WSJ Crossword Answers (May 2025)

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WSJ Crossword May 19 2025 Answers

Across

• 1A Sore from a workout Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACHY

• 5A “I’m Gonna Git You ___” (Keenen Ivory Wayans film) Crossword Clue

  Answer: SUCKA

• 10A Field measure Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACRE

• 14A Stadium replaced by Citi Field Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHEA

• 15A ___ Gay (historic bomber) Crossword Clue

  Answer: ENOLA

• 16A Neeson of “Taken” Crossword Clue

  Answer: LIAM

• 17A Like moonless nights Crossword Clue

  Answer: DARK

• 18A Let in Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADMIT

• 19A Discount supermarket chain based in Germany Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALDI

• 20A Sphere Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORB

• 21A Eyelet in a tarp Crossword Clue

  Answer: GROMMET

• 23A Tire contents Crossword Clue

  Answer: AIR

• 24A “In my opinion…” Crossword Clue

  Answer: IDSAY

• 26A After a 2025 state bill, an obsolete name for Beehive State residents Crossword Clue

  Answer: UTAHANS

• 28A Cerebrum and cerebellum’s place Crossword Clue

  Answer: BRAIN

• 31A Media icon Stewart Crossword Clue

  Answer: MARTHA

• 33A “Know what I mean?” Crossword Clue

  Answer: YOUDIG

• 35A Merchandise Crossword Clue

  Answer: WARES

• 36A Parts of a play, or takes part in a play Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACTS

• 39A Scare off Crossword Clue

  Answer: DETER

• 41A The 1 in a 16-1 record Crossword Clue

  Answer: LOSS

• 42A Honking flier Crossword Clue

  Answer: GOOSE

• 44A Full-bodied red wines Crossword Clue

  Answer: SYRAHS

• 46A Big name in glue Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELMERS

• 48A Toy store figure since the 1960s Crossword Clue

  Answer: GIJOE

• 49A Layered pasta dish Crossword Clue

  Answer: LASAGNA

• 51A Start of Fred Flintstone’s cry Crossword Clue

  Answer: YABBA

• 55A Back muscle, familiarly Crossword Clue

  Answer: LAT

• 56A Eye intensely Crossword Clue

  Answer: STAREAT

• 59A Snakelike fish Crossword Clue

  Answer: EEL

• 60A Cupid’s Greek counterpart Crossword Clue

  Answer: EROS

• 62A One with the golden touch? Crossword Clue

  Answer: MIDAS

• 63A Scottish Highlander Crossword Clue

  Answer: GAEL

• 64A Notion Crossword Clue

  Answer: IDEA

• 65A Stave off Crossword Clue

  Answer: AVERT

• 66A Not fooled by Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONTO

• 67A CEO’s helper Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASST

• 68A “Wednesday” star Ortega Crossword Clue

  Answer: JENNA

• 69A Subtle “You there!” Crossword Clue

  Answer: PSST

Down

• 1D “Likewise,” in three words Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASDOI

• 4D Shaggy ox Crossword Clue

  Answer: YAK

• 5D Cook the surface of Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEAR

• 6D Control+Z command Crossword Clue

  Answer: UNDO

• 7D What the circled squares in this grid collectively represent Crossword Clue

  Answer: COMMUNITYGARDEN

• 8D Viennese painter Gustav Crossword Clue

  Answer: KLIMT

• 9D Amarillo Sod Poodles or Hartford Yard Goats, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: AATEAM

• 10D In the style of Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALA

• 13D Qatari leader Crossword Clue

  Answer: EMIR

• 21D Greek sandwich Crossword Clue

  Answer: GYRO

• 22D Easing of tensions Crossword Clue

  Answer: THAW

• 25D Bottomless pits Crossword Clue

  Answer: ABYSSES

• 27D Shrinking lake of Asia Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARALSEA

• 29D Review by an IRS agt. Crossword Clue

  Answer: AUD

• 30D Midmonth day Crossword Clue

  Answer: IDES

• 32D Braying animal Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASS

• 34D Halliwell of the Spice Girls Crossword Clue

  Answer: GERI

• 36D Number in birthday cake icing Crossword Clue

  Answer: AGE

• 40D Historic British rule in India Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAJ

• 43D Historic times Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERAS

• 45D Hall of Fame pitcher Wilhelm Crossword Clue

  Answer: HOYT

• 47D Most senior enlisted rank in the USMC Crossword Clue

  Answer: SGTMAJ

• 50D Easily fooled Crossword Clue

  Answer: NAIVE

• 52D What your neighbor might grow… Crossword Clue

  Answer: BEANS

• 53D …in a 7-Down Crossword Clue

  Answer: BEETS

• 54D Parcel out, as spaces in a 7-Down Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALLOT

• 55D Luke’s sister Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEIA

• 57D Bring in Crossword Clue

  Answer: EARN

• 58D “The Thin Man” dog Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASTA

• 61D Plopped down Crossword Clue

  Answer: SAT

• 63D Dems.’ opposition Crossword Clue

  Answer: GOP

WSJ Crossword May 17 2025 Answers

Across

• 1A It helps with a cellist’s or an ace’s pitch Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROSIN

• 6A They may be found on bunny slopes Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKITOWS

• 13A Honduran houses Crossword Clue

  Answer: CASAS

• 18A Bitterly cold Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARCTIC

• 20A Fools Crossword Clue

  Answer: DELUDES

• 21A Cruel sort Crossword Clue

  Answer: SADIST

• 22A Firefighter’s term for the quickest RSVP to the Firefighters Ball? Crossword Clue

  Answer: FIRSTRESPONDER

• 24A Nagana transmitter Crossword Clue

  Answer: TSETSE

• 25A Hearing-related Crossword Clue

  Answer: AURAL

• 26A Nolichucky Dam agcy. Crossword Clue

  Answer: TVA

• 27A Simple jump in figure skating Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOELOOP

• 28A Firefighter’s term for lengthy gabfests about the meaning of existence? Crossword Clue

  Answer: JAWSOFLIFE

• 31A Firefighter’s term for a twisted calf caused by too-tight compression socks? Crossword Clue

  Answer: HOSEWRENCH

• 34A “Top Gun” org. Crossword Clue

  Answer: USN

• 35A Sri Lankan language Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAMIL

• 36A Beginning of a kindergarten refrain Crossword Clue

  Answer: ABCDE

• 37A Pitch Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPIEL

• 40A Like a clear night Crossword Clue

  Answer: STARLIT

• 42A Twangy, say Crossword Clue

  Answer: NASAL

• 47A Like an open-necked shirt Crossword Clue

  Answer: TIELESS

• 50A Firefighter’s term for the secret to rising in the ranks? Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELEVATORKEY

• 53A Hold protectively Crossword Clue

  Answer: CRADLE

• 54A Fluorine and chlorine, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: GASES

• 56A Unfamiliar Crossword Clue

  Answer: FOREIGN

• 57A Close by Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEARHERE

• 59A Toxic compound banned since the 1970s Crossword Clue

  Answer: PCB

• 60A Like the Mojave Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARID

• 61A Paid spots Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADS

• 64A Firefighter’s term for the person in charge of ice cream toppers? Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPRINKLERHEAD

• 68A Org. with scanners Crossword Clue

  Answer: TSA

• 69A Competed Crossword Clue

  Answer: VIED

• 71A Pop Crossword Clue

  Answer: DAD

• 72A Type of battery Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEADACID

• 74A Stormed Crossword Clue

  Answer: OVERRAN

• 76A Olympians’ blades Crossword Clue

  Answer: EPEES

• 78A Operating attire Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCRUBS

• 81A Firefighter’s term for a person shouting “Cannonball!”? Crossword Clue

  Answer: WATERBOMBER

• 83A Curry favor with Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOADYTO

• 85A Makes flakes Crossword Clue

  Answer: SNOWS

• 86A Requests Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASKSFOR

• 90A Image on Lebanon’s flag Crossword Clue

  Answer: CEDAR

• 91A Diet that shuns dairy and sugar Crossword Clue

  Answer: PALEO

• 93A Sambuca flavoring Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANISE

• 96A Before, before Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERE

• 97A Firefighter’s term for the section of the firehouse cordoned off for polishing? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BUFFERZONE

• 102A Firefighter’s term for certain offensive NFL picks? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BACKDRAFTS

• 105A Show contempt for Crossword Clue

  Answer: SNEERAT

• 106A Court call Crossword Clue

  Answer: LET

• 107A “___ Feeling” (Four Tops song) Crossword Clue

  Answer: IGOTA

• 108A Easter or Christmas, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: ISLAND

• 109A Firefighter’s term for a carefully measured dig? Crossword Clue

  Answer: CONTROLLEDBURN

• 115A David of “Matlock” Crossword Clue

  Answer: DELRIO

• 116A Act omnipotent Crossword Clue

  Answer: PLAYGOD

• 117A Make airtight, maybe Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEALUP

• 118A Wipe clean Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERASE

• 119A RSVP turndown Crossword Clue

  Answer: REGRETS

• 120A Badger’s cousin Crossword Clue

  Answer: OTTER

Down

• 1D Battle of Britain org. Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAF

• 2D “He’s mine, ___ am his”: “Coriolanus” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORI

• 3D Not so bulked up Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCRAWNIER

• 4D “Who’s there?” reply Crossword Clue

  Answer: ITSUS

• 5D Drag race propellant Crossword Clue

  Answer: NITRO

• 6D Vietnam-era protest org. Crossword Clue

  Answer: SDS

• 7D Stayed in shape Crossword Clue

  Answer: KEPTFIT

• 8D 1983 Randy Newman song Crossword Clue

  Answer: ILOVELA

• 9D Poke bowl staple Crossword Clue

  Answer: TUNA

• 10D Eccentric Crossword Clue

  Answer: ODD

• 11D Itsy-bitsy Crossword Clue

  Answer: WEE

• 12D Ukr., once Crossword Clue

  Answer: SSR

• 13D Bank robber’s advance man Crossword Clue

  Answer: CASER

• 14D “Chasing Pavements” singer Crossword Clue

  Answer: ADELE

• 15D Suppress Crossword Clue

  Answer: SITON

• 16D Org. kin Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASSOC

• 17D NBA great Curry Crossword Clue

  Answer: STEPH

• 19D Make by hand Crossword Clue

  Answer: CRAFT

• 21D Madeleine of “12 Monkeys” Crossword Clue

  Answer: STOWE

• 23D Fitzgerald in the Jazz Hall of Fame Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELLA

• 27D Red Sox legend Williams Crossword Clue

  Answer: TED

• 28D Fair Crossword Clue

  Answer: JUST

• 29D Savory jelly Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASPIC

• 30D Online exchanges, briefly Crossword Clue

  Answer: IMS

• 31D Berry of “Cloud Atlas” Crossword Clue

  Answer: HALLE

• 32D Awards presented by the American Theatre Wing Crossword Clue

  Answer: OBIES

• 33D Sketch show that featured Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCTV

• 38D Spirit Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELAN

• 39D Article intros Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEDES

• 41D Scalpers, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: RESELLERS

• 42D Hide-hair link Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOR

• 43D Plane measure Crossword Clue

  Answer: AREA

• 44D Avoid addressing Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKIRT

• 45D Patronage Crossword Clue

  Answer: AEGIS

• 46D “Prime Suspect” creator La Plante Crossword Clue

  Answer: LYNDA

• 48D Exactly Crossword Clue

  Answer: SLAPDAB

• 49D Fiery pepper Crossword Clue

  Answer: SERRANO

• 51D Bills’ div. Crossword Clue

  Answer: AFCEAST

• 52D Pipe fitting? Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOBACCO

• 54D X, Y or Z preceder Crossword Clue

  Answer: GEN

• 55D Surge protection, of a sort Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARK

• 58D Holed up Crossword Clue

  Answer: HID

• 59D High degree Crossword Clue

  Answer: PHD

• 61D Openly confesses Crossword Clue

  Answer: AVOWS

• 62D Low sofa Crossword Clue

  Answer: DIVAN

• 63D Handle Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEETO

• 65D Wide shoe spec Crossword Clue

  Answer: EEE

• 66D Dorm VIPs Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAS

• 67D Paul who shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Schrödinger Crossword Clue

  Answer: DIRAC

• 70D Lured in Crossword Clue

  Answer: DREW

• 73D Bro Crossword Clue

  Answer: DUDE

• 75D Lines with Xings Crossword Clue

  Answer: RRS

• 76D Buddy of “Barnaby Jones” Crossword Clue

  Answer: EBSEN

• 77D Earl Grey alternative Crossword Clue

  Answer: PEKOE

• 79D Less fulfilling way to win Crossword Clue

  Answer: BYDEFAULT

• 80D Jittery move Crossword Clue

  Answer: START

• 82D It’s bad in Bolivia Crossword Clue

  Answer: MALO

• 84D Seam substances Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORES

• 87D Jeweler from Saint Petersburg Crossword Clue

  Answer: FABERGE

• 88D Carousing Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONATOOT

• 89D Ocasek of the Cars Crossword Clue

  Answer: RIC

• 91D Museum whose name means “meadow” Crossword Clue

  Answer: PRADO

• 92D Original antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV Crossword Clue

  Answer: AZT

• 94D Power tool brand Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKIL

• 95D A cube has 12 Crossword Clue

  Answer: EDGES

• 97D Half of a record Crossword Clue

  Answer: BSIDE

• 98D Family that’s won the Indy 500 nine times Crossword Clue

  Answer: UNSER

• 99D Mac Crossword Clue

  Answer: FELLA

• 100D Therapy session topics Crossword Clue

  Answer: FEARS

• 101D Bert’s buddy Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERNIE

• 103D State sport of Texas Crossword Clue

  Answer: RODEO

• 104D Up Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATBAT

• 106D About 5.88 trillion mi. Crossword Clue

  Answer: LTYR

• 109D Red Cross class, briefly Crossword Clue

  Answer: CPR

• 110D World Cup cheer Crossword Clue

  Answer: OLE

• 111D Old chestnut, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: NAG

• 112D Church affiliated with BYU Crossword Clue

  Answer: LDS

• 113D Fragrant shrub Crossword Clue

  Answer: RUE

• 114D “Weekend Edition” network Crossword Clue

  Answer: NPR

WSJ Crossword May 15 2025 Answers

Across

• 1A Small denominations Crossword Clue

  Answer: SECTS

• 6A Pi Day follower Crossword Clue

  Answer: IDES

• 10A Viola range Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALTO

• 14A Brownish-yellow colour Crossword Clue

  Answer: OCHRE

• 15A Straight from the bottle Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEAT

• 16A Shuttle site Crossword Clue

  Answer: LOOM

• 17A Statement of faith Crossword Clue

  Answer: CREED

• 18A Mandarin, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: CIRUSFRUI

• 20A Capital midway between Doha and Baghdad Crossword Clue

  Answer: KUWAICIY

• 22A Slip settings Crossword Clue

  Answer: PIERS

• 23A Role-player’s bagful Crossword Clue

  Answer: DICE

• 24A Home of the Ontario Hockey League’s Otters Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERIE

• 26A Annoying twits Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCHMOS

• 29A “Now you talk” Crossword Clue

  Answer: OVER

• 30A Gun Crossword Clue

  Answer: REV

• 33A Bolt from Jamaica Crossword Clue

  Answer: USAIN

• 34A Financial cap Crossword Clue

  Answer: CREDILIMI

• 36A Downtime Crossword Clue

  Answer: LULL

• 37A Heads up Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOARS

• 38A Silk Road setting Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASIA

• 39A Mulberry Street’s neighborhood Crossword Clue

  Answer: LITLEIALY

• 41A Solemn sound Crossword Clue

  Answer: KNELL

• 42A Victorious shout Crossword Clue

  Answer: YES

• 43A Momentum factor Crossword Clue

  Answer: MASS

• 44A Trained groups Crossword Clue

  Answer: CADRES

• 45A Treat that, despite its name, may be sweet Crossword Clue

  Answer: TART

• 46A Mannheim man Crossword Clue

  Answer: HERR

• 47A Breakout source Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATARI

• 50A Spouting nonsense, like 10 squares in this puzzle Crossword Clue

  Answer: FULLOFIT

• 54A Component of some domestic coverups Crossword Clue

  Answer: KITYLITER

• 57A Wild and woolly, perhaps Crossword Clue

  Answer: OVINE

• 58A A multimeter can measure them Crossword Clue

  Answer: OHMS

• 59A Ump’s ruling Crossword Clue

  Answer: CALL

• 60A Joint tenant? Crossword Clue

  Answer: FELON

• 61A Smart doorbell brand Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEST

• 62A Basic abodes Crossword Clue

  Answer: HUTS

• 63A Dog in a ballpark Crossword Clue

  Answer: FRANK

Down

• 1D One might not come out in the wash Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOCK

• 2D Light brownish-yellow color Crossword Clue

  Answer: ECRU

• 3D Treat for a terrier Crossword Clue

  Answer: CHEW

• 4D Gym fixture Crossword Clue

  Answer: TREADMILL

• 5D Rebel’s crime Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEDIION

• 6D Stir up Crossword Clue

  Answer: INCIE

• 7D Mercury or Mars Crossword Clue

  Answer: DEIY

• 8D Stirrup setting Crossword Clue

  Answer: EAR

• 9D Artless nickname? Crossword Clue

  Answer: STU

• 10D 1966 Michael Caine film Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALFIE

• 11D Shared stories Crossword Clue

  Answer: LORE

• 12D Play around Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOUR

• 13D Fails to mention Crossword Clue

  Answer: OMIS

• 19D Vivacity Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPIRI

• 21D Loops in, in 40-Down Crossword Clue

  Answer: CCS

• 24D Inclusive word Crossword Clue

  Answer: EVERY

• 25D Great American Ball Park team Crossword Clue

  Answer: REDS

• 26D Taint Crossword Clue

  Answer: SULLY

• 27D Top-ranking execs Crossword Clue

  Answer: CSUIE

• 28D Ends Crossword Clue

  Answer: HALTS

• 29D Paperless exams Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORALS

• 30D Stair part Crossword Clue

  Answer: RISER

• 31D Nellie’s love in “South Pacific” Crossword Clue

  Answer: EMILE

• 32D Nurses may take them Crossword Clue

  Answer: VIALS

• 34D Get ahead without really trying Crossword Clue

  Answer: COAST

• 35D Discovery maker Crossword Clue

  Answer: LANDROVER

• 37D Mandolin’s cousin Crossword Clue

  Answer: SIAR

• 40D See 21-Down Crossword Clue

  Answer: EMAIL

• 41D “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” narrator Crossword Clue

  Answer: KARLOFF

• 44D Goofy collectible, say Crossword Clue

  Answer: CEL

• 45D Private meeting Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRYST

• 46D Chucks Crossword Clue

  Answer: HURLS

• 47D “Smack That” rapper Crossword Clue

  Answer: AKON

• 48D Portion from a parishioner Crossword Clue

  Answer: TIHE

• 49D Balance providers Crossword Clue

  Answer: ATMS

• 50D Pool surface Crossword Clue

  Answer: FELT

• 51D Sportswear brand Crossword Clue

  Answer: FILA

• 52D A party to Crossword Clue

  Answer: INON

• 53D Mobile’s annual Azalea Trail Run, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: TENK

• 55D Longing Crossword Clue

  Answer: ICH

• 56D Torque symbol Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAU

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