WSJ Crossword hints and answers for July 22, 2026
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Clues78
Across38
Down40
TitleSitting Around
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
Diet target (4)
Starts with F, ends with BFLAB→
5A
Heating option (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
8A
Like rawhide bones (6)
Starts with C, ends with DCHEWED→
14A
Brand once marketed as “the great national temperance beverage” (8)
Starts with C, ends with ACOCACOLA→
16A
State of southern Mexico (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOAXACA→
17A
Leap while snowboarding (8)
Starts with C, ends with RCATCHAIR→
18A
Millionth of a meter (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMICRON→
19A
“Whine Up” singer DeLuna (3)
Starts with K, ends with TKAT→
20A
River past Balmoral Castle (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
22A
“So Big” writer Ferber (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEDNA→
23A
Help the chef (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPREP→
25A
“The Caretaker” playwright (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPINTER→
27A
“The Hound of the Baskervilles” setting (4)
Starts with M, ends with RMOOR→
28A
Nicole Kidman’s co-star in 2001’s “Birthday Girl” (10)
Starts with B, ends with NBENCHAPLIN→
32A
Lends support (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIDS→
33A
Title before Fox or Rabbit (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBRER→
34A
Curling need (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTONE→
35A
Smelter supply (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
36A
Faith Hill song “Take Me ___ Am” (3)
Starts with A, ends with IASI→
37A
Nondairy milk option (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
39A
Quote the raven? (3)
Starts with C, ends with WCAW→
40A
Henhouse sight (5)
Starts with R, ends with TROOST→
42A
Stout-bodied fish (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCHUB→
44A
Sgt.’s superior (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCAPT→
45A
“You missed your opportunity” (10)
Starts with I, ends with EITSTOOLATE→
47A
Wasatch Range tribe (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUTES→
48A
Hold back (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIMPEDE→
49A
Harbor, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
50A
Choose not to sip (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSWIG→
53A
“Patience ___ virtue” (3)
Starts with I, ends with AISA→
54A
Cannes companion (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAMI→
55A
“Oil my arms, please, oil my elbows” speaker (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTINMAN→
57A
It folds down for a passenger (and an instruction for how to treat several Down answers) (8)
Starts with J, ends with TJUMPSEAT→
62A
Mysterious (6)
Starts with A, ends with EARCANE→
63A
Simple, as a rocket (8)
Starts with O, ends with EONESTAGE→
64A
Creatures (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBEASTS→
65A
Go a round (3)
Starts with B, ends with XBOX→
66A
Treat for a chickadee (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSUET→
Down
1D
Media monitor, for short (3)
Starts with F, ends with CFCC→
2D
Mauna ___ (3)
Starts with L, ends with ALOA→
3D
Opera division (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
4D
Producers of pastries (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBACKERS→
5D
Acquired (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGOAT→
6D
Green with Grammys (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
7D
“Sexy” Beatles girl (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESARDINE→
8D
Astronomer’s sighting (6)
Starts with C, ends with HCOMETH→
9D
Yes, in Yokohama (3)
Starts with H, ends with IHAI→
10D
Book bit (7)
Starts with E, ends with TEXCERPT→
11D
City section (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWARD→
12D
Bus. sch. subject (4)
Starts with E, ends with NECON→
13D
Comical Carvey (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADANA→
15D
Topper (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCHAP→
21D
Between stops (8)
Starts with E, ends with EENCROUTE→
23D
“The A.B.C. Murders” sleuth (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPOIROT→
24D
Drive in Beverly Hills (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRODEOS→
25D
Numbers on tags (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPERICLES→
26D
Marco Polo’s heading (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
27D
Their name for New Zealand is Aotearoa (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMAORI→
28D
Common undergrad deg. (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBBS→
29D
Pinpoint (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELOCATE→
30D
Peevishly sulking (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINAPET→
31D
Small amphibians (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWTS→
36D
Dispenser of dollars (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
38D
Teddy’s neighbor on Mount Rushmore (3)
Starts with A, ends with EABE→
41D
Summation signs, in math (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTIGMAS→
43D
Worked (7)
Starts with H, ends with BHADAJOB→
44D
Ark-measuring units (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCUBISTS→
46D
Needle sources (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOPINES→
49D
Band boosters (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMPS→
50D
Wild guess (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSTAB→
51D
Undercover cop’s wear (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWIRE→
52D
Cuzco people (4)
Starts with I, ends with AINCA→
54D
Visa rival, familiarly (4)
Starts with A, ends with XAMEX→
56D
Crumb bearer (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
58D
Italian count’s start (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUNO→
59D
Gold, to chemists (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
60D
“We Bring Good Things to Life” advertiser, once (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
61D
Visitor in a 1982 Spielberg movie (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTET→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for July 22, 2026?+
78 clues: 38 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Diet target (FLAB); Heating option (GAS); Like rawhide bones (CHEWED).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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