WSJ Crossword May 24 2025 Answers

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Across

• 1A Saddle-securing bands Crossword Clue

  Answer: GIRTHS

• 7A Has hopes Crossword Clue

  Answer: ASPIRES

• 14A Car part missing from Teslas Crossword Clue

  Answer: GASCAP

• 20A Ancient meeting grounds Crossword Clue

  Answer: AGORAE

• 21A Cigar with square-cut ends Crossword Clue

  Answer: CHEROOT

• 22A Delphi’s patron god Crossword Clue

  Answer: APOLLO

• 23A Specialty of a sham fortuneteller? Crossword Clue

  Answer: FUTUREPRETENSE

• 25A Staircase posts Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEWELS

• 26A Risky thing to tempt Crossword Clue

  Answer: FATE

• 27A Do some wool gathering Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHEAR

• 28A Item in a clutch Crossword Clue

  Answer: EGG

• 30A Gaping reaction Crossword Clue

  Answer: AWE

• 32A Qing dynasty general with a namesake dish Crossword Clue

  Answer: TSO

• 33A Records department clerk? Crossword Clue

  Answer: FILEPRESERVER

• 39A Shine Crossword Clue

  Answer: RADIATE

• 41A Psych 101 subject Crossword Clue

  Answer: EGO

• 42A Block borders Crossword Clue

  Answer: STREETS

• 43A Scurrier on the sand Crossword Clue

  Answer: CRAB

• 44A Rise up Crossword Clue

  Answer: REVOLT

• 47A Map publisher since 1905 Crossword Clue

  Answer: AAA

• 48A “Za” (“behind”) or “przy” (“by”), e.g.? Crossword Clue

  Answer: POLEPREPOSITION

• 53A Tough spare to make Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPLIT

• 57A Priestly musketeer Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARAMIS

• 58A Rudimentary residence Crossword Clue

  Answer: HUT

• 59A Put forward Crossword Clue

  Answer: OPINE

• 62A Morocco’s capital Crossword Clue

  Answer: RABAT

• 63A Of an ancient Cretan civilization Crossword Clue

  Answer: MINOAN

• 66A Corn unit Crossword Clue

  Answer: EAR

• 67A Dir. opposite NNW Crossword Clue

  Answer: SSE

• 68A School whose cricket matches take place on Mespots Crossword Clue

  Answer: ETON

• 69A Introduction that claims the following chapters will be unforgettable? Crossword Clue

  Answer: BOLDPREFACE

• 72A Capture electronically Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCAN

• 73A Conjunction often paired with another Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOR

• 74A Bounder Crossword Clue

  Answer: CAD

• 75A Foul-smelling flow Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEWAGE

• 76A College of Central Florida site Crossword Clue

  Answer: OCALA

• 77A Quarter of dodici Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRE

• 81A Book jacket bit Crossword Clue

  Answer: BIO

• 82A Bump’s place, in idiom Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONALOG

• 83A Coffee add-in Crossword Clue

  Answer: SYRUP

• 85A Bishop dreaming of becoming archbishop? Crossword Clue

  Answer: SLEEPINGPRELATE

• 89A Veterans Day mo. Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOV

• 91A Marimbist’s tool Crossword Clue

  Answer: MALLET

• 92A Post-gym woe Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACHE

• 93A Holy spots Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHRINES

• 97A Enjoy a run Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKI

• 98A Moves with a rushing sound Crossword Clue

  Answer: WHISHES

• 102A Manna, for the Israelites? Crossword Clue

  Answer: HEAVENPRESENT

• 106A Pickleball need Crossword Clue

  Answer: NET

• 107A Temple cabinet Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARK

• 108A Tolkien’s Galadriel, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELF

• 109A Produit de Perrier Crossword Clue

  Answer: EAU

• 110A “Bellefleur” author Crossword Clue

  Answer: OATES

• 112A It flows through Florence Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARNO

• 113A “No worries, it’s just a scratch” Crossword Clue

  Answer: IMFINE

• 116A Fraudster impersonating an attorney? Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEGALPRETENDER

• 121A Helen who was one of the ACLU’s co-founders Crossword Clue

  Answer: KELLER

• 122A Campaign winner Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELECTEE

• 123A Makeup item? Crossword Clue

  Answer: RETEST

• 124A Knights’ mounts Crossword Clue

  Answer: STEEDS

• 125A Indecisive Crossword Clue

  Answer: DITHERY

• 126A Phone beeps Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALERTS

Down

• 1D Set electrician Crossword Clue

  Answer: GAFFER

• 2D Pet with a spiny crest Crossword Clue

  Answer: IGUANA

• 3D Spoiled Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROTTED

• 4D Steadfast Crossword Clue

  Answer: TRUE

• 5D Guffaw sound Crossword Clue

  Answer: HAR

• 6D Reacts to a haymaker, perhaps Crossword Clue

  Answer: SEESSTARS

• 7D Cropland unit Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACRE

• 8D Barley bundle Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHEAF

• 9D Dish namesake Crossword Clue

  Answer: PETRI

• 10D Furious feeling Crossword Clue

  Answer: IRE

• 11D One of Ginny Weasley’s brothers Crossword Clue

  Answer: RON

• 13D Take the wheel Crossword Clue

  Answer: STEER

• 14D Rap genre Crossword Clue

  Answer: GANGSTA

• 15D Primatology subject Crossword Clue

  Answer: APE

• 16D Plant Crossword Clue

  Answer: SOW

• 17D Cut through Crossword Clue

  Answer: CLEAVE

• 18D Utterly wrong Crossword Clue

  Answer: ALLWET

• 19D Tricky puzzles Crossword Clue

  Answer: POSERS

• 24D One of Saturn’s outermost moons Crossword Clue

  Answer: PHOEBE

• 29D Some refrigerators Crossword Clue

  Answer: GES

• 32D Trap for mammoths Crossword Clue

  Answer: TARPIT

• 34D Author Primo Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEVI

• 35D Entertainer’s fourfold accomplishment Crossword Clue

  Answer: EGOT

• 36D Target of a 1950s vaccine Crossword Clue

  Answer: POLIO

• 37D Photoshop tool Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERASER

• 40D Representative of death, in an O’Neill title Crossword Clue

  Answer: ICEMAN

• 44D Semifinals, e.g. Crossword Clue

  Answer: ROUND

• 45D Precludes, in court Crossword Clue

  Answer: ESTOPS

• 46D Outdo Crossword Clue

  Answer: TOP

• 48D You might sit for them Crossword Clue

  Answer: PARENTS

• 50D September honoree Crossword Clue

  Answer: LABORER

• 51D Three-time Masters champ Mickelson Crossword Clue

  Answer: PHIL

• 52D Lilibet, to William Crossword Clue

  Answer: NIECE

• 54D Milan opera house Crossword Clue

  Answer: LASCALA

• 55D “That’s pricey” Crossword Clue

  Answer: ITSALOT

• 56D Like Romeo and Juliet Crossword Clue

  Answer: TEENAGE

• 60D Highlands denial Crossword Clue

  Answer: NAE

• 63D Fashions Crossword Clue

  Answer: MODES

• 64D Verb for you Crossword Clue

  Answer: ARE

• 65D Greenhorn Crossword Clue

  Answer: NEWBIE

• 69D Spot for a shot Crossword Clue

  Answer: BAR

• 70D Difficult to make out Crossword Clue

  Answer: FAINT

• 71D Quite eager Crossword Clue

  Answer: AGOG

• 72D Justice symbol Crossword Clue

  Answer: SCALES

• 74D Boss of the Chicago Outfit Crossword Clue

  Answer: CAPONE

• 76D Kind of musical wonder Crossword Clue

  Answer: ONEHIT

• 79D Tree with grooved bark Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELM

• 80D Dealership document Crossword Clue

  Answer: LEASE

• 82D Group of players Crossword Clue

  Answer: ORCHESTRA

• 84D Coll. kin Crossword Clue

  Answer: UNIV

• 86D Order with lodges Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELKS

• 87D Ballet bend Crossword Clue

  Answer: PLIE

• 88D “Parks and Recreation” town Crossword Clue

  Answer: PAWNEE

• 90D Decorative layers Crossword Clue

  Answer: VENEERS

• 93D Arab leaders Crossword Clue

  Answer: SHEIKS

• 94D Giant headgear Crossword Clue

  Answer: HELMET

• 95D Fundraising option Crossword Clue

  Answer: RAFFLE

• 96D Yoga venue Crossword Clue

  Answer: SPA

• 99D Closer to 10, according to Mohs Crossword Clue

  Answer: HARDER

• 100D Rutherford who’s regarded as the founder of nuclear physics Crossword Clue

  Answer: ERNEST

• 101D Hybrid garments Crossword Clue

  Answer: SKORTS

• 103D Held power Crossword Clue

  Answer: RULED

• 104D Nick of “48 Hrs.” Crossword Clue

  Answer: NOLTE

• 105D Come to a point Crossword Clue

  Answer: TAPER

• 111D “South Park” co-creator Parker Crossword Clue

  Answer: TREY

• 112D Chips for cards Crossword Clue

  Answer: ANTE

• 114D Land surrounded by la mer Crossword Clue

  Answer: ILE

• 117D Quarterback Manning Crossword Clue

  Answer: ELI

• 118D Acquire Crossword Clue

  Answer: GET

• 119D Cry in Cologne Crossword Clue

  Answer: ACH

• 120D Twisty fish Crossword Clue

  Answer: EEL

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