WSJ Crossword September 28 2024 Answers

The complete list of answers to the WSJ Crossword published on September 28 2024.

140
Total Clues
65
Total Across
75
Total Down

Clues Across (65 total)

(1)
Moisturizer applications
(5)
Of immediate relevance
(12)
Like some roles after creative differences
(18)
Modern Mesopotamia
(19)
Puts life into
(21)
Inexplicable event
(22)
Diner’s reading
(23)
“Get out of the way!”
(24)
Swarm across
(25)
German article
(27)
Cheater’s sleeve contents
(28)
Velvety material
(30)
Clamors
(31)
Gaol units?
(36)
Pumpernickel need
(37)
Frog prey
(38)
Collections of matching office accessories
(39)
“At Seventeen” singer Janis
(41)
Small and sly
(43)
Large purchase of 1867
(44)
Front covers, of sorts
(46)
Some prayer leaders
(49)
Shocked cry
(50)
Bikini, memorably
(53)
Eve’s predecessor, in the Talmud
(55)
Astronomer refuted by Copernicus
(57)
Young’s partner
(60)
Blackthorn
(61)
Great sorrow
(64)
Satirist’s weapon
(66)
Magnates who aren’t as big a deal as they pretend to be?
(68)
Shimmer
(70)
Put a lid on
(72)
Wind farm sights
(73)
Problem at an overlong wedding reception?
(75)
Magnate
(77)
Battery end
(78)
Stop evading
(79)
Elite squad
(81)
Spots for sofas
(83)
Flatten with a foot
(85)
Offering the most attitude
(87)
Chem course component
(90)
Waste away
(91)
Euro predecessor
(92)
Become fond of
(95)
“Iliad” event
(97)
Steeped drink
(98)
Means
(100)
Group of mountains, islands or stores
(103)
Workout unit
(105)
Where the best ostrich feathers come from?
(107)
Endure
(108)
Drying rack
(110)
Transit option
(111)
Subzero sound
(112)
Much-used tablet
(114)
Ma and others
(118)
Tiny bit
(121)
Straightens, as a hose
(122)
Make light of
(123)
Green gamer
(124)
Spots for fans
(125)
Fail
(126)
Concert boomers

Clues Down (75 total)

(1)
Turn down, in a way
(2)
“Who do you think you ___?”
(3)
“Set a thief to catch a thief,” e.g.?
(4)
Oil targets
(5)
Folder projection
(6)
Like Chekhov’s “The Proposal”
(7)
Recital list
(8)
Get moving
(9)
Truck front
(10)
Had for lunch
(11)
Barrel sediment
(12)
Split with force
(13)
Middle of a Napoleon-related palindrome
(14)
Nonviolent protests at the Vatican?
(15)
Bitter
(16)
Hurled
(17)
It can be perfect
(20)
Get moving
(21)
Real poser
(26)
“The Game of Strategic Conquest”
(29)
They may be rolled or crossed
(31)
Present time, briefly
(32)
Move, in realty jargon
(33)
“Cool!”
(34)
Pretend to sing
(35)
South Asian garment
(37)
“La Bohème” heroine
(40)
Do, e.g.
(42)
Photoshop option
(44)
Vapor, in combinations
(45)
Soft ball brand
(47)
2026 Winter Olympics host city, to natives
(48)
High
(51)
Bring out
(52)
Imperturbable
(54)
Wiesbaden’s state
(55)
Etiquette consultant?
(56)
Leaves home?
(58)
“The source of all true knowledge,” per Leonardo
(59)
Halloween decor
(61)
Removes
(62)
Desperate insomniac’s resource
(63)
Cavalry soldier
(65)
Sweet tuber
(67)
Simple ski lift
(69)
Al Jolson song
(71)
Successful songster
(74)
Alleviate
(76)
Earth viewed as a self-regulating organism
(80)
Sail holder
(82)
Piscivorous mammal
(84)
Father of Thor and Balder
(86)
Ooze
(87)
Not just a cubicle?
(88)
Fit to ___
(89)
Big suit
(91)
Gawk
(93)
Souk shopper, perhaps
(94)
Devastating 2005 hurricane
(96)
Puckish expressions
(98)
Tickled
(99)
Watcher of a Roman temple’s sacred fire
(100)
Seasonal name
(101)
Lacks
(102)
Pet-protecting org.
(104)
Bench press targets
(106)
Island famous for its nightlife
(108)
Isn’t well
(109)
Tear apart
(113)
Purge
(115)
Summer sign
(116)
Isr. neighbor
(117)
Hog holder
(119)
Outdo
(120)
Plank targets

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