Clears of chalk, say crossword clue
41 Down · WSJ Crossword, July 12, 2026 · 6 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Clears of chalk, say” is ERASES. It appears as 41 Down in the Wall Street Journal crossword of July 12, 2026, a Sunday puzzle titled “Home Turf” by Jamey Smith, and it fills 6 squares running top to bottom from row 10, column 5 of the 15×15 grid.
The clue gives an example and asks for the broader category it belongs to. The entry begins with E and ends with S, and contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Across entries should be enough to lock it in. Weekend puzzles follow the same conventions as the weekday grids, pitched a notch above midweek, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.
Past appearances
ERASES has not appeared as an answer in any other WSJ puzzle in our index, which runs from May 2026 onward. It will be listed here the next time it turns up.