WSJ Crossword May 17 2025 Answers

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 61D Openly confesses Crossword Clue

  Answer: AVOWS

• 62D Low sofa Crossword Clue

  Answer: DIVAN

• 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

• 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

• 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

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