Part of the Venn diagram formed by the letters in 34- and 52-Across? crossword clue
18 Across · WSJ Crossword, July 2, 2026 · 10 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Part of the Venn diagram formed by the letters in 34- and 52-Across?” is RIGHTCROSS. It appears as 18 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of July 2, 2026, a Thursday puzzle titled “Circular Reasoning” by David Steinberg, and it fills 10 squares running left to right from row 3, column 6 of the 15×15 grid.
The question mark at the end of the clue signals wordplay: the surface reading is a misdirection, and the answer fits a punning or figurative sense of the words. The entry begins with R and ends with S, and contains 2 vowels and 8 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Down entries should be enough to lock it in. Thursday puzzles lean harder on misdirection, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.
Past appearances
RIGHTCROSS 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.