Microscope insert
Archive answer — August 22, 2026
127 Across
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Wall Street Journal Crossword
This clue’s Saturday, August 22, 2026 appearance
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Across
70 clues- 59Take in
- 101Memo starter
- 102Receipt line
- 113Snitch
- 115Initial cost
- 127Microscope insertSLIDE
- 128Drei squared
Down
70 clues- 13Tweaks
- 112Easy victims
- 118___-de-sac
- 120Heir, often
Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Every clue links to a dedicated answer page. Use the list below to scan the complete fill without opening the interactive board.
Across
- 1. Diplomatic assignment
Answer: POST
- 5. Weighs down
Answer: LADES
- 10. Infectious bug
Answer: GERM
- 14. One might get tipped
Answer: HAT
- 17. Contrail makeup
Answer: VAPOR
- 19. Vengeful swordsman Montoya
Answer: INIGO
- 20. Potatoes, in Indian cuisine
Answer: ALOO
- 21. Parcel (out)
Answer: METE
- 22. Long-necked swamp speaker?
Answer: CRANEORATOR
- 24. Honey-based drink
Answer: MEAD
- 25. Around 314, for a circle of radius 10
Answer: AREA
- 26. Alamo option
Answer: COMPACT
- 27. Final glimpse of a forbidding silhouette?
Answer: THEGRIMREAR
- 30. Precocious “Family Guy” character
Answer: STEWIE
- 32. “That had to hurt!”
Answer: OOF
- 34. Dreyer’s partner
Answer: EDY
- 35. Imposes (upon)
Answer: FOISTS
- 36. Used to be
Answer: WAS
- 37. 1982 movie with 2010 and 2025 sequels
Answer: TRON
- 39. One of 265 in the Bronx Zoo
Answer: ACRE
- 41. Regional flora and fauna
Answer: BIOTA
- 42. Two things that meet when applying balm after a workout?
Answer: ACHESANDCREAM
- 45. Losses in a ledger
Answer: REDINK
- 47. Cynical crime genre
Answer: NOIR
- 48. Injures badly
Answer: MAIMS
- 49. Latin for “load”
Answer: ONUS
- 51. Yao in the Basketball Hall of Fame
Answer: MING
- 53. Having the most pepper icons on the menu, perhaps
Answer: SPICIEST
- 56. Result of a burning desire
Answer: ARSON
- 58. Strung along
Answer: LEDON
- 59. Take in
Answer: CON
- 60. Fawn’s kin
Answer: ECRU
- 62. Genesis creator
Answer: SEGA
- 64. Memorable span
Answer: ERA
- 65. Salon choice without waves or curls?
Answer: STRAIGHTDO
- 70. Drone-based delivery vehicle?
Answer: FLYINGCART
- 73. Nintendo avatar
Answer: MII
- 74. “Whiskey in My Water” country singer Tyler
Answer: FARR
- 75. Place to grab a mocha
Answer: CAFE
- 77. ___ Lingus
Answer: AER
- 78. North Pole workers
Answer: ELVES
- 80. Factory worker
Answer: ROBOT
- 82. “You doubt me?”
Answer: AMIWRONG
- 87. Garden with a snake problem
Answer: EDEN
- 88. Surrender
Answer: CEDE
- 89. Saharan stopovers
Answer: OASES
- 91. Modernists
Answer: NEOS
- 93. Genre for Björk and Kate Bush
Answer: ARTPOP
- 95. Two-wheeler with cables pulled taut?
Answer: TENSEDBICYCLE
- 99. Bargain hunters’ finds
Answer: DEALS
- 100. Home of Iowa State
Answer: AMES
- 101. Memo starter
Answer: INRE
- 102. Receipt line
Answer: TAX
- 103. Climbing expert
Answer: SHERPA
- 105. Bestie, in Bordeaux
Answer: AMI
- 108. Capital on the Hudson
Answer: ALBANY
- 110. Easy scores during a casual round?
Answer: WALKINGPARS
- 113. Snitch
Answer: TATTLER
- 115. Initial cost
Answer: ANTE
- 116. Snore-inducing
Answer: DULL
- 117. Perfectly negotiated agreements?
Answer: ACETREATIES
- 121. Xmas, for Jimmy Buffett
Answer: BDAY
- 122. Southernmost Great Lake
Answer: ERIE
- 123. Liquefy in a blender
Answer: PUREE
- 124. Sonata section
Answer: RONDO
- 125. ___ admin (IT pro)
Answer: SYS
- 126. Dirt road tracks
Answer: RUTS
- 127. Microscope insert
Answer: SLIDE
- 128. Drei squared
Answer: NEUN
Down
- 1. Piping plastic, for short
Answer: PVC
- 2. Crew member
Answer: OAR
- 3. Enterprise, e.g.
Answer: SPACESHIP
- 4. Thus far
Answer: TONOW
- 5. Old Milanese money
Answer: LIRA
- 6. World’s heaviest snakes
Answer: ANACONDAS
- 7. “Likewise!”
Answer: DITTO
- 8. Braggart’s attribute
Answer: EGO
- 9. Put in order
Answer: SORT
- 10. They may include only the first levels
Answer: GAMEDEMOS
- 11. Mournful poem
Answer: ELEGY
- 12. Stadium sound
Answer: ROAR
- 13. Tweaks
Answer: MODIFIES
- 14. “How about this...”
Answer: HERESANIDEA
- 15. Really bothered
Answer: ATEAT
- 16. Drops from ducts
Answer: TEARS
- 18. Sends, as payment
Answer: REMITS
- 21. Seafaring
Answer: MARITIME
- 23. Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “Hugh the Drover,” e.g.
Answer: OPERA
- 28. Daughter of Cronus
Answer: HERA
- 29. State of mind
Answer: MOOD
- 30. Pond glider
Answer: SWAN
- 31. Some food truck fare
Answer: TACOS
- 33. Growing business?
Answer: FARM
- 38. “Put your wallet away”
Answer: ONME
- 40. France’s film award
Answer: CESAR
- 41. Sultanate on the South China Sea
Answer: BRUNEI
- 43. Gospel singer Campbell
Answer: ERICA
- 44. Named as a source
Answer: CITED
- 46. Bouillon brand
Answer: KNORR
- 50. Like a busybody
Answer: NOSY
- 52. Pest in a cloud
Answer: GNAT
- 54. Salon offerings
Answer: COIFS
- 55. “Young Frankenstein” role
Answer: INGA
- 57. Elizabethan collar
Answer: RUFF
- 58. Cold-fermented beer
Answer: LAGER
- 61. Pixar film set during el Día de los Muertos
Answer: COCO
- 63. Chew like a capybara
Answer: GNAW
- 65. Hook’s sidekick
Answer: SMEE
- 66. Swinton of “Michael Clayton”
Answer: TILDA
- 67. Big mouth features
Answer: RIVERDELTAS
- 68. Corp. benefits experts
Answer: HRREPS
- 69. Stepped (on)
Answer: TROD
- 71. Home page, in a way
Answer: LEASE
- 72. Partner in crime
Answer: CRONY
- 76. Priest’s advice
Answer: ATONE
- 79. ATM feature
Answer: ENTERKEY
- 81. Fellows who follow
Answer: BETAMALES
- 83. Practiced mindfulness, say
Answer: MEDITATED
- 84. Bookstore ID
Answer: ISBN
- 85. Smooth fruit
Answer: NECTARINE
- 88. Utensil that’s full of holes
Answer: COLANDER
- 90. Mgr.’s underling
Answer: ASST
- 92. Hot, in a way
Answer: SEXY
- 94. Daddy, in Durango
Answer: PAPI
- 96. Doha dignitary
Answer: EMIR
- 97. Really steamed
Answer: IRATE
- 98. Where losers dwell
Answer: CELLAR
- 103. DNA lab items
Answer: SWABS
- 104. Good around the house
Answer: HANDY
- 105. Challenging H.S. English course
Answer: APLIT
- 107. Ultrasound targets
Answer: UTERI
- 109. Back with bucks
Answer: BETON
- 111. Revered adviser
Answer: GURU
- 112. Easy victims
Answer: SAPS
- 114. Hazel or olive
Answer: TREE
- 118. ___-de-sac
Answer: CUL
- 119. End of an academic address
Answer: EDU
- 120. Heir, often
Answer: SON
The answer to “Microscope insert” in the Wall Street Journal Crossword is SLIDE — a 5-letter word. It appears in our available data for August 22, 2026 at 127-Across. Below you can reveal the fill one letter at a time, check the full puzzle, and open every related clue page.
“Microscope insert” answer
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Why does SLIDE fit?
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Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Microscope insert”?
The answer is SLIDE.
How many letters are in the answer?
5 letters: SLIDE.
When did this clue appear?
It appears in the Wall Street Journal Crossword for August 22, 2026 at 127-Across.
Can this clue have a different answer?
Yes. Crossword clues may be reused with a different fill depending on the grid. Recent matching appearances are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day’s answers?
Open the Wall Street Journal answers page for August 22, 2026 for the full grid and every clue.