WSJ Crossword hints and answers for June 11, 2026
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
TitleWater Hazard
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
Material for the Kon-Tiki raft (5)
Starts with B, ends with ABALSA→
6A
Microwave emission (4)
Starts with B, ends with PBEEP→
10A
Titular deserted island in a 1993 computer game (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMYST→
14A
Grow like ivy (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCREEP→
15A
Ship made of wood from Mount Pelion (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARGO→
16A
Pricing adverb (4)
Starts with E, ends with HEACH→
17A
French equivalent of the Academy Award (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCESAR→
18A
1980s surgeon general (4)
Starts with K, ends with PKOOP→
19A
Frigga’s son (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTHOR→
20A
Flashers at a club (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTROBES→
22A
Pakistan’s second-largest city (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELAHORE→
24A
Book reviewers, briefly (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCPAS→
25A
Chuck Yeager exceeded it in 1947 (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMACHONE→
26A
It really sucks (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSIPHON→
29A
Make baby food, maybe (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPUREE→
30A
Bath bathroom (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLOO→
31A
MVP QB in 1967’s “Ice Bowl” (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTARR→
33A
Five-time role for Stallone (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORAMBO→
37A
Platte River tribe (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOTOE→
39A
WWII vessel that hints at each group of circled letters in this puzzle (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUBOAT→
41A
Fashionable Christian (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDIOR→
42A
Loft sites (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBARNS→
44A
Pretty good grade (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBPLUS→
46A
Cedar Rapids college (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECOE→
47A
Music makers with big bells (5)
Starts with T, ends with STUBAS→
49A
Presidential middle name (6)
Starts with D, ends with ODELANO→
51A
Metal rings (7)
Starts with W, ends with SWASHERS→
54A
Dust bit (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMOTE→
55A
Operating robotically (6)
Starts with O, ends with OONAUTO→
56A
Lemon or raspberry desserts (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSORBETS→
59A
“We should!” (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLETS→
60A
Capital paper, familiarly (4)
Starts with W, ends with OWAPO→
62A
Eagerly anticipate (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAWAIT→
64A
Warren’s “Bonnie and Clyde” co-star (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFAYE→
65A
Disparaging comment (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSLUR→
66A
Monte ___ (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCARLO→
67A
Says the wrong thing (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERRS→
68A
Article in Der Spiegel (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEINE→
69A
Nintendo’s home city (5)
Starts with K, ends with OKYOTO→
Down
1D
Stealthy email letters (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBCC→
2D
“Wonder Woman” foe (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
3D
For fear that (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLEST→
4D
App feature marked by a magnifying glass, often (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSEARCH→
5D
Fitting (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAPROPOS→
6D
Forgets the sunblock, maybe (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBAKES→
7D
Oscar Wilde poem “The Garden of ___” (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEROS→
8D
Sense of self (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
9D
Aspen, e.g. (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPOPLAR→
10D
Tweaker (8)
Starts with M, ends with DMETHHEAD→
11D
Rowdy brute (5)
Starts with Y, ends with OYAHOO→
12D
Reject with derision (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSCORN→
13D
Low prime (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHREE→
21D
Language family of Africa (5)
Starts with B, ends with UBANTU→
23D
Maker of TravelMate laptops (4)
Starts with A, ends with RACER→
25D
Work on a wall (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMURAL→
26D
Litterbug, e.g. (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSLOB→
27D
Tiny amount (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
28D
Substandard (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPOOR→
29D
Respect, slangily (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPROPS→
32D
Palestine’s Mahmoud (5)
Starts with A, ends with SABBAS→
34D
Shiny mineral (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMICA→
35D
Godsend (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBOON→
36D
Twisted cookie (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
38D
Rhapsodizes, say (8)
Starts with E, ends with SENTHUSES→
40D
Elizabethan house (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTUDOR→
43D
Mincemeat ingredient (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSUET→
45D
Unfortunate snag (7)
Starts with S, ends with KSETBACK→
48D
Do some window-shopping (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBROWSE→
50D
Wiggle room (6)
Starts with L, ends with YLEEWAY→
51D
“The Bonfire of the Vanities” writer (5)
Starts with W, ends with EWOLFE→
52D
Lend ___ (listen) (5)
Starts with A, ends with RANEAR→
53D
Lustful creature of myth (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSATYR→
54D
Bond player between Connery and Dalton (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMOORE→
56D
Took turns (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSPUN→
57D
Hawaiian staple (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTARO→
58D
Bank deposit? (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSILT→
61D
Ring great (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
63D
Overly (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTOO→
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How many clues are in the WSJ Crossword for June 11, 2026?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by George Jasper and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Material for the Kon-Tiki raft (BALSA); Microwave emission (BEEP); Titular deserted island in a 1993 computer game (MYST).
Who edits the WSJ Crossword?+
Mike Shenk has edited the Wall Street Journal Crossword since its launch.
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