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No-frills Crossword Answer

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PLAIN

(5 letters)

BAREBONES

(9 letters)

SPARTAN

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
2. serving as a base or starting point
(noun)
1. (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
2. a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

Hint 2: Clue Definition

NO-FRILLS (adjective)
1. characterized by the absence of inessential features

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

PLAIN
(5 letters)
BAREBONES
(9 letters)
SPARTAN
(7 letters)

More WSJ Crossword (8/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Hacker's goal

7. “1,000 songs in your pocket” advertiser

11. Hurried flight

14. Coal stratum

18. “Roamin’ in the ___” (1912 Harry Lauder song)

19. Longest river entirely within Switzerland

20. Bonobo e.g.

21. 5 for B or 6 for C, e.g.

22. Home of Velázquez’s “Las Meninas”

23. Grumpy or Happy on wash day, maybe?

26. Away from home

27. Hero helped by the divine monkey Hanuman

29. Road-trip stops

30. GI thumbing a ride from Fort Bragg to Fort Benning?

34. Capital on the Missouri River

35. The Chariot or the Tower, e.g.

36. 2013 Joaquin Phoenix movie about an AI crush

37. Take a load off

38. Olympic paddler

42. Inexperienced educator?

48. From the start

49. “___ would like to play” (2006 ad slogan)

50. Frozen Wasser

51. Cheeky, say

52. Boccie-loving Doberman?

59. “Girl, Interrupted” Oscar winner

60. Bygone jet

61. Colleague of Cleese and Idle

62. Tailless amphibian

63. Stared stupidly

64. Musket attachment

66. Chicago’s largest newspaper

68. Impressively tough

71. Part of QED

73. Harden (to)

74. Business with sweaters

77. Wrong

78. “I’ll take whatever beef or pork is available, thanks”?

81. Shankar with a sitar

82. Closely monitored hosp. section

83. Fraction of a joule

84. Kate, to Archie and Lilibet

85. Roy Campanella or Charles Johnson, e.g.?

89. Unspecified

93. ___ Lingus

94. Paris accord?

95. Valentine's gift

96. Evaluate

100. Praise for a former British prime minister?

106. Mobile home?

108. 'Very funny!'

109. Still in the game

110. Central American plotting a coup?

113. Took a road trip

115. ___ II (Gillette brand)

116. Word after bachelor or mouse

117. Salt or smoke, say

118. Gridiron squads

119. Spanish painter with murals in 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s lobby

120. ___ Beso (Paul Anka song)

121. “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” singer seen as the last part of this puzzle’s theme answers

122. Parched place

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Down

1. Permit

2. Acknowledge

3. Indigenous West Indian people

4. Flow forth

5. Caesar of comedy

6. Bothersome bunkmates

7. Confession starter

8. Play with, kitten-style

9. Singer Rita

10. German article

11. Focused beam

12. Bldg. divisions

13. Mrs. Lovett’s wares, in “Sweeney Todd”

14. Paris’s ___-Coeur

15. Anesthetic of the past

16. Lend ___ (listen)

17. Code creator

18. Polite fellow

24. Brest brother

25. Indian yogurt-and-cucumber dip

28. Cuts like ___ knife through butter

31. Three-prong Japanese weapon

32. Resurrection figure

33. "Tee" follower

37. Commotion

38. Line at LaGuardia

39. Yucatán years

40. Semiaquatic salamander

41. Athena's symbol

42. Bar supply

43. Calling for

44. "Jerry Maguire" director Cameron

45. Skeletal ship

46. Falco of 'The Sopranos'

47. Sax piece

49. Aging facility

53. Count me out

54. Opposition answers

55. Day-___ paint

56. Pesto bit

57. Bed in a barracks

58. Painter/AIDS activist Keith

59. Singer Jackson

63. Spiritual guide

65. Pic on a pec

67. Condescending address for a man

68. Fishhook feature

69. Human rights activist Clooney

70. Met headliner

72. “The heavens speed ___ thine enterprise!”: Portia

74. Elisabeth of Leaving Las Vegas

75. Slammers

76. Critic’s concern

78. Rent-___

79. Clearance tag abbr.

80. Hall of Famer Ripken

82. Antarctic expanse

86. Casey with a countdown

87. Sky streaker

88. Shade

89. Chris of “Law & Order”

90. Hanging one’s head

91. '__ culpa'

92. Mount Vernon and Monticello, e.g.

95. Lion, at times

96. Dr. visits

97. Market unit

98. Sub system

99. Put into practice

100. South American barbecue

101. Pointer's word

102. Garlic unit

103. Personnel head, at times

104. Happening

105. Cincinnati team

107. Cries of insight

111. Roman 300

112. Bewildered response

114. Bullring cry

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No-frills Crossword Clue Q&A

When was No-frills crossword clue used most recently?
- This clue was last seen in the August 1, 2026's WSJ Crossword.
What was the most recent answer for No-frills crossword clue?
- The most recent answer for the clue is BASIC
What is the 5-letter answer for No-frills crossword clue?
- BASIC
When has No-frills crossword clue been used historically?

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No-frills Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Answer Definition

More WSJ Crossword (8/1/2026) Answers

Across

Down

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