WSJ Crossword hints and answers for November 6, 2026
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Clues140
Across66
Down74
TitleBleep! Bleep!
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
Copier choice (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLEGAL→
6A
Broker’s suggestion (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSELL→
10A
London-based financial giant (4)
Starts with H, ends with CHSBC→
14A
“Sex and the City” star, familiarly (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSJP→
17A
Practices penance (6)
Starts with A, ends with SATONES→
19A
Layered snack (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
20A
Mayberry boy (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOPIE→
21A
Taiwanese computer company (4)
Starts with A, ends with RACER→
22A
“Were you born in a @#$% barn?!” (16)
Starts with S, ends with RSHUTTHEFRONTDOOR→
25A
Flatbread eaten with curry (4)
Starts with R, ends with IROTI→
27A
Theater array (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEATS→
28A
Ali or Brady, e.g. (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGOAT→
29A
Pestilent fly (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETSETSE→
31A
Some bills (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONES→
33A
Expected to arrive (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDUE→
34A
“Where’d I put the @#$% bows for my violin?!” (12)
Starts with F, ends with SFIDDLESTICKS→
36A
Alamo option (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSEDAN→
38A
Agent Smith’s quarry (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
40A
Cell phone card (3)
Starts with S, ends with MSIM→
41A
Still alive in a paintball contest (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUNHIT→
42A
Plants (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSOWS→
45A
Memorable spans (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
48A
George made famous in a Knute Rockne speech (4)
Starts with G, ends with PGIPP→
50A
“Those are some @#$% big fungi!” (17)
Starts with S, ends with SSHIITAKEMUSHROOMS→
55A
Dallas-to-Houston dir. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESSE→
57A
Radar sweep (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSCAN→
58A
“Will do, Boss!” (4)
Starts with O, ends with TONIT→
59A
Chattered (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPRATED→
62A
“Didn’t she win @#$% ‘American Idol’?!” (13)
Starts with K, ends with NKELLYCLARKSON→
66A
Risk, e.g. (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGAME→
67A
Notion, in Nantes (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDEE→
68A
Chapel sight (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALTAR→
69A
Fizzy drinks (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLAS→
73A
Emphasis indicator: Abbr. (4)
Starts with I, ends with LITAL→
74A
Suvari of “American Beauty” (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMENA→
75A
“That’s some @#$% shortbread variety!” (13)
Starts with S, ends with TSONOFABISCUIT→
78A
Rainbow producers (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPRISMS→
81A
Roofed colonnade (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASTOA→
82A
Derby, e.g. (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERACE→
83A
Golf great Ernie (3)
Starts with E, ends with SELS→
84A
“Here are some @#$% party snacks!” (17)
Starts with C, ends with SCHEESEANDCRACKERS→
89A
Relaxed pace (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTROT→
90A
Bygone Swedish auto (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSAAB→
91A
Hawaiian coffee region (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKONA→
92A
Fall bloomer (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTER→
96A
Nittany Lions’ sch. (3)
Starts with P, ends with UPSU→
98A
Through (3)
Starts with V, ends with AVIA→
100A
Of equal quality (5)
Starts with O, ends with RONPAR→
104A
“Have some @#$% deep-fried burritos!” (12)
Starts with C, ends with SCHIMICHANGAS→
108A
Map app underpinning (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGPS→
111A
Conk out (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOZE→
112A
Colorful cat (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCALICO→
113A
God, in Granada (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDIOS→
114A
Persona non ___ (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGRATA→
116A
Chocolate canine (3)
Starts with L, ends with BLAB→
117A
Good opponent (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
118A
Classic minced oath, along with seven others in this puzzle (16)
Starts with W, ends with LWHATINTHESAMHILL→
122A
Turn down (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDENY→
123A
Minstrel’s music maker (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELUTE→
124A
Station on Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
125A
Perfectly (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETOATEE→
126A
Work unit (3)
Starts with E, ends with GERG→
127A
Acorn, essentially (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSEED→
128A
Have a novel experience? (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREAD→
129A
Work some dough (5)
Starts with K, ends with DKNEAD→
Down
1D
Rodeo ropes (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLASSOS→
2D
Natural gas component (6)
Starts with E, ends with EETHANE→
3D
Overcharged (6)
Starts with G, ends with DGOUGED→
4D
Wee worker (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
5D
“We should!” (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLETS→
7D
Makes missteps (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERRS→
8D
Summer sign (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
9D
Eye, to your ear (5)
Starts with L, ends with ILONGI→
10D
Surfing posers (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHODADS→
11D
Oscar-winning 2015 film about a Boston Globe investigation (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSPOTLIGHT→
12D
Personal summary (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBIO→
13D
Breath mint brand (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCERTS→
14D
Rob Roy need (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSCOTCH→
15D
“Boatercycle” (6)
Starts with J, ends with IJETSKI→
16D
Leader of the Masses? (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPRIEST→
21D
“The odds ___ our favor” (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAREIN→
23D
Rhône water (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
24D
“Freaks” director Browning (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTOD→
30D
Oblivious state (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSTUPOR→
32D
Robe feature (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSASH→
34D
Fairway warning (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFORE→
35D
Mideast royal (4)
Starts with E, ends with REMIR→
37D
Like a poltergeist (5)
Starts with N, ends with YNOISY→
39D
Startled cry (3)
Starts with E, ends with KEEK→
43D
Neopagan practice (5)
Starts with W, ends with AWICCA→
44D
Play for time (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSTALL→
46D
Book before Obadiah (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMOS→
47D
Mobil rival (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSUNOCO→
49D
Music category (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPOP→
50D
Moonlike (7)
Starts with S, ends with CSELENIC→
51D
Med school class (4)
Starts with A, ends with TANAT→
52D
___ omission (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSINOF→
53D
Potter’s field (5)
Starts with M, ends with CMAGIC→
54D
Park art (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTATUES→
55D
Cut corners (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSKIMP→
56D
Passover ceremony (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSEDER→
60D
Phishing lines? (5)
Starts with E, ends with LEMAIL→
61D
Targets of lateral raises (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDELTS→
63D
Chow line? (5)
Starts with L, ends with HLEASH→
64D
Dreadlocks wearer, perhaps (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARASTA→
65D
Estonian coins, before the euro (6)
Starts with K, ends with SKROONS→
70D
Tomb-raiding Croft (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALARA→
71D
By surprise (5)
Starts with A, ends with KABACK→
72D
Depraved sort (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSICKO→
77D
“Don’t wanna ___ blood” (“Beat It” lyric) (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSEENO→
79D
Like liters (6)
Starts with M, ends with CMETRIC→
80D
Speech from a rev. (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSER→
81D
Prepares to wed (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESETSADATE→
85D
Frosh, in a couple of semesters (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSOPH→
86D
Cleveland cagers (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCAVS→
87D
Goal of the DH (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
88D
“The Fountainhead” writer (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRAND→
92D
Give in (6)
Starts with A, ends with EACCEDE→
93D
Young fellow (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSHAVER→
94D
Floor work (6)
Starts with T, ends with GTILING→
95D
Post concerned with good behavior (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEMILY→
97D
In accord (6)
Starts with U, ends with DUNITED→
99D
In accord (6)
Starts with A, ends with DAGREED→
101D
Diplomatic (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPOLITE→
102D
Flowery shrub (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAZALEA→
103D
Opened a wound, maybe (6)
Starts with R, ends with DREBLED→
105D
Monks’ wear (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOWLS→
106D
“There but for the grace of God ___” (3)
Starts with G, ends with IGOI→
107D
“Lou Grant” star (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASNER→
109D
Step, in la danse (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPAS→
110D
Pronto, in the hospital (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
114D
Volkswagen’s Karmann ___ (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGHIA→
115D
Bad way to run (4)
Starts with A, ends with KAMOK→
120D
Quattro preceder (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETRE→
121D
Solo with a co-pilot (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHAN→
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140 clues: 66 Across and 74 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Loren Kristan Mell and edited by Mike Shenk.
What are some answers in today’s WSJ Crossword?+
For example: Copier choice (LEGAL); Broker’s suggestion (SELL); London-based financial giant (HSBC).
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