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Wall Street Journal Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for May 21 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Col.’s subordinate31 AcrossReveal answer → Decide that you will54 AcrossReveal answer → “Groovy!”59 AcrossReveal answer → Character voiced by Hank Azaria until 2017314 AcrossReveal answer → “Black Doves” star Knightley515 AcrossReveal answer → Name that replaced Jersey Standard in 1972516 AcrossReveal answer → Lay the criticism on thick917 AcrossReveal answer → Avignon’s western edge519 AcrossReveal answer → Fixes, as shoelaces620 AcrossReveal answer → Action that might precede a brawl721 AcrossReveal answer → Litmus reddener423 AcrossReveal answer → Opportunity to retire?724 AcrossReveal answer → D.C. bigwig326 AcrossReveal answer → So-called “Island of the Gods”427 AcrossReveal answer → Facing the sky, perhaps628 AcrossReveal answer → Fort Worth sch.332 AcrossReveal answer → Online chats, for short334 AcrossReveal answer → Instrument named from the Persian for “three string”536 AcrossReveal answer → “So long!”537 AcrossReveal answer → Big brute339 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor’s orders540 AcrossReveal answer → Complete range541 AcrossReveal answer → Cavs, on a scoreboard342 AcrossReveal answer → Pocatello sch.343 AcrossReveal answer → Food Network’s “Essence of ___”644 AcrossReveal answer → Tahoe runner446 AcrossReveal answer → L.A. clock setting348 AcrossReveal answer → In shorter supply751 AcrossReveal answer → Riboflavin, alternatively453 AcrossReveal answer → Russian opposition leader Navalny754 AcrossReveal answer → Skin care product derived from bird fat656 AcrossReveal answer → Graph gradient558 AcrossReveal answer → Court worker’s machine959 AcrossReveal answer → Eye-defying works561 AcrossReveal answer → Britney’s duet partner on “Hold Me Closer”562 AcrossReveal answer → Ref. with more than 500,000 entries363 AcrossReveal answer → Bygone birds564 AcrossReveal answer → Tombstone name565 AcrossReveal answer → “For the people who serve” org.366 AcrossReveal answer →

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Strong cotton fabric61 DownReveal answer → Individually62 DownReveal answer → Without a moment to spare103 DownReveal answer → “The Grapes of Wrath” figure44 DownReveal answer → Place for a pawdicure65 DownReveal answer → Uruguayan uncle36 DownReveal answer → Believe without reservation157 DownReveal answer → They may be minced58 DownReveal answer → Bad trait for a poker player109 DownReveal answer → Boomers with bell-bottoms in the back of the closet, maybe910 DownReveal answer → Neural transmitter411 DownReveal answer → Asian secret society412 DownReveal answer → Bit of binary code313 DownReveal answer → Lay low318 DownReveal answer → Fourth qtr. followers322 DownReveal answer → Hipbone-related525 DownReveal answer → Greyhound boarding needs1027 DownReveal answer → “Isn’t my place to decide,” or, spoken aloud, a component of 3-, 7-, 9- and 27-Down1029 DownReveal answer → Baseballer with a W on his cap330 DownReveal answer → Hesitant sounds331 DownReveal answer → Swing teacher933 DownReveal answer → Worrisome note on a quiz535 DownReveal answer → Epoch division337 DownReveal answer → Spillway site338 DownReveal answer → “___ Mañanitas” (traditional Mexican birthday song)345 DownReveal answer → Schoolyard comeback647 DownReveal answer → Takes the wrong way649 DownReveal answer → El Greco Museum setting650 DownReveal answer → Mend a seam552 DownReveal answer → On the other hand353 DownReveal answer → Purina brand454 DownReveal answer → Bridge engineer’s calculation455 DownReveal answer → Blanc, par exemple457 DownReveal answer → Yard goods?358 DownReveal answer → Character from Euripides360 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.