Rakish fellows crossword clue
41 Across · WSJ Crossword, July 26, 2026 · 5 letters
Explanation
The answer to “Rakish fellows” is ROUES. It appears as 41 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of July 26, 2026, a Sunday puzzle titled “Stroke Of Luck” by Freddie Cheng, and it fills 5 squares running left to right from row 9, column 7 of the 15×15 grid.
A plural clue takes a plural answer, which is why the entry ends in S. The entry begins with R and ends with S, and contains 3 vowels and 2 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
ROUES 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.