED→
10D
Accept mutually (7)
Starts with A, ends with NAGREEON→
11D
“For real!” (5)
Starts with N, ends with PNOCAP→
12D
Battle break (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUCE→
13D
Fencing choice (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSABER→
18D
Rumble (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMELEE→
24D
Online reference for cinephiles (4)
Starts with I, ends with BIMDB→
25D
Homer’s middle child (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALISA→
26D
Wild guess (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSTAB→
27D
Black-and-white mammal (4)
Starts with O, ends with AORCA→
28D
Bank holding (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLIEN→
31D
Rocks in slings? (3)
Starts with I, ends with EICE→
32D
Approved (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOKD→
33D
Cruiser letters (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUSS→
35D
Fitzgerald of jazz (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
36D
Concert merch (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEES→
37D
Position (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESITE→
40D
Be complicit (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
41D
In the company of (4)
Starts with W, ends with HWITH→
44D
Some swordplay (7)
Starts with D, ends with GDUELING→
49D
Perfumery products (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSCENTS→
50D
Playing marbles (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAGATES→
51D
Game with a numbered board (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDARTS→
52D
Its license plates say “Famous potatoes” (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIDAHO→
53D
Lear’s middle child (5)
Starts with R, ends with NREGAN→
54D
Kind of point (5)
Starts with F, ends with LFOCAL→
55D
Reluctant (5)
Starts with L, ends with HLOATH→
56D
Place for online pic posting (5)
Starts with I, ends with AINSTA→
60D
Gutless sort (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWUSS→
61D
Double-reed instrument (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
62D
“Come Sail Away” rock group (4)
Starts with S, ends with XSTYX→
65D
Crime scene evidence (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for August 4, 2026?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Fist bump (DAP); Full of energy (VITAL); Blows off steam (RANTS).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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