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Makes missteps crossword clue

7 Down · WSJ Crossword, November 6, 2026 · 4 letters

Answer

ERRS

ERRS (4 letters)

Explanation

The answer to “Makes missteps” is ERRS. It appears as 7 Down in the Wall Street Journal crossword of November 6, 2026, a Friday puzzle titled “Bleep! Bleep!” by Loren Kristan Mell, and it fills 4 squares running top to bottom from row 1, column 9 of the 21×21 grid.

A plural clue takes a plural answer, which is why the entry ends in S. The entry begins with E and ends with S, and contains 1 vowel 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. 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 ERRS:

Messes upOct 15, 2026
Goes astraySep 11, 2026
StraysSep 10, 2026
Makes an oopsySep 1, 2026
Drops the ballJun 13, 2026
Says the wrong thingJun 11, 2026
Throws an interception, sayJun 6, 2026
Blows itMay 20, 2026

Other clues from this puzzle

1ACopier choice

6ABroker’s suggestion

10ALondon-based financial giant

14A“Sex and the City” star, familiarly

17APractices penance

19ALayered snack

20AMayberry boy

21ATaiwanese computer company

22A“Were you born in a @#$% barn?!”

25AFlatbread eaten with curry

27ATheater array

28AAli or Brady, e.g.

29APestilent fly

33AExpected to arrive

34A“Where’d I put the @#$% bows for my violin?!”

36AAlamo option

38AAgent Smith’s quarry

40ACell phone card

41AStill alive in a paintball contest

45AMemorable spans

48AGeorge made famous in a Knute Rockne speech

50A“Those are some @#$% big fungi!”

55ADallas-to-Houston dir.

58A“Will do, Boss!”

62A“Didn’t she win @#$% ‘American Idol’?!”

67ANotion, in Nantes

68AChapel sight

69AFizzy drinks

73AEmphasis indicator: Abbr.

74ASuvari of “American Beauty”

75A“That’s some @#$% shortbread variety!”

78ARainbow producers

81ARoofed colonnade

83AGolf great Ernie

84A“Here are some @#$% party snacks!”

89ARelaxed pace

90ABygone Swedish auto

91AHawaiian coffee region

92AFall bloomer

96ANittany Lions’ sch.

100AOf equal quality

104A“Have some @#$% deep-fried burritos!”

108AMap app underpinning

112AColorful cat

113AGod, in Granada

114APersona non ___

116AChocolate canine

117AGood opponent

118AClassic minced oath, along with seven others in this puzzle

123AMinstrel’s music maker

124AStation on Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited

127AAcorn, essentially

128AHave a novel experience?

129AWork some dough

2DNatural gas component

5D“We should!”

9DEye, to your ear

10DSurfing posers

11DOscar-winning 2015 film about a Boston Globe investigation

12DPersonal summary

13DBreath mint brand

14DRob Roy need

15D“Boatercycle”

16DLeader of the Masses?

21D“The odds ___ our favor”

23DRhône water

24D“Freaks” director Browning

30DOblivious state

32DRobe feature

34DFairway warning

35DMideast royal

37DLike a poltergeist

39DStartled cry

43DNeopagan practice

44DPlay for time

46DBook before Obadiah

49DMusic category

51DMed school class

52D___ omission

53DPotter’s field

56DPassover ceremony

60DPhishing lines?

61DTargets of lateral raises

64DDreadlocks wearer, perhaps

65DEstonian coins, before the euro

70DTomb-raiding Croft

72DDepraved sort

77D“Don’t wanna ___ blood” (“Beat It” lyric)

80DSpeech from a rev.

81DPrepares to wed

85DFrosh, in a couple of semesters

86DCleveland cagers

87DGoal of the DH

88D“The Fountainhead” writer

93DYoung fellow

95DPost concerned with good behavior

102DFlowery shrub

103DOpened a wound, maybe

105DMonks’ wear

106D“There but for the grace of God ___”

107D“Lou Grant” star

109DStep, in la danse

110DPronto, in the hospital

114DVolkswagen’s Karmann ___

115DBad way to run

120DQuattro preceder

121DSolo with a co-pilot

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