WSJ Crossword May 2 2026 Answers (5/2/26)

Our WSJ Crossword May 2, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.

WSJ Crossword May 2, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the WSJ Crossword on 5/2/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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« April 30 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Peace, to Pushkin
4A	Safety org. founded by Candace Lightner
8A	Racket
12A	Birds with showy mates
19A	Easily persuaded
21A	Deer stalker
22A	Really good
23A	Component that determines a computer’s clock speed
25A	Original “SNL” cast member Newman
26A	Odysseys, e.g.
27A	Best Supporting Actress nominee for 2004’s “Sideways”
29A	Mishmash
30A	Conical quarters
31A	Digging, so to speak
32A	For fear that
33A	Act of kindness
36A	“Your wish ___ command”
38A	Frost bit?
40A	Absorbed, as a loss
41A	“Beyond the Pleasure Principle” author
43A	Atty.’s org.
45A	Aspiring atty.’s exam
48A	“The Schuyler Songs” composer
50A	Ice cream-and-meringue dishes that are cooked for a very short time
55A	Swimmer Kaylee McKeown’s country, in Olympic country codes
56A	Degs. for designers
58A	Quarterback Carr
59A	The Monkees’ “___ Believer”
60A	Loki’s group
63A	Film studio with a Pegasus logo
65A	Dance akin to the turkey trot
67A	Novelist Turgenev
68A	“Hmm, something to consider”
70A	Heavy stringed instrument
71A	Dudley Do-Right, e.g.
73A	Trattoria treat
74A	Common cow name
75A	R.N.’s forte
76A	Top of the heap
78A	Work through an agency
79A	Refrain syllable
80A	Risking a breakdown, perhaps
83A	Etsy and eBay, for two
88A	Dwarf planet beyond Pluto
89A	Busy saison sur la Côte d’Azur
90A	Barracks annoyance
91A	Neckline shape
92A	Imitates a hot dog
95A	Queen of Arendelle
98A	Sorcery, e.g.
100A	Globe plotter
103A	Evian and Perrier, informally
105A	High-level H.S. science class
107A	Last of a Latin trio
108A	Gatherings that have pirate or Gatsby themes
111A	One way to be out
113A	Put in other words
114A	Cry from the bridge, maybe, and a hint to each set of circles
116A	Prime candidate?
117A	Good name for a meteorologist
118A	More impious
119A	Ones with a lot of lip
120A	Taylor Swift tour focus
121A	Berkshire college
122A	Snaky letter
1D	First Top 40 hit for the Village People
2D	Boorish
3D	Got the band back together
4D	Corn dough used for tortillas
5D	Fundamentals
6D	551, in old Rome
7D	Search deeply
8D	Doesn’t punish
9D	Multifaceted item
10D	Un ami ___ (a friend of mine)
11D	Nixon who sang “Maria” in 1965’s “The Sound of Music”
12D	Sense of taste
13D	Capture the heart of
14D	City south of Delhi
15D	Like an ominous horseman
16D	Beethoven dedicatee
17D	Lowest pinochle cards
18D	Fragrance
20D	Caffeine tablet brand
24D	Cholesterol, e.g.
28D	Make like the Mongols
30D	Friend’s address
34D	Small auto engine
35D	Column on an LAX board
37D	Shaggy ox
39D	Satisfy
42D	Planetary shadow
44D	Crash site?
46D	Spitzes from Japan
47D	Circus figures
49D	Wilson of “The Office”
50D	Boito’s Mefistofele, e.g.
51D	Phoenician fertility goddess
52D	Rice-___
53D	Spring stretch
54D	Excessively sentimental
57D	In the best shape
60D	“We ___ please”
61D	Demonstrate Darwinism
62D	Service piece
63D	Belonging to those folks
64D	“Coal Miner’s Daughter” director Michael
66D	Submerged sandbar
68D	Knight fight
69D	How most sign signatures
72D	Thompson of “Thor” movies
74D	Prickly plant
77D	Prepares for a drive
79D	“Gone With the Wind” home
81D	Zingers
82D	“Didn’t I tell you?”
84D	Bother
85D	Saint of cinema
86D	Comes over the top, in poker
87D	Pioneers
90D	Cavalry sword
93D	Fix, in a way
94D	Narrows toward the end
96D	Lithuania neighbor
97D	Some pitches
99D	Afghan capital
100D	Elba of “Thor” movies
101D	Game setting
102D	Tales of adventure
104D	Looie’s underling
106D	Put out
109D	“Scarborough Fair” herb
110D	Bum
111D	Cuatro doubled
112D	Day divider
115D	Participant in Saruman’s defeat

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