Wall Street Journal Daily Crossword
Latest Wall Street Journal Crossword Answers, Clues & Hints — November 5, 2026
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Puzzle date
November 5, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Glades critter4 letters5.Lessens gradually4 letters9.Highest-grossing film before “Star Wars”4 letters13.“Filthy” money5 letters15.Cruise stop4 letters16.Lighted sign4 letters17.Deal costs5 letters18.Face-to-face exam4 letters19.UMD athlete4 letters20.Reptile with a powerful bite14 letters23.Ytterbium’s atomic number7 letters24.Coral island3 letters25.“___ we there yet?”3 letters26.Sultan Haitham bin Tariq’s subjects6 letters29.Retired M&M color3 letters32.Smallest musical group3 letters34.Sajak’s successor on “Wheel of Fortune”8 letters36.Bagel buy5 letters39.In shape3 letters40.Make ashamed5 letters41.Swore8 letters43.Film that earned Will Smith and Jon Voight Oscar nominations3 letters44.Collarless shirt3 letters45.Home of the Mets6 letters47.Reuters rival3 letters50.The Crown & Anchor, on “Ted Lasso”3 letters51.TV star’s recognition7 letters54.Kids’ all-nighter, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme14 letters58.Ammonia feature4 letters59.Mimicked4 letters60.Sister of Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella and Alana, in a Disney film5 letters61.Secret hideout4 letters62.Flat bread?4 letters63.Gabriel, Michael, Raphael or Uriel, e.g.5 letters64.Big Apple fashion label4 letters65.Next-smallest musical group4 letters66.IDs on W-2s4 letters
Down
1.Like some voting shares6 letters2.Strip on the table6 letters3.Ti to ti, e.g.6 letters4.Fancy flapjack5 letters5.Amerigo Vespucci, for one6 letters6.Six-time French Open champ4 letters7.Tantrum thrower4 letters8.Island near Martinique7 letters9.Docking spot5 letters10.Rink jump4 letters11.Item worn in a sting4 letters12.Letters on Indy cars3 letters14.“Monday Night Football” channel4 letters21.“Am ___ late?”4 letters22.Mischief maker6 letters27.Tangential remark5 letters28.Hoop hanger3 letters29.Lipton leaves3 letters30.Dray tower3 letters31.Utmost degree3 letters32.Rep. opposer3 letters33.Singular6 letters35.Hitter’s stat3 letters36.Common combo vaccine3 letters37.Refined stuff3 letters38.Saldaña of “Emilia Pérez”3 letters39.Bill addition3 letters42.Legal document division7 letters43.Tingling sensation initialism4 letters46.Must6 letters47.Strips ships, e.g.6 letters48.Illegally distilled whiskey6 letters49.Peaceful episodes6 letters50.Crooner Como5 letters52.Film-rating org. that dropped the second A in 20194 letters53.Rambling stories5 letters54.Minn. neighbor4 letters55.Cut of beef4 letters56.Abbr. on a dial4 letters57.“I came,” to Caesar4 letters58.Vintage3 letters
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