Wall Street Journal Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 138 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 138 clues from the Wall Street Journal Crossword for May 23 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
Guy in charge, informally71 AcrossReveal answer → Ready to come home68 AcrossReveal answer → Jahmyr of the Detroit Lions514 AcrossReveal answer → Chemistry pioneer Lavoisier719 AcrossReveal answer → Flourished720 AcrossReveal answer → Ryan of “Barry Lyndon”521 AcrossReveal answer → Doughy ball rescued from the trash?1522 AcrossReveal answer → Tureen accessory524 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel register listing625 AcrossReveal answer → Invention’s origin426 AcrossReveal answer → Trade show presentation427 AcrossReveal answer → Pops329 AcrossReveal answer → When you’ll get in, briefly330 AcrossReveal answer → Memo abbr.431 AcrossReveal answer → Seeking strikes while steamed?1233 AcrossReveal answer → Rotunda feature437 AcrossReveal answer → Carrot, e.g.439 AcrossReveal answer → Cunning maneuvers541 AcrossReveal answer → In the past442 AcrossReveal answer → Urge on443 AcrossReveal answer → Talk trash about645 AcrossReveal answer → Wise guys548 AcrossReveal answer → Showing off one’s costume to one’s Belle-dressed partner?1349 AcrossReveal answer → Bill stamp453 AcrossReveal answer → Nationals, before 2005555 AcrossReveal answer → 2008 box set of Kiss songs556 AcrossReveal answer → Had no worries857 AcrossReveal answer → Bus. sch. course461 AcrossReveal answer → Experts: Var.662 AcrossReveal answer → Tiramisu dusting564 AcrossReveal answer → Equip365 AcrossReveal answer → Preparation for state fair judging?1066 AcrossReveal answer → Roethlisberger throwing a long pass?1068 AcrossReveal answer → Saison au soleil370 AcrossReveal answer → Passing handily571 AcrossReveal answer → Made a touchdown672 AcrossReveal answer → EDM DJ Steve473 AcrossReveal answer → Maliciously altered photo874 AcrossReveal answer → Thompson of the “Thor” films576 AcrossReveal answer → Layer of cement?577 AcrossReveal answer → To be, to Balzac478 AcrossReveal answer → Extra in “The Birds”?1379 AcrossReveal answer → Flight components582 AcrossReveal answer → Less trusting685 AcrossReveal answer → “Frozen” sister486 AcrossReveal answer → Tailor’s aids487 AcrossReveal answer → Cologne containers588 AcrossReveal answer → Notary’s mark490 AcrossReveal answer → Many an Omani492 AcrossReveal answer → Notion in New Delhi?1296 AcrossReveal answer → Newspaper section4100 AcrossReveal answer → Some cells3102 AcrossReveal answer → “Huh-uh”3103 AcrossReveal answer → Artemis org.4104 AcrossReveal answer → Twisty creatures4105 AcrossReveal answer → Raised with effort6107 AcrossReveal answer → Filled with passion5109 AcrossReveal answer → Warmth experienced when appearing onstage?15111 AcrossReveal answer → French film award5115 AcrossReveal answer → Avoided extinction, in a way7116 AcrossReveal answer → Put in order7117 AcrossReveal answer → Aardwolf’s kin5118 AcrossReveal answer → Outdoor clothing company named for a burrowing rodent6119 AcrossReveal answer → More irritable7120 AcrossReveal answer →

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Like groceries on the way home61 DownReveal answer → Proceeding unthinkingly62 DownReveal answer → Watch on a phone, maybe63 DownReveal answer → Gives in to sorrow44 DownReveal answer → Roadster with a Skyactiv engine55 DownReveal answer → Hundred-millionth of a centimeter86 DownReveal answer → Previously named37 DownReveal answer → Mesoamerican people on the Gulf of Mexico coast58 DownReveal answer → Stock valuation phrase59 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Arg. and Braz.310 DownReveal answer → Biarritz bestie311 DownReveal answer → Forwards712 DownReveal answer → Pass carefully613 DownReveal answer → Stoop to smears and insults514 DownReveal answer → Words with pickle or jam315 DownReveal answer → Brooklinen wares716 DownReveal answer → Account figure717 DownReveal answer → Arctic transports718 DownReveal answer → Potential leaf320 DownReveal answer → Purple snorkasaurus of TV423 DownReveal answer → Cal. dozen328 DownReveal answer → Commotion432 DownReveal answer → Bids “one club,” say534 DownReveal answer → Arduous ordeal435 DownReveal answer → A bunch536 DownReveal answer → Some printers638 DownReveal answer → Graceland nickname740 DownReveal answer → Some QB protectors344 DownReveal answer → Beside546 DownReveal answer → Containers for mushy peas447 DownReveal answer → Plucked instrument548 DownReveal answer → Indicated successful locking with a key fob649 DownReveal answer → Stir up650 DownReveal answer → Elliptical orbit extreme651 DownReveal answer → Dreamy652 DownReveal answer → Fruit from an Orléans orchard553 DownReveal answer → One way to think554 DownReveal answer → Henry, Jane and Peter, with a combined 12 Oscar nominations657 DownReveal answer → Melodic opera pieces658 DownReveal answer → Inform against, informally659 DownReveal answer → Mischievous Halloween prank660 DownReveal answer → “In ___” (song from the Beach Boys album “Still Cruisin’”)562 DownReveal answer → Matching563 DownReveal answer → Sources of holy smokes764 DownReveal answer → White House residents of 1910567 DownReveal answer → Count of jazz568 DownReveal answer → Yellow Teletubby669 DownReveal answer → Third son of Jacob and Leah472 DownReveal answer → Sister brand of Gatorade575 DownReveal answer → Trunks576 DownReveal answer → Fields of cookies?377 DownReveal answer → Hectic spot on Black Friday479 DownReveal answer → Rent480 DownReveal answer → Rational, informally881 DownReveal answer → Chicken Florentine ingredient782 DownReveal answer → “SNL” head writer from 1999 to 2006783 DownReveal answer → How sausage links are connected784 DownReveal answer → T’Challa’s realm785 DownReveal answer → Through388 DownReveal answer → Jeans measurement689 DownReveal answer → Natural manner491 DownReveal answer → Twisty pasta693 DownReveal answer → Get satisfaction for694 DownReveal answer → Animal on Wisconsin’s flag695 DownReveal answer → “Echoes of ___” (1982 jazz album by Chaka Khan , Chick Corea and others)597 DownReveal answer → “Cool!”598 DownReveal answer → “Our Lady of the Flowers” novelist599 DownReveal answer → Oracles5101 DownReveal answer → Screen type3106 DownReveal answer → No longer fizzy4108 DownReveal answer → Hightailed it3110 DownReveal answer → La Brea stuff3112 DownReveal answer → Turning fig.3113 DownReveal answer → Budget excess3114 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Wall Street Journal crossword published on Saturday, May 23, 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.