WSJ Crossword hints and answers for July 11, 2026
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Clues138
Across67
Down71
TitleStandard-Bearers
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
They have no notes (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRESTS→
6A
Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRENE→
11A
Donkey beaten with a stick, perhaps (6)
Starts with P, ends with APINATA→
17A
Yellow flower in the daisy family (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOXEYE→
18A
Where gladiators fought (7)
Starts with O, ends with EOLDROME→
20A
Patisserie treat (7)
Starts with M, ends with NMACARON→
21A
Victor’s award in an ancient Greek city? (13)
Starts with S, ends with LSPARTANLAUREL→
23A
Cork’s place (7)
Starts with I, ends with DIRELAND→
24A
Golfer Ernie (3)
Starts with E, ends with SELS→
25A
“Aye, true!” (3)
Starts with T, ends with STIS→
26A
Knife on a flint? (13)
Starts with S, ends with RSPARKYSCRAPER→
28A
Title start of many 108-Down (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATOA→
29A
Loads from lodes (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
31A
T cell producer (6)
Starts with T, ends with STHYMUS→
32A
Tankard fill (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
33A
Prepare for planting (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTILL→
35A
Castor or Pollux, e.g. (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAR→
37A
Squeezed (out) (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEKED→
40A
Hitch, say (6)
Starts with A, ends with HATTACH→
42A
Swabbing tool (3)
Starts with M, ends with PMOP→
44A
No longer the rage (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPASSE→
45A
“Arabian Nights” fliers (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROCS→
46A
Seriously injure (4)
Starts with M, ends with MMAIM→
48A
Round-the-world trip (5)
Starts with O, ends with TORBIT→
50A
Ewe said it (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABAA→
52A
Early ’60s gatherings with Chubby Checker records? (12)
Starts with T, ends with STWISTPARTIES→
56A
Safety features in some showers (8)
Starts with G, ends with SGRABBARS→
61A
Regular tendency (5)
Starts with H, ends with THABIT→
62A
Willem of “Platoon” (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDAFOE→
63A
Bench activity (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRESS→
64A
Kwanzaa mo. (3)
Starts with D, ends with CDEC→
65A
Get ready to run (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
66A
March through the marsh? (11)
Starts with G, ends with EGATORPARADE→
68A
Title character of song who “walked like a woman but talked like a man” (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALOLA→
69A
Ottoman Empire hat (3)
Starts with F, ends with ZFEZ→
70A
Microwave feature (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTIMER→
71A
Make blank (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
72A
Jeopardy (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPERIL→
73A
Spots for swingers (8)
Starts with T, ends with STRAPEZES→
75A
Jargon that’s easygoing? (12)
Starts with F, ends with EFREEPARLANCE→
77A
Hit 1999 Nas album (3)
Starts with I, ends with MIAM→
78A
Torment (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBESET→
79A
Wailing water bird (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLOON→
80A
Phone fillers (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPPS→
83A
8.5-pound award (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROSCAR→
86A
High hit (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLOB→
88A
Striped shoe brand (6)
Starts with A, ends with SADIDAS→
92A
___ avis (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARARA→
93A
Satirist Mort (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSAHL→
94A
Paul of “Ant-Man” (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRUDD→
96A
Chris of “The Good Wife” (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOTH→
97A
___-Magnon man (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCRO→
98A
Trailed at the end (6)
Starts with L, ends with OLOSTTO→
102A
Delights? (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDIMS→
104A
Spot in la Seine (3)
Starts with I, ends with EILE→
105A
Browsing on Zillow, say? (13)
Starts with H, ends with GHOMECOMPARING→
110A
“Huh-uh” (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNAH→
111A
“East of Eden” brother (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCAL→
112A
Site of over 1,000 works by Goya (7)
Starts with E, ends with OELPRADO→
113A
Pastiche combining Dalí’s watches and Warhol’s soup cans? (13)
Starts with M, ends with TMELTINGPOPART→
116A
Won back, as territory (7)
Starts with R, ends with NRETAKEN→
117A
Kia minivans (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSEDONAS→
118A
Abrupt expulsion (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPURGE→
119A
Answers from toadies (6)
Starts with Y, ends with SYESSES→
120A
Boarding spot (5)
Starts with D, ends with TDEPOT→
121A
Ranch ruminant (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTEER→
Down
1D
Site of a historic 1799 discovery (7)
Starts with R, ends with AROSETTA→
2D
Bold feat (7)
Starts with E, ends with TEXPLOIT→
3D
Premium chips ingredient (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSEASALT→
4D
Norse god for whom Tuesday is named (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTYR→
5D
Argument (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSETTO→
6D
Out of sorts (3)
Starts with I, ends with LILL→
7D
Nutrition label nos. (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRDAS→
8D
Blow one’s stack (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERUPT→
9D
CBS journalist O’Donnell (5)
Starts with N, ends with HNORAH→
10D
Abrasive powder (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEMERY→
11D
Place for un pique-nique (4)
Starts with P, ends with CPARC→
12D
“Happy Birthday” writer, maybe (4)
Starts with I, ends with RICER→
13D
Simba’s love, in “The Lion King” (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANALA→
14D
Allies of the Cheyenne (7)
Starts with A, ends with OARAPAHO→
15D
“Funky Cold Medina” rapper (7)
Starts with T, ends with CTONELOC→
16D
Julie made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II (7)
Starts with A, ends with SANDREWS→
19D
Kin of venison (7)
Starts with E, ends with TELKMEAT→
20D
Swinging strikes (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMISSES→
22D
The Hindenburg, e.g. (7)
Starts with A, ends with PAIRSHIP→
27D
Good laughs (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYUKS→
30D
Seattle quarterback Darnold (3)
Starts with S, ends with MSAM→
34D
Heads for the hills (6)
Starts with L, ends with TLAMSIT→
36D
Support from the stands (7)
Starts with R, ends with RROOTFOR→
38D
Cheapen (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDEBASE→
39D
Twins-lion go-between (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCRAB→
41D
Suffragist Carrie Chapman ___ (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCATT→
43D
Preceding (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPRIOR→
44D
Greek consonants (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPIS→
47D
Tussaud title (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMADAME→
49D
Paging devices (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBEEPERS→
51D
Six-pack makeup (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
52D
Kleptomaniac’s crime (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTHEFT→
53D
Heron or ibis, e.g. (5)
Starts with W, ends with RWADER→
54D
Mediterranean island known for its dance music club scene (5)
Starts with I, ends with AIBIZA→
55D
Hotel room posting (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRATES→
56D
Fully understand (5)
Starts with G, ends with PGRASP→
57D
Result of a flipped card, maybe (6)
Starts with R, ends with LREDEAL→
58D
Embellish (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADORN→
59D
Thing of the past (5)
Starts with R, ends with CRELIC→
60D
Bass part (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCALE→
63D
Magistrate in 18-Across (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPRAETOR→
66D
Doodads (6)
Starts with G, ends with SGIZMOS→
67D
Staggering (5)
Starts with A, ends with LAREEL→
68D
2013 Sheryl Sandberg book (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLEANIN→
70D
Crumpet go-with (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
72D
Trudge (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPLOD→
74D
Fibonacci’s birthplace (4)
Starts with P, ends with APISA→
75D
Iron, in France (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFER→
76D
Plan intended to achieve a goal (7)
Starts with R, ends with PROADMAP→
78D
Fragrant firs (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBALSAMS→
80D
Tell tale activity (7)
Starts with A, ends with YARCHERY→
81D
One who doesn’t finish his sentence (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPAROLEE→
82D
Induces (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPROMPTS→
84D
Pinkish orange color (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSALMON→
85D
Dice, say (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCHOP→
87D
Potential flower (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBUD→
89D
“And you’re telling me this why?” (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDOICARE→
90D
Not in custody (7)
Starts with A, ends with EATLARGE→
91D
Protect (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSHELTER→
95D
Scars on cars (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDINGS→
99D
Out on a limb, maybe (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTREED→
100D
Mark for madrileños (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETILDE→
101D
Prevailing (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONTOP→
103D
Hits the mall (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOPS→
106D
Historians’ focuses (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
107D
Wedding reception sight (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAKE→
108D
Dedicated works (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODES→
109D
1992 Heisman winner Torretta (4)
Starts with G, ends with OGINO→
114D
Beltway Series player (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNAT→
115D
Placed (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPUT→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for July 11, 2026?+
138 clues: 67 Across and 71 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: They have no notes (RESTS); Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes (IRENE); Donkey beaten with a stick, perhaps (PINATA).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
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