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Radar sweep crossword clue

57 Across · WSJ Crossword, November 6, 2026 · 4 letters

Answer

SCAN

SCAN (4 letters)

Explanation

The answer to “Radar sweep” is SCAN. It appears as 57 Across 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 left to right from row 9, column 5 of the 21×21 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 N, and contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Down 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 SCAN:

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!”

7DMakes missteps

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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