Ices

Latest answer — August 14, 2026

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Clue explained

WHACKS is slang for “ices,” meaning defeats or kills someone, depending on context; here it functions as the third-person singular verb “ices.”

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Definition
A stylized comic scene of one character striking another.

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This clue's Friday, August 14, 2026 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Bad guy
  2. 5Buyer be where?
  3. 9Rugged cliff
  4. 13Whodunit discovery
  5. 19Garden worker
  6. 20Cor anglais kin
  7. 21Expressive dance
  8. 22Tickled
  9. 23Censorship-fighting org.
  10. 24Give the cold shoulder to Dr. McCoy?
  11. 26Butterfly, e.g.
  12. 27Top competitors, often
  13. 29Baseball great Lefty with a namesake bridge near Oracle Park
  14. 30Pays attention
  15. 31Something usually doubled
  16. 33Revenuers, e.g.
  17. 36Garage sale caveat
  18. 37Loses heart
  19. 38Cowled contingent
  20. 40Aristotle’s “waking dream”
  21. 44Will of “Arrested Development”
  22. 46Use a Shop-Vac instead of a rake?
  23. 49“Walk on the Wild Side” singer
  24. 52Ices
  25. 55Fascinated
  26. 56Places for vows
  27. 57Toe treatment, familiarly
  28. 58Trilled in the heights
  29. 59Roles for stars
  30. 60“No Exit” playwright
  31. 62Without
  32. 63Tennis great Arthur
  33. 64Beard for Daffy, e.g.?
  34. 66Island nation with a Coral Coast
  35. 70Like boars and bucks
  36. 71Rejects with disdain
  37. 72Group of scouts
  38. 73Chilled
  39. 77Author Wiesel
  40. 78Indian loincloths
  41. 79Forward surge
  42. 80Country singer Ronnie
  43. 83Neighborhood west of Encino
  44. 84Snippet of a Motown hit used in another song?
  45. 86Evening event
  46. 88First-year law student
  47. 89“Nice burn!”
  48. 92Spanish turnover
  49. 96Talks incessantly
  50. 99Bread boxes?
  51. 100Where cell phones don’t work
  52. 101Fairbanks in films
  53. 104Place for a barbecue
  54. 106Backgammon piece
  55. 107Skillful
  56. 108“Drive carefully—90% of humans are caused by accident,” e.g.?
  57. 112Sheepskin boots
  58. 113Threaten
  59. 114Boris Godunov, e.g.
  60. 115Crown
  61. 116Fedora material
  62. 117Many a Degas
  63. 118French door part
  64. 119Otherwise
  65. 120Phone bill listing

Down

  1. 1Discontinued, with “out”
  2. 2Epoch that saw the first early primates
  3. 3Finds new tenants for
  4. 4Moral Majority march?
  5. 5Criminal patterns, for short
  6. 6Couldn’t stand
  7. 7Registering the most decibels
  8. 8Carson’s successor
  9. 9Anger
  10. 10Bleed
  11. 11Pub potable
  12. 12Krypton, e.g.
  13. 13“The Myth of Sisyphus” writer
  14. 14Emirati’s neighbor
  15. 15Impertinent remark at a 12-step meeting?
  16. 16Ad Council ads, briefly
  17. 17Trucker’s rig
  18. 18Ideal site
  19. 25In shape
  20. 28Trap setters
  21. 30Item on a to-do list
  22. 32Uses the good china
  23. 34Puck, e.g.
  24. 35Algonquian tribe
  25. 39Some colas, briefly
  26. 41Almond outline
  27. 42Le Pew of cartoon fame
  28. 43Abbr. on a town’s welcoming sign
  29. 45Bounce your booty
  30. 47Currency of (and part of the name of) a West African nation
  31. 48Goals
  32. 49Refrain bit
  33. 50Flamenco cries
  34. 51Jazz setting
  35. 53Many flat screens
  36. 54Snoopy and the Red Baron, say
  37. 57Clip
  38. 58Bhutan bovines
  39. 60Do some pouting
  40. 61Name on a WWII bomber
  41. 62“Auld Lang ___”
  42. 64Russian country house
  43. 65Faucet faults
  44. 66Glaciers and icebergs?
  45. 67Tiny bit
  46. 68Enlist in
  47. 69Res ___ loquitur
  48. 70Assemble in great numbers
  49. 72Attire, informally
  50. 73Middling
  51. 74Soon, to a bard
  52. 75In alignment
  53. 76Top-notch tyrant?
  54. 78Agcy. that pioneered the internet and GPS
  55. 80Dash abbr.
  56. 81“Casablanca” role
  57. 82Mardi Gras follower
  58. 83Play breaks
  59. 85Forest growth
  60. 87Like some unhealthy attachments
  61. 90Current amount
  62. 91H.S. exam
  63. 93Orbital extreme
  64. 94Widget plugged into a computer
  65. 95Bikini trials, informally
  66. 97Rabbit chaser of fiction
  67. 98Dev of “Slumdog Millionaire”
  68. 101Like many a cellar
  69. 102Ancient theaters
  70. 103Coffee dispensers
  71. 105Category
  72. 108“The Racer’s Edge”
  73. 109Botanist Gray
  74. 110Whiff
  75. 111Born, in Bordeaux

The answer to “Ices” in the Wall Street Journal crossword is WHACKS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on August 14, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 52-Across. Other answers we've seen for this clue include OFFS. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Ices” answer

WHACKS (6 letters) — most recent; also seen as OFFS

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is WHACKS.

What does WHACKS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of WHACKS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(verb)

  • strike forcefully with a sharp blow

Other answers for “Ices”

Wall Street Journal has used this clue with more than one solution. Besides WHACKS, it has also been OFFS. Every appearance we've indexed is listed below with the date it ran.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Ices”?

The answer is WHACKS, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on August 14, 2026. Other answers for this clue include OFFS.

How many letters is the answer to “Ices”?

6 letters: WHACKS. Earlier fills for this clue have also been OFFS (4).

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Wall Street Journal crossword on August 14, 2026 (a Friday puzzle), at 52-Across. Earlier appearances: July 21, 2026 → OFFS.

Can “Ices” have a different answer?

Yes. Besides WHACKS, Wall Street Journal has also used OFFS for this clue. Every date and answer is listed above.

Where can I find the rest of this day's WSJ answers?

The full grid for August 14, 2026 is on the WSJ answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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