On the up and up? Crossword Clue

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On the up and up? Crossword Answer

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HONEST

(6 letters)

LEGAL

(5 letters)

KOSHER

(6 letters)

ETHICAL

(7 letters)

RISING

(6 letters)

LOFTY

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definitions

OSTEOARTHRITIS (noun)
1. chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
LAGOMORPHA (noun)
1. rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

HONEST
(6 letters)
LEGAL
(5 letters)
KOSHER
(6 letters)
ETHICAL
(7 letters)
RISING
(6 letters)
LOFTY
(5 letters)

More WSJ Crossword (5/18/2026) Answers

Across

1. Fezzes and fedoras

5. Ravine

10. Place for a figurehead

14. Jacob's twin

15. Bird-based

16. Item in a tackle box

17. Strap for a rider

19. Skeptical snort

20. For-profit company that meets social and environmental standards

23. Conditions

24. Most adorable

28. Michigan Wolverines football coach from 1969 to 1989

33. Centers

34. Strap for a walker

35. Peg on a course

36. Curtain holders

37. Kilmer of “Willow”

38. Statistics figure

39. Tad Lincoln's dad

40. Designer Geoffrey

42. Dog-___ (like some book pages)

43. Anaconda’s kin

46. 'See ya!'

47. GE acquisition of 1986

48. Shipyard doings, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme

55. Titan of industry

58. Hired thugs

59. Scent

60. Wife of Zeus

61. Undermine

62. Capital of Italia

63. Printers’ buys

64. Trade expo presentations

65. Winter glider

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Down

1. Tarragon or thyme

2. 'Hold on __!'

3. "Break Your Heart" singer Cruz

4. Offerings from Aurora

5. Rubber

6. Finished

7. Latvia's capital

8. Way of walking

9. Dangles a carrot in front of

10. Base for a statue

11. Massage

12. Mine cart fill

13. Like monsoon season

21. One-stripers in the USMC

22. Pained cry

25. Opponent for 38-Down, in Spain

26. Farm machine

27. Trapped, in a way

28. Minor mistake

29. Tribulation

30. Some toymakers

31. Intended

32. Farm machine

33. Beach scurriers

38. Wavers of capes

40. U2 frontman

41. Wearing a ring, maybe

42. O.T. book after Proverbs

44. Hooded snakes

45. Subject of some Van Gogh paintings

49. Ripped

50. Explosive sound

51. Edit menu option

52. Person on a pedestal

53. Alaskan city

54. Mortarboard flinger

55. X in Greece

56. Buddhist discipline

57. Vessel not made in a shipyard

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