What marathon spectators do? crossword clue
72 Down · WSJ Crossword, October 16, 2026 · 10 letters
Explanation
The answer to “What marathon spectators do?” is BINGEWATCH. It appears as 72 Down in the Wall Street Journal crossword of October 16, 2026, a Friday puzzle titled “On the Wrong Track” by Brad Wiegmann, and it fills 10 squares running top to bottom from row 12, column 15 of the 21×21 grid.
The question mark at the end of the clue signals wordplay: the surface reading is a misdirection, and the answer fits a punning or figurative sense of the words. The entry begins with B and ends with H, and contains 3 vowels and 7 consonants. If you are working from the crossings, two or three confirmed letters from the Across 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
BINGEWATCH 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.