Lento, say crossword clue
9 Down · WSJ Crossword, August 19, 2026 · 6 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Lento, say” is SLOWLY. It appears as 9 Down in the Wall Street Journal crossword of August 19, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle titled “Thumbs Down” by Mike Shenk, and it fills 6 squares running top to bottom from row 1, column 12 of the 15×15 grid.
The clue gives an example and asks for the broader category it belongs to. The entry begins with S and ends with Y, and contains 1 vowel and 5 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Across entries should be enough to lock it in. Wednesday puzzles sit mid-week on the difficulty curve, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.
Past appearances
SLOWLY 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.