WSJ Crossword hints and answers for July 31, 2026
A hint and the answer for every clue, each behind its own button. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues142
Across62
Down80
TitleI Got You Babe
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
Hacker’s goal (6)
Starts with A, ends with SACCESS→
7A
“1,000 songs in your pocket” advertiser (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIPOD→
11A
Hurried flight (3)
Starts with L, ends with MLAM→
14A
Coal stratum (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSEAM→
18A
“Roamin’ in the ___” (1912 Harry Lauder song) (7)
Starts with G, ends with NGLOAMIN→
19A
Longest river entirely within Switzerland (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAARE→
20A
Bonobo, e.g. (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
21A
5 for B or 6 for C, e.g. (4)
Starts with A, ends with OATNO→
22A
Home of Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” (7)
Starts with E, ends with OELPRADO→
23A
Grumpy or Happy on wash day, maybe? (13)
Starts with D, ends with RDWARFSTARCHER→
26A
Away from home (5)
Starts with N, ends with NNOTIN→
27A
Hero helped by the divine monkey Hanuman (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARAMA→
29A
Road trip stops (9)
Starts with R, ends with SRESTAREAS→
30A
GI thumbing a ride from Fort Bragg to Fort Benning? (14)
Starts with T, ends with RTWOBASEHITCHER→
34A
Capital on the Missouri River (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPIERRE→
35A
The Chariot or the Tower, e.g. (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTAROT→
36A
2013 Joaquin Phoenix movie about an AI crush (3)
Starts with H, ends with RHER→
37A
Take a load off (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
38A
Olympic paddler (8)
Starts with C, ends with TCANOEIST→
42A
Inexperienced educator? (12)
Starts with G, ends with RGREENTEACHER→
48A
From the start (4)
Starts with A, ends with WANEW→
49A
“___ would like to play” (2006 ad slogan) (3)
Starts with W, ends with IWII→
50A
Frozen Wasser (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEIS→
51A
Cheeky, say (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERUDE→
52A
Boccie-loving Doberman? (15)
Starts with B, ends with RBOWLINGPINSCHER→
59A
“Girl, Interrupted” Oscar winner (5)
Starts with J, ends with EJOLIE→
60A
Bygone jet (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSST→
61A
Colleague of Cleese and Idle (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPALIN→
62A
Tailless amphibian (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOAD→
63A
Stared stupidly (6)
Starts with G, ends with DGAWKED→
64A
Musket attachment (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBAYONET→
66A
Chicago’s largest newspaper (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETRIBUNE→
68A
Impressively tough (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBADASS→
71A
Part of QED (4)
Starts with E, ends with TERAT→
73A
Harden (to) (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINURE→
74A
Business with sweaters (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
78A
“I’ll take whatever beef or pork is available, thanks”? (15)
Starts with A, ends with RANYTHINGBUTCHER→
81A
Shankar with a sitar (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAVI→
82A
Closely monitored hosp. section (3)
Starts with I, ends with UICU→
83A
Fraction of a joule (3)
Starts with E, ends with GERG→
84A
Kate, to Archie and Lilibet (4)
Starts with A, ends with TAUNT→
85A
Roy Campanella or Charles Johnson, e.g.? (12)
Starts with B, ends with RBLACKCATCHER→
89A
Unspecified (8)
Starts with N, ends with SNAMELESS→
93A
___ Lingus (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAER→
94A
Paris accord? (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOUI→
95A
Valentine’s gift (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROSES→
96A
Evaluate (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASSESS→
100A
Praise for a former British prime minister? (14)
Starts with A, ends with RAMENTOTHATCHER→
106A
Mobile home? (9)
Starts with P, ends with EPHONECASE→
108A
“Very funny!” (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHAHA→
109A
Still in the game (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALIVE→
110A
Central American plotting a coup? (13)
Starts with P, ends with RPANAMAHATCHER→
113A
Took a road trip (7)
Starts with M, ends with DMOTORED→
115A
___ II (Gillette brand) (4)
Starts with T, ends with CTRAC→
116A
Word after bachelor or mouse (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPAD→
117A
Salt or smoke, say (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECURE→
118A
Gridiron squads (7)
Starts with E, ends with SELEVENS→
119A
Spanish painter with murals in 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s lobby (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSERT→
120A
“___ Beso” (Paul Anka song) (3)
Starts with E, ends with OESO→
121A
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” singer seen as the last part of this puzzle’s theme answers (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
122A
Parched place (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDESERT→
Down
1D
Permit (5)
Starts with A, ends with WALLOW→
2D
Acknowledge (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCOPTO→
3D
Indigenous West Indian people (5)
Starts with C, ends with BCARIB→
4D
Flow forth (7)
Starts with E, ends with EEMANATE→
5D
Caesar of comedy (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSID→
6D
Bothersome bunkmates (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSNORERS→
7D
Confession starter (6)
Starts with I, ends with TIADMIT→
8D
Play with, kitten-style (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPAWAT→
9D
Singer Rita (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
10D
German article (3)
Starts with D, ends with RDER→
11D
Focused beam (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLASER→
12D
Bldg. divisions (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPTS→
13D
Mrs. Lovett’s wares, in “Sweeney Todd” (8)
Starts with M, ends with SMEATPIES→
14D
Paris’s ___-Coeur (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESACRE→
15D
Anesthetic of the past (5)
Starts with E, ends with RETHER→
16D
Lend ___ (listen) (5)
Starts with A, ends with RANEAR→
17D
Code creator (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMORSE→
18D
Polite fellow (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGENT→
24D
Brest brother (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFRERE→
25D
Indian yogurt-and-cucumber dip (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARAITA→
28D
Cuts like ___ knife through butter (4)
Starts with A, ends with TAHOT→
31D
Three-prong Japanese weapon (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISAI→
32D
Resurrection figure (6)
Starts with C, ends with TCHRIST→
33D
Tee follower (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHEE→
37D
Commotion (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
38D
Line at LaGuardia (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCABS→
39D
Yucatán years (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANOS→
40D
Semiaquatic salamander (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNEWT→
41D
Athena’s symbol (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOWL→
42D
Bar supply (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGIN→
43D
Calling for (7)
Starts with N, ends with GNEEDING→
44D
“Jerry Maguire” director Cameron (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECROWE→
45D
Skeletal ship (4)
Starts with H, ends with KHULK→
46D
Falco of “The Sopranos” (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDIE→
47D
Sax piece (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREED→
49D
Aging facility (6)
Starts with W, ends with YWINERY→
53D
“Count me out” (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIPASS→
54D
Opposition answers (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNAYS→
55D
Day-___ paint (3)
Starts with G, ends with OGLO→
56D
Pesto bit (7)
Starts with P, ends with TPINENUT→
57D
Bed in a barracks (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCOT→
58D
Painter/AIDS activist Keith (6)
Starts with H, ends with GHARING→
59D
Singer Jackson (5)
Starts with J, ends with TJANET→
63D
Spiritual guide (4)
Starts with G, ends with UGURU→
64D
No-frills (5)
Starts with B, ends with CBASIC→
65D
Pic on a pec (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTAT→
67D
Condescending address for a man (3)
Starts with B, ends with BBUB→
68D
Fishhook feature (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBARB→
69D
Human rights activist Clooney (4)
Starts with A, ends with LAMAL→
70D
Met headliner (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADIVA→
72D
“The heavens speed ___ thine enterprise!”: Portia (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTHEEIN→
74D
Elisabeth of “Leaving Las Vegas” (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESHUE→
75D
Slammers (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPENS→
76D
Critic’s concern (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
78D
Rent-___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with RACAR→
79D
Clearance tag abbr. (3)
Starts with I, ends with RIRR→
80D
Hall of Famer Ripken (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCAL→
82D
Antarctic expanse (8)
Starts with I, ends with EICESCAPE→
86D
Casey with a countdown (5)
Starts with K, ends with MKASEM→
87D
Sky streaker (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCOMET→
89D
Chris of “Law & Order” (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOTH→
90D
Hanging one’s head (7)
Starts with A, ends with DASHAMED→
91D
___ culpa (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMEA→
92D
Mount Vernon and Monticello, e.g. (7)
Starts with E, ends with SESTATES→
95D
Lion, at times (6)
Starts with R, ends with RROARER→
96D
Dr. visits (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAPPTS→
97D
Market unit (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHARE→
98D
Sub system (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSONAR→
99D
Put into practice (5)
Starts with E, ends with TENACT→
100D
South American barbecue (5)
Starts with A, ends with OASADO→
101D
Pointer’s word (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHERE→
102D
Garlic unit (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECLOVE→
103D
Personnel head, at times (5)
Starts with H, ends with RHIRER→
104D
Happening (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEVENT→
105D
Cincinnati team (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREDS→
107D
Cries of insight (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAHAS→
111D
Roman 300 (3)
Starts with C, ends with CCCC→
112D
Bewildered response (3)
Starts with H, ends with HHUH→
114D
Bullring cry (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for July 31, 2026?+
142 clues: 62 Across and 80 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jeff Jerome and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Hacker’s goal (ACCESS); “1,000 songs in your pocket” advertiser (IPOD); Hurried flight (LAM).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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