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Sixth-largest lake in North America crossword clue

37 Across · WSJ Crossword, June 17, 2026 · 4 letters

Answer

ERIE

ERIE (4 letters)

Explanation

The answer to “Sixth-largest lake in North America” is ERIE. It appears as 37 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of June 17, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle titled “Opposites Attract” by Hunter Murphy, and it fills 4 squares running left to right from row 8, column 12 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 E and ends with E, and contains 3 vowels and 1 consonant. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Down entries should be enough to lock it in. Wednesday puzzles sit mid-week on the difficulty curve, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.

Past appearances

Clues in other WSJ puzzles with the answer ERIE:

Lake south of Niagara FallsAug 27, 2026
Southernmost Great LakeAug 21, 2026
Keystone State portAug 11, 2026
Lake bordering four statesJul 8, 2026
County of northwest PennsylvaniaJun 2, 2026
Lake that sounds mysteriousMay 30, 2026

Other clues from this puzzle

1AConsoles with Nunchuks

5ALawn material

8A“Live long and prosper” speaker

13AWhere el sol comes up

14AThurman of “Pulp Fiction”

15AOccasion for donning a cucumber eye mask, perhaps

16AKing Agnarr’s heir, in a 2013 Disney movie

17ASuperficial stereotype of the 1980s (or the opposite of 23-Across?)

19ASinger LaBelle

21ANarrowest of margins

23AOld-time trapper (or the opposite of 17-Across?)

26APod predators

27APhanerozoic, e.g.

31ABrunei’s Hassanal Bolkiah, for one

33AEthel Mertz on “I Love Lucy” (or the opposite of 38-Across?)

35AList shortener

38ATeam assistant (or the opposite of 33-Across?)

41AKin of a crepe

43AMiss identification?

44ADipstick drips

45APlay to the nosebleeds

46AAmazonian superhero (or the opposite of 55-Across?)

49ACall from a catamaran

52AStart for space

53APolite denial

55A“That’s rough, brah” (or the opposite of 46-Across?)

58ALeave the gate, say

59A“Anchors Aweigh” org.

60AGolf tee, e.g.

61AFateful time for Caesar

62ABelonging to thee

63AGeneral on Chinese menus

1DTurn on the faucets, so to speak

2DKaaba visitor’s faith

3D“Well, you should’ve gotten here sooner”

4DCrush or Squirt in “Finding Nemo,” e.g.

5DTiguan or Trax

6DMissouri River basin natives

8DAustin Powers, for one

9DWicca follower, e.g.

10DGod who rode the eight-legged horse Sleipnir

11DCommon e-commerce icon

12DPhillies slugger Schwarber

15DDelivery from the pulpit

20DMachu Picchu resident

28DTopping for San Diego-style fries

29DMake publishable

30D___ Project (internet Supreme Court archive)

31DJoins a quilting bee

34DThe shark’s two-note theme in “Jaws,” e.g.

36DGot out of hand?

39DMilne marsupial

40DOffering two options

41DMunich-based automaker

42DBird on Canadian coins

46DBill of the Rolling Stones

47DBlow one’s top

50D“Can it!”

51DUpscale hotel chain

56DNotable night

57DBraggart’s display

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