Practicing frugality, and what we’re doing in the circled spaces crossword clue
60 Across · WSJ Crossword, November 8, 2026 · 15 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Practicing frugality, and what we’re doing in the circled spaces” is PINCHINGPENNIES. It appears as 60 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of November 8, 2026, a Sunday puzzle titled “Money Is Tight” by Mike Shenk, and it fills 15 squares running left to right from row 13, column 1 of the 15×15 grid.
A plural clue takes a plural answer, which is why the entry ends in S. The entry begins with P and ends with S, and contains 5 vowels and 10 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
PINCHINGPENNIES 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.