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Squeeze (out) crossword clue

40 Across · WSJ Crossword, June 13, 2026 · 3 letters

Answer

EKE

EKE (3 letters)

Explanation

The answer to “Squeeze (out)” is EKE. It appears as 40 Across in the Wall Street Journal crossword of June 13, 2026, a Saturday puzzle titled “Her Remixes” by Alex Bajcz, and it fills 3 squares running left to right from row 6, column 15 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 E and ends with E, and contains 2 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. This weekend puzzle uses the largest grid of the week, so expect the rest of this grid to be pitched at the same level.

Past appearances

Clues in other WSJ puzzles with the answer EKE:

Scratch (out)Aug 30, 2026
Scrape (by)Aug 12, 2026
Scratch (out)Jul 15, 2026
Scratch (out)Jun 24, 2026
___ out a livingJun 22, 2026

Other clues from this puzzle

8ABarriers to progress

14AOrganism with pseudopods

21APerfect place

22ANamesake of Australia’s smallest state

23ANancy’s tour merch designer?

25AFilling fully

26AMaximizing suffix

27ATook, as an exam

28AMud puppy cousin

30AFraternal order that began as the “Jolly Corks”

31AA pilot may start one

33AMeghan really cut loose in her performance?

39ABook reviewer, of a sort: Abbr.

41ARandom quantity

42ABarbra’s habit of starting her sets fashionably late?

50ANottingham’s river

52ALasting mark

53APainful rebukes

57AHave another go at

58AZeros, essentially

60AHome of the NBA’s Mavs

63ACosmonaut Gagarin

64ASheena sets things right for missing a show?

68A“Your Highness”

71AShowed the way

74AProne to prattling

77AMinimal musical groups

79AAriana’s favorite Manhattan arena to perform in?

81ADrops the ball

83AStuck-up sort

85ARepeated bit of “She Loves You”

86A“___ No Way” (Aretha Franklin song)

89AOfficial mark

92APreceding time

94ASara’s trustiest roadies?

102APop

104AGolfer Mickelson

105AGwen’s online tribute?

111AMilano of “Charmed”

116ASlow-cooked supper

117A1970s avant-garde movement that rejected the period’s pop music

119AWork wk. starter

122AAvril’s act when the encore’s over?

126AWhere the One Ring was forged and later destroyed, in “The Lord of the Rings”

127AUncommon batting feat

128A“That isn’t so!”

129APublic outbursts

1DTablets, sometimes

2DBiscotti flavor

3DRay of the seas

6DGofer’s workload

7DBaseball card bit

8DPerson coming out of the pool

10DWord of feigned innocence

11DCompany with brown trucks

12DUpright, e.g.

13DMore reasonable

14DIn danger of being lost

16DMajor name in blenders

17DClarke of “Game of Thrones”

18DPlace one’s confidence in

19DLike emo music

24DBackward, to boaters

29DBird on South Carolina’s state quarter

32D[Check below for details]

34DSome craft brews

35DDEA employee

36DStoried loch

38DSurrealist Dalí

43DBuccaneer’s score

44DCollege athlete held aside for a year

46DSorrowful state

47DBit of paint

48DColorful diaphragm

54DRing up, as a telemarketer might

55DWhat great actors have on stage

56DKnickknack parts?

58DDo better than

59DLock lips, in Leeds

61DLend support

62DUnwanted leftovers

65DChi hub letters

66DIt.’s place

73DUnfavorable look

75DOvergrown, in a way

78D“Of course!,” in Oaxaca

80DWinfield in the Baseball Hall of Fame

84DStuff in a tube

90DRickman of “Die Hard”

91DOne might do more with it

93DReturn home, as Columbus did

95DRecovering costs?

96DShorten a sentence, say

98D“It’s my duty”

99DBook before Proverbs

100D“...and much, much more of the same”

101DLike many Disney animated classics

107DPool table toppers

108DPaying attention

109DMusical sounds

110DWoolly mother

113DColleague of Ketanji

114DFury

118DSacha Baron Cohen persona

121DLow extremity

124DNumerical internet addresses: Abbr.

125DHauling vehicle

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