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Ideal site crossword clue

18 Down · WSJ Crossword, August 14, 2026 · 4 letters

Answer

EDEN

EDEN (4 letters)

Explanation

The answer to “Ideal site” is EDEN. It appears as 18 Down in the Wall Street Journal crossword of August 14, 2026, a Friday puzzle titled “If I Were You” by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz, and it fills 4 squares running top to bottom from row 1, column 21 of the 21×21 grid.

The clue is a straightforward definition, so the answer is a direct synonym or a factual match for the words as written. The entry begins with E and ends with N, and contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Across entries should be enough to lock it in. Friday puzzles are the Journal’s contest crosswords with a hidden meta answer, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.

Past appearances

Clues in other WSJ puzzles with the answer EDEN:

Other clues from this puzzle

5ABuyer be where?

13AWhodunit discovery

19AGarden worker

20ACor anglais kin

21AExpressive dance

23ACensorship-fighting org.

24AGive the cold shoulder to Dr. McCoy?

26AButterfly, e.g.

27ATop competitors, often

29ABaseball great Lefty with a namesake bridge near Oracle Park

30APays attention

31ASomething usually doubled

33ARevenuers, e.g.

36AGarage sale caveat

38ACowled contingent

40AAristotle’s “waking dream”

44AWill of “Arrested Development”

46AUse a Shop-Vac instead of a rake?

49A“Walk on the Wild Side” singer

56APlaces for vows

57AToe treatment, familiarly

58ATrilled in the heights

59ARoles for stars

60A“No Exit” playwright

63ATennis great Arthur

64ABeard for Daffy, e.g.?

66AIsland nation with a Coral Coast

70ALike boars and bucks

71ARejects with disdain

72AGroup of scouts

77AAuthor Wiesel

78AIndian loincloths

79AForward surge

80ACountry singer Ronnie

83ANeighborhood west of Encino

84ASnippet of a Motown hit used in another song?

86AEvening event

88AFirst-year law student

89A“Nice burn!”

92ASpanish turnover

96ATalks incessantly

99ABread boxes?

100AWhere cell phones don’t work

101AFairbanks in films

104APlace for a barbecue

106ABackgammon piece

108A“Drive carefully—90% of humans are caused by accident,” e.g.?

112ASheepskin boots

114ABoris Godunov, e.g.

116AFedora material

117AMany a Degas

118AFrench door part

120APhone bill listing

1DDiscontinued, with “out”

2DEpoch that saw the first early primates

3DFinds new tenants for

4DMoral Majority march?

5DCriminal patterns, for short

6DCouldn’t stand

7DRegistering the most decibels

8DCarson’s successor

12DKrypton, e.g.

13D“The Myth of Sisyphus” writer

14DEmirati’s neighbor

15DImpertinent remark at a 12-step meeting?

16DAd Council ads, briefly

17DTrucker’s rig

28DTrap setters

30DItem on a to-do list

32DUses the good china

35DAlgonquian tribe

39DSome colas, briefly

41DAlmond outline

42DLe Pew of cartoon fame

43DAbbr. on a town’s welcoming sign

45DBounce your booty

47DCurrency of (and part of the name of) a West African nation

50DFlamenco cries

51DJazz setting

53DMany flat screens

54DSnoopy and the Red Baron, say

58DBhutan bovines

60DDo some pouting

61DName on a WWII bomber

62D“Auld Lang ___”

64DRussian country house

65DFaucet faults

66DGlaciers and icebergs?

69DRes ___ loquitur

70DAssemble in great numbers

72DAttire, informally

74DSoon, to a bard

75DIn alignment

76DTop-notch tyrant?

78DAgcy. that pioneered the internet and GPS

81D“Casablanca” role

82DMardi Gras follower

85DForest growth

87DLike some unhealthy attachments

90DCurrent amount

93DOrbital extreme

94DWidget plugged into a computer

95DBikini trials, informally

97DRabbit chaser of fiction

98DDev of “Slumdog Millionaire”

101DLike many a cellar

102DAncient theaters

103DCoffee dispensers

108D“The Racer’s Edge”

109DBotanist Gray

111DBorn, in Bordeaux

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