Legendary jazz trumpeter whose albums include “On the Corner” and 48-Across crossword clue
22 Across · WSJ Crossword, August 18, 2026 · 10 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Legendary jazz trumpeter whose albums include “On the Corner” and 48-Across” is MILESDAVIS. It appears as 22 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of August 18, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle titled “On The Corner” by Kelly Richardson, and it fills 10 squares running left to right from row 5, column 5 of the 15×15 grid.
A plural clue takes a plural answer, which is why the entry ends in S. The entry begins with M and ends with S, and contains 4 vowels and 6 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Down entries should be enough to lock it in. Tuesday puzzles stay approachable with light wordplay, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.
Past appearances
MILESDAVIS 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.