Natural hat material crossword clue
57 Across · WSJ Crossword, October 4, 2026 · 5 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Natural hat material” is STRAW. It appears as 57 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of October 4, 2026, a Sunday puzzle titled “Circle of Friends” by Zhouqin Burnikel, and it fills 5 squares running left to right from row 13, column 1 of the 15×15 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 S and ends with W, and contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Down 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
STRAW 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.